I WANNA SEE THE WOMEN SAY "FUCK THAT"

One part that I didn't include was how she talked about greeting him at the door and he pretty much instantly initiated sex. The whole story makes her sound like a MRA's dream girl: she greets him in her own home wearing high heels and stylish clothes and makeup, has sex with him immediately without complaint, lets him do whatever he wants to get off, and barely even complains about the grievous injury she receives at his hands or the fact that she didn't orgasm once during her entire relationship with him. She mentions that he never thought of her pleasure like it was an afterthought to her, an additional strike against him but not enough on its own to be brought up. And despite that, despite her being a "cool girl" who he apparently said was "marriage material", he still drops her like she's nothing to him the moment she was injured because he obviously couldn't be bothered.

Even to the very end of her story, she doesn't think he did anything wrong by pulling her hair like that nor does she denounce "rough sex". All she talks about is how to pull hair "safely". Like....this is fucked up. How could you read this and not see that man as anything but a self-obsessed, misogynistic, abusive asshole despite all her attempts to paint him to the contrary? He literally fucked her when he felt like it, broke her neck, then left like it was none of his business.

I keep seeing such comments on my notes which makes me wonder: what did I miss?

"The Handmaid's Tale" draws on global histories.

Atwood was inspired by what happened:

during the Iranian Revolution (1978-1979),

in Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos,

in Germany (The Lebensborn project),

in Romania under Nicolae Ceaușescu,

in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge,

in Stalinist Russia.

She was also inspired by what happened to Argentinean women during Jorge Rafael Videla's military dictatorship which was backed by the US.

But killing the pregnant women was a crime that even Argentina’s military men – who referred to themselves in self-aggrandising speeches as defenders of “western and Christian civilisation” – couldn’t bring themselves to commit. Instead, they kept pregnant activists alive until they gave birth, murdering them afterwards and handing their babies to childless military couples to raise as their own. It was, in a macabre sense, the military’s ultimate victory against a despised enemy they had decided to annihilate completely. It is estimated some 500 children were born under these circumstances.

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And what happened to Spanish women under Franco.

Known as the lost children of the Franco-era, as many as 300,000 babies are estimated to have been abducted from their mothers under General Francisco Franco, who ruled Spain from 1939-75, and in the decades after.

The theft of newborns began in the 1930’s after the Spanish Civil War as an ideological practice, stripping left-wing parents or Franco-opponents of their children as a way of ridding Marxist influence from society. But in the 1950’s, the practice expanded to poor or illegitimate families who were seen as economically or morally deficient, Agence France-Presse reports.

New mothers were often told their babies had died and the hospital had taken care of the burials. These babies were allegedly sold for adoption and involved a wide network of doctors, nurses, nuns and priests, according to AFP. The system carried on after Franco’s death in 1975 until 1987, when a new law was implemented regulating adoption.

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"So yeah, for well over a decade, the discourse  around low birth rates and demographic crisis has  treated as a major issue in the media. But in  the Korean press, this population crisis usually framed through issues like extreme competition  among young people, economic insecurity,  shigh private education costs, and long working hours. They are all right, but in other words, the domino narrative is that young people cannot  afford to have children even if they want to, because they cannot find stable jobs or earn  enough money, but in fact, that is a very male-centered perspective. And under patriarchy,  men are still expected to be breadwinners who earn enough to have a household and provide financial  stability.

So this narrative is really expressing male anxiety, that it has become harder for them  to fulfill that role and build a family. For women though, the more fundamental issue is often not  just money, it is the fear that marriage and childbirth will derail their lives and destroy the  work and stability they have built for themselves. But that side of the story is often overlooked in  both media coverage and political discussion. In fact, as more women have entered higher education  and the workforce, there has also been a growing  resentment toward women's economic independence  with some people suggesting that women's social advancement has made it harder for men to find jobs and become household heads.  

And when the media covers women who do not  give birth, it almost always portrays them as women who just desperately want children, but are  unable to have them for various reasons. And the idea that some women simply do not want children  in the first place is rarely acknowledged. And that is one reason the 4B movement is almost never  taken up as a serious agenda in mainstream media, especially in the major outlet. And a woman  who does not want marriage, childbirth, or even a male partner is treated in a Korean society almost like an alien or a herotic. And the media seems to think that even giving  such women visibility might influence other women who are still seen as so-called desirable  or normal by Korean society.

So the favored choice is to deny them a platform altogether.  And this is not dramatically different even in media that are considered progressive, and  that's another interesting part. Some people even argue that because Korea as a whole remains  so conservative, what passes as progressive here is still far less progressive than what that  word would imply in many Western contexts. So even progressive media and progressive political  parties do not take a particularly critical stance towards patriarchy itself.

So issues like the 4B  movement are simply never adopted as part of the agenda. And one last thing I want to say is there is a thing that the real power of the media lies not only in what it covers, but in what it chooses  not to cover, I think that explains very well how political that silence can be. And to me, this  deliberate and thorough indifference toward 4B women is one of the clearest expressions  of the mood of mainstream Korean society."

Council of Europe Strasbourg 11 June 2026

Women are being pushed from online spaces, harming democracy

The Council of Europe has launched a new recommendation aimed at strengthening accountability for technology-facilitated violence against women and girls, a rapidly growing form of abuse that increasingly threatens women's safety, dignity and participation in public life.

Technology-facilitated violence includes cyberstalking, online harassment, the non-consensual sharing of intimate images, privacy violations, misogynistic hate campaigns, threats and image manipulation. Such abuse often accompanies other forms of violence, including domestic violence, allowing perpetrators to extend surveillance, coercion and control through digital tools.

Europe comes together against online violence against women and girls

Many representatives of the Council of Europe’s 46 member countries attended the 10 June launch, which was held online and at the Council of Europe’s headquarters in Strasbourg.  Featured speakers at the event praised the recommendation, adopted by the Committee of Ministers in March, for providing guidance to European countries on preventing and combating violence committed, assisted, aggravated or amplified through digital technologies. It also sets out measures to ensure that perpetrators, facilitators and, where appropriate, technology companies are held accountable.

Catherine Van De Heyning, Professor of European fundamental rights law at the University of Antwerp and Deputy Public Prosecutor in Antwerp's cybercrime division, described the recommendation as “a major step forward in ensuring that justice systems are equipped to respond effectively to technology-facilitated violence against women and girls.”

She highlighted emerging forms of abuse driven not only by misogyny or harassment, but also by financial gain, citing a recent case in which Belgian authorities arrested a Dutch national accused of operating Telegram groups that distributed and sold intimate images and personal information of women without their consent.

Online violence harming women in public life

The recommendation warns that technology-facilitated violence can lead to anxiety, depression, reputational harm, economic loss and withdrawal from online spaces. It also notes that women in public life are particularly affected, including journalists, politicians, human-rights defenders and women’s rights activists, who are frequently targeted by coordinated online attacks intended to intimidate or silence them.

To address these challenges, the recommendation calls for stronger laws and policies, effective investigations and access to justice, improved support services for victims, enhanced international cooperation and greater responsibility for technology companies and online platforms. It also promotes prevention through education, digital literacy and awareness-raising.

Also participating in the launch, María Rún Bjarnadóttir, head of legal at the Office of the national commissioner of the Icelandic police and a member of the Council of Europe’s GREVIO monitoring body (which deals with violence against women) stressed the need to strengthen law-enforcement capacity and to keep pace with rapidly evolving technologies such as digital forensic expertise.

The recommendation forms part of the Council of Europe's broader efforts to ensure that women and girls can participate fully, equally and safely in the digital environment and that technological innovation advances human rights rather than undermining them.

By Diego Bonomo, Jadzia Pierce, Gustavo Akkerman & Anna Sophia Oberschelp de Meneses on June 11, 2026

Posted in International, Uncategorized

On 20 May 2026, Brazil adopted Presidential Decree No. 12,976, establishing a comprehensive framework to address violence against women online. Adopted alongside a parallel decree (No. 12,975) reforming intermediary liability, it reflects a more assertive approach to regulating online harms, including those driven or amplified by AI. Together, these measures will require companies to reassess internal processes to ensure rapid content removal and more proactive monitoring, including for AI‑enabled services.

While framed as a gender‑based violence measure, the Decree reflects a broader shift in regulatory expectations from reactive moderation to proactive platform duties and systemic accountability. It also forms part of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration’s broader efforts, ongoing since 2023, to regulate social media in the absence of comprehensive legislation. This approach has already triggered constitutional and policy debate, including regarding the use of presidential decrees to impose substantive obligations and potential implications for freedom of expression.

A broad, technology‑aware definition of digital violence

A key feature of the Decree is its expansive definition of “violence against women in the digital environment.” It goes beyond traditional offences such as harassment or threats to include conduct causing physical, psychological, political or economic harm, including where amplified by digital technologies.

The Decree expressly covers AI‑generated or manipulated content, such as synthetic intimate images and AI‑enabled harassment. This effectively integrates AI‑related harms into mainstream online safety rules rather than treating them separately. The framework is grounded in principles such as victim protection, privacy, and the prohibition of re‑victimisation.

From notice-and-action to structured platform duties

The Decree introduces a more structured regime for platforms hosting user‑generated content. In particular, platforms must:

provide accessible reporting channels;

assess and respond to notifications promptly;

communicate decisions and reasoning to both notifier and user; and

direct users to appropriate support services.

Platforms may retain content where there is reasonable doubt as to its illegality, provided the decision is justified and communicated, preserving proportionality and procedural fairness.

These obligations should be read in light of a 2025 Brazilian Supreme Court decision that significantly limited the traditional “safe harbor” under Article 19 of the Marco Civil da Internet. Under that regime, platforms were generally only liable for third‑party content if they failed to comply with a court‑ordered takedown. The Court’s decision departs from this approach, indicating that platforms may be required to remove unlawful content directly, including upon user notice, without prior judicial intervention, and introducing a broader “duty of care” (dever de cuidado). While not expressly codified, the Decree clearly reflects and operationalizes this shift by embedding more structured notice-handling accountability requirements.

Her name is Laetitia Ky and she’s only 23! 😍😍 I’ve already seen a white girl steal her idea so let’s promote tf out of the OG.

Her IG

knee to the groin

nails to the eyes

a can of mace in your pocket (never in your bag, it's harder to just grab and use in an emergency situation)

if he's lying down, stomp on his ankle with full force

personal alarm device is a great addition, a sudden loud noise is confusing and distracting, while also alerting people around who might pay attention

same thing with a taser, the sound alone is intimidating as hell

don't carry a knife or other tools like this if you're not absolutely, completely 100% confident in your fighting skills with it - it's easy to take away, you can even accidentally drop it, and it could be used against you

comfortable shoes can go a long way - personal confrontation is a last resort situation. run for your life if you can

never tuck your thumb inside your fist - lay it over your fingers instead. you don't want to break it

if you have to, you can harden your fist by putting a matchbox inside - keys and other hard object are highly discourages. matchbox is easy to carry and can give your punch a stronger blow

your elbow hook is absolutely capable of breaking a nose

do literally anything it takes to get out of this situation. use what you can to your advantage. keys on a chain as a whip, pens, nails, teeth - anything. don't be afraid of taking action

and especially for men, their balls are extremely vulnerable. grabbing a testicle and digging your nails into it while also rotating and then pulling as hard as you can WILL have him on the floor passed out or throwing up.

how bout we bring this bad boy back? as a designer, the black/brown/trans stripes are fuck-ugly and very well intended but misguided.

gilbert baker also added a lavender stripe before his death to represent diversity that’s actually aesthetically well-reasoned:

How come instead of just flying actual BLM and black power stuff alongside the rainbow, we just tossed a brown and black stripe over the rainbow? I'll put the raised fist next to my rainbow happily because, idk, maybe I'm able to value them without swallowing their movement into mine.

You don't have to stop being a woman to stop performing femininity (in fact, you can't really stop being one--not on a chromosomal level, not on the level of bone structure, nor even come close to true average male hormone levels without becoming severely sick, and not on a genital level. Aesthetic changes to the flesh under a surgical knife may ease dysphoria in some, but are not the same as truly replacing female genitalia with male genitalia.)

It reinforces that woman=femininity when your abandonment of femininity is coupled with your attempted abandonment of womanhood.