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yall wont believe this. #maritalrape was trending on twitter until a few seconds ago and I thought they were finally criminalizing it but all I found were debates on how marital rape SHOULDN’T be criminalized.

90% of the tweets were about how women lie about the claims and how “men already have hard lives because of the dowry laws”

don’t believe me? look at this.

“is there a real need for a law against marital rape” are yall seeing this clownery?

LIKE WHAT? DON’T WE HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER? DONT THE SO-CALLED ADULTS HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER? OFC YES, we need the law.

The younger generation : So can you like, listen to us and discuss our problems so we can solve them? You know promote social progress and make the country a better place to be for everyone ?

Some adults and the Government : lol no.

The younger generation : uhh..ok so can you at least stop dragging social progress back and at least secure basic rights for everyone and make sure that people don’t get discriminated against and abused for just being themselves ?

Some adults and the Government : lmao no.

The younger generation : alright then can you let us be more involved in the decision making process so that we can represent ourselves and solve our problems ourselves ?

Some adults and the Government : you guys are just kids, you don’t know anything and should just let us handle big issues.

The younger generation : But it’s our future though.

Some adults and the Government : well so what ? We are in power. Your new ideas are dangerous and will destroy the Indian society ! We don’t want your stupid new ideas !!!

The younger generation : right so you don’t need us here and won’t listen to anything we want to say. So you wouldn’t mind if we left right ?

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Cho Sang-woo

I’ve finally made a Squid Game edit! It’s ironic that my first edit in this fandom should be about Sang-woo.

It really isn’t bc this song fits him so well.

Song: “Backstabber” — Kesha

It’s probably not too late but you have to keep in mind, you are paying the pet store for those fish and therefore encouraging them to get more fish in and continue keeping them in poor conditions because people will keep buying them.

Pet stores run on impulse purchases.

They do not care why the animals were paid for, only that they were paid for.

There are written records of a pet shop owner buying sick or injured budgies cheap from their shitty breeders, clipping their wings, and dumping them in a nearby park to make bank off the flood of people who would find them and rush to the nearest store for supplies.

Selling betta in those little cups is calculated.

Stores can buy three or four times as many as there would have been space for if they were housed in tanks.

Fanciers will buy the pretty, charismatic ones when they first come in.

Concerned good Samaritans will buy the sick ones who've been there a few weeks, and some times spend lavishly for the supplies.

In the long run, not only do the stores take no loss for having fish in unchanged cups long enough for them to sicken, they are more likely to make MORE money on sick than healthy fish because they can literally bank on people buying them out of concern for their wellbeing.

This makes them very unlikely to stop.

The reason most pet shops don't sell puppies and kittens anymore is that there came to be serious backlash for any place selling them in poor condition.

The general public is beginning to care about birds, herps, and pocket pets enough to complain and drag the establishment's reputation instead of buying one to save it from the bad conditions.

By only buying animals that are healthy and complaining and warning other potential customers away instead of snatching up a sick one, consumers set and enforce dire consequences for the establishment's poor maintenance of their livestock.

Unfortunately, the general public doesn't care that much about fish that aren't super expensive.

News outlets will often leap on the opportunity to drag a business publicly & nearly all local news outlets would rather put their support on a local small business, so they see this as a win-win.

If you kick up enough of a fuss and spread enough awareness, they will be forced to change. They'll lose business across the board.

15 DECEMBER 1972

also from the article: it is estimated that 29 mobility devices are destroyed or damaged EVERY DAY. and I’m going to assume those are only the ones that are REPORTED.

Image Description: Tweets by Maria Town, with a link to a different article from Domestic Employers organization, with the preview image being a photo of Engracia Figueroa - a smiling black woman with dark brown skin and coily black and grey hair. The tweets say the following, “ “Engracia Figueroa, a fierce advocate for people with disabilities, passed away on Sunday due to complications from injuries she sustained when United Airlines destroyed her custom wheelchair last July.” #FlyingWhileDisabled #Disability https://domesticemployers.org/hand-in-hand-grieves-the-loss-of-engracia-figueroa United broke Engracia’s wheelchair and refused to replace it. The loaner chair the airlines provided to Engracia did not support her properly. Her skin broke down, became infected, and she died. 2/3 How many hospitalizations and deaths have resulted from airlines inaction and indifference to this issue? Thank you@HiHemployers for your advocacy and for sharing this tribute. Rest In Peace and Power, Engracia. You deserved so much more. 3/3” End of Image Description

Image Description: Screenshots from the News Week article by Toria Branhart and the Domestic Employers Org article by Blithe Riley, about the passing of Engracia Figueroa. A photo of Engracia Figueroa, a black woman in a custom motorized wheelchair, and an accompanying member of the “Hand in Hand” activist group and home care worker organization, Christine Laing, a black woman wearing a mask. Engracia is shown speaking in the “Care Can’t Wait” rally in Washington D.C. from July 2021, at the podium. A quote. “"Mobility devices are an extension of our bodies. When they are damaged or destroyed, we become re-disabled. Until the airlines learn how to treat our devices with the care and respect they deserve, flying remains inaccessible,” the activist said in an interview after the incident.“ “All of us at Hand in Hand are heartbroken, shocked and enraged by Engracia’s needless death. This loss should never have happened. While we are reeling from the layers of injustice this tragedy makes visible, we are holding Engracia’s tenacity and resolve as our guidepost. Lives are at stake in the work that we do, and our current ableist and racist system continues to fail our communities time and time again. We cannot and will not stand by and let these systems of oppression prevail. We demand that United Airlines end the damage of wheelchairs and assistive devices on its flights and create an accessible process for people with disabilities to travel safely, with dignity. Sign and share our petition here.  Please note: this statement was updated 11/5 after Hand in Hand received more details from Engracia’s lawyer about the extent of her injuries.” End of Image Description

So in full: Engracia Figueroa was a black disabled working class woman, as well as a worker and disability activist. She died 4 months after her custom motorized wheelchair was destroyed by United Airlines directly after she came back from Washington D.C., where she attended an activist rally where she demanded better conditions for Home Care workers and disabled people.

The broken $30,000 custom motorized wheelchair was a fire hazard and basically unusable. The wheelchair was necessary for her survival, well-being, independence, and ability to work.

Forced to use it while broken in the 5 hours waiting at the airport, resulted in her hospitalization. “Hand in Hand”, “Caring Across Generations”, “Care Can’t Wait Coalition”, their petition, their media campaign, and (later on) Senator Tammy Duckworth’s office demanded United Airlines take further responsibility. The campaign further highlighted the pervasive issues with airlines destroying mobility aids and other necessary devices.

However, by the time United Airlines agreed to replace the $30,000 wheelchair, Engracia succumbed to her worsened condition due to using an inadequate loaner chair they had previously provided in the time they refused to take full responsibility.

“Hand in Hand” organization points towards the unjustness of systemic both ableism and racism having a hand in her untimely death, and encourage people to sign their petition against United Airline’s damaging of assistive devices.

In my personal view (especially as a black disabled person myself), the intersections of ableism, racism, and classism must be acknowledged when discussing this situation.