Marguerite Bennett's Blog, page 336
April 23, 2016
Fictional doctors: this patient has a medical mystery and is suffering and we can't solve it, we need to invest more time, effort and resources in figuring out what's wrong and helping this patient live a happy life
Real doctors: idk what's wrong so im going to assume you're faking lol good luck
tastefullyoffensive:
It’s traditional ink for chinese...
It’s traditional ink for chinese calligraphy practice, and is thankfully 100% bio and non-toxic to dogs and humans. (via imgur)
April 22, 2016
profeminist:
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profeminist:
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genderandorientationexplanations:
Following up on this post:
Have you ever heard of “time poverty?” – here’s why it’s the biggest issue preventing gender equality
“Across the globe, women spend about 4.5 hours a day on unpaid labor, such as child care and household chores. For men, that figure drops in half.
That’s according to data cited by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which identified the issue of time poverty as a central focus in an annual letter released by its wealthy benefactors. In poor countries, the unpaid labor gap grows. Women in India, for example, spend an estimated six hours a day on unpaid labor. Men there spend just an hour on such chores.
The expectations affect a woman’s ability to work outside the home.
“She doesn’t even get out of the house in that situation. She is trapped in that home,” Melinda Gates told Refinery29 during a round table interview earlier this year. “So she doesn’t even get to go to the market, or participate in a job.“
Read the full piece here
@profeminist Lefty Cartoons has cartoons that deal with this topic too. Check out ‘how the Feminist Revolution wasn’t completed’ and ‘another mum gets screwed over by a tiny advantage’.
Love your work :)
HEY THANKS A LOT! FEMINIST FIST BUMP!!!
Readers, click the links from the share above for
relevant & on-target cartoons!
I do like this cartoonist a lot and have shared some of his pieces in the past. You can browse his site by category, here are the feminist ones: http://leftycartoons.com/category/feminist/
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no one wants this
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