Nothing will stand in my way
As I embrace my destiny
No, your arrows will not bring me down
You’re just a noise, a whisper in the night
My heart beats harder than the thunder (harder than the thunder)
From fire, I’m born
I am the storm
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I do love that piece. It’s part of a playlist I made for one of my daughters: we traded playlists we made specifically for each other, and hers for me was titled “mom” (no capital letter, kill me now!) and mine to her was “Strong Women”.
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I have long suspected this subreddit of being operated by bad actors (don’t know if anyone agrees with me on that but that’s my take regardless).
So disturbing that just a couple days after the pro-rape party won and promised to outlaw abortion nationally that a “women focused” sub is suggesting and sharing things that will definitely get people killed.
In an information world where people think vaccines cause autism and bleach cures it… they are telling people to do something that will definitely get them killed and no one will help them while they die either. Some people will have this done to them against their will too, mark my words.
Fuck accelerationists and whatever else runs that place. That shit gets a lot of views too.
Just putting it here since it only affects people who can get pregnant so I wouldn’t want to clog up any other thread with such a rare niche subject (though it also qualifies as dangerous mis/dis/mal/information) but damn… didn’t even take a week.
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Huh. Are there also recommendations that we bring back eunuchs?
I hear in some eras, in some nations, that was another effective way to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
(If needed, /s. Trying to capture the tone of that redditor.)
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I think the first time I got moderated over there was for using the C word, which as a Brit, confused me a bit (if I were an Aussie, where it’s effectively punctuation, it would have confused me a LOT.)
This then opened my eyes to how a lot of USAian cultural sensitivity is now acting to actively censor platforms owned by US organisations but accessed worldwide, and can be seen at its most deleterious in current YouTube content, where every last swear-word seems to now be censored for fear of demonetisation.
Needless to say, this just makes me want to use the forbidden words more, but I reluctantly, begrudgingly self-censor in places with high concentrations of North Americans.
And this pisses me right off, as I fucking LOVE me some swearing.
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Are you angry that you can’t use the “N” word too?
Lot’s of US racists hate that restriction on sites.
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It’s inspiring that you want to reclaim the c word for women.
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I’m not “reclaiming” it for anyone.
And I’m pretty sure you know that it is far more acceptable to people in the UK and other English-speaking parts of the world, and doesn’t carry the same connotations that it does in the States.
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I know that inherently misogynistic language should be examined and challenged. And especially so by men using it.
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Poor you… /s
I love not feeling like my body part is an insult…
I don’t give a shit. I’m also guessing that isn’t universal either, and that there is probably a conversation going on in those countries about the use of the word, especially among feminists… I mean, I KNOW that we’re an in age now where the backlash to wimmins demanding we be treated like human beings is at a fever pitch, but we’re not full on in the handmaid’s tale yet… You can either be an ally and listen to us when we talk about stuff like this, or you can roll your eyes and dismiss us.
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And? Why does that matter? We have a mixed group of nationalities here. Do you really want to use a word offensive a lot of us that badly?
Save it for when you are amongst your UK and Australian pals. Or better, find a new cuss word. One that isn’t a gendered insult.
Also, this really isn’t the time for this. An entire nation’s worth of of women just watched our neighbors and even relatives vote to remove our right to bodily autonomy. We are upset. We are angry. We are grieving. Please exercise some respect and kindness by dropping this subject.
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Yeah, but see, someone can’t say a word, so that’s the REAL tragedy here!!! I mean, we’re second class citizens, but really what’s that in the face of violations to freeze peach… /s
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Well I hope you can all take it in the way it’s intended, but I sincerely apologise for any offense I may have caused. I won’t offer any excuses.
I will never use that word here or refer to it.
Why is this in the thread about women? This doesn’t belong here. Your only excuse for this being in this thread is that you can’t say the C word?
You posted that here in this thread today!?
EDIT: I see this was moved from somewhere else, sorry for reacting too fast, and thanks all for the clarification below.
Still honestly, a depressing read in the context as it now exists.
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this got moved from another thread… he started this line of discussion responsible monetization of the BBS… where is was off-topic…
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It was moved here from the BBS monetization thread by someone.
I believe it belongs here because the root of the c-word and it’s continued usage is misogyny. There really isn’t any other reason to continue to use a word that large swaths of the world, and particularly the marginalized group to which it refers, finds offensive. Perhaps women in the UK and Australia don’t find it offensive. Gone completely numb to it’s use.
Edit to correct where the post and replies originated.
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It’s kind of wild to me that people assume that not speaking up about something must mean acceptance… certainly speaks to the fact that lots of people just don’t think about why someone might not speak up, because they don’t live in a world hostile to their existence in any other way than a very narrow one that does not include being a full human being. Just because a woman in the UK or Australia went along with the usage, doesn’t mean that she was not hurt by it, too. Maybe she just didn’t want to deal with the hassle that comes along with speaking up. Sometimes, it’s just safer to go along than to buck the trend.
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Why?
Pro-tip: Intentions don’t matter in a situation like this. It’s not about you, it’s about your actions, and their effects.
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Different cultures have different taboos. Anglos don’t eat horse. Europeans don’t eat dogs etc.
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