Marguerite Bennett's Blog, page 73
June 24, 2017
note-a-bear:
taylormariegreen:
micdotcom:
This map shows...
This map shows every state where women are more likely to live in poverty than men
Wait… hold up. Every state is colored in. That can’t be right… right?
Unfortunately, the map is accurate. And it’s especially problematic for millennial women, who are much more likely to have a bachelor’s degree or higher than millennial men, but who are consistently earning less living and living in poverty more.
SLAMS THE REBLOG BUTTON
“But women earn more degrees” and still get paid less, so eat my whole ass
June 23, 2017
madlori:
tzikeh:
I know that I’m just one of the millions of...
I know that I’m just one of the millions of people who will lose their health care if the ACA is repealed and this becomes law, and I don’t have that many followers on tumblr and I’m not “important” in fandom. But I am a human being, and the ACA is all that stands between me and suicide.
The anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medications I take are literally (and I am using this word correctly) keeping me alive at this point in my life. If Trumpcare goes through, it will mean my death, unless I can find a way to come up with $2250 a month to pay for my medications, because with Trump’s health care plan, even if I were able to get a full-time job with a health insurance package, my employer’s insurance could deny me benefits due to my pre-existing conditions.
I’ve been around a long time, and I’ve tried pretty much all of the meds (and combos) available for my illnesses, back when I had a job with insurance. Now I pay into the Marketplace and get my insurance there, and I’m finally at a steady place w/r/t my disease. I’m not going to go all caps-lock and bold and whatever, but “death” is the outcome if I lose my ACA coverage.
I hope you are all calling your senators. I have been.
My GOP Senator is one of the ones on the fence. He hears from me a lot.
But no matter who your Senator is, GOP or Dem, let them hear from you. A LOT.
thediscourseblogs:
Disability advocates arrested during...
Disability advocates arrested during health care protest at McConnell’s office. Thank you for risking your lives #cripplepunk
50+ arrests and counting
ilikebluehorses:
thefingerfuckingfemalefury:
logarhythmic:
Oh...
Oh the cute meter exploded
DOES NOT MATTER THAT YOU ARE NOT CAT
I LOVE YOU AQUATIC BEAST
LET US BE TOGETHER I WILL GET MY HUMAN TO BRING ME OUT ON THEIR BOAT TO SEE YOU
The second most intelligent life form on the planet.
rubylis:
helenadax:
I heard that in the next ST movie, Chekov will be in another ship, which is...
I heard that in the next ST movie, Chekov will be in another ship, which is fine because seeing another actor playing him would be too sad. But the other day I started thinking that maybe there should be another character, a new one, because it would be right to do again what Roddenberry did when he added Pavel Chekov to the crew. I mean, back in the 60s, Chevov was way more than a cute kid. It was the middle of the Cold War and he was from Russia, the sworn enemy of the USA at the time. His presence at the bridge was a symbol of peace, of hope.
Since things have changed, this new Chekov never had the same meaning. So maybe they should add someone with that meaning now. I’m not American, I don’t know what country he or she should come from. Maybe from North Korea? Cuba? Iran? Whatever country America hates most now, this new character should be from there. Put an Iranian woman wearing a Starfleet approved hiyab on the bridge and don’t make a single comment about it because it’s the 23th century now and no one gives a shit about these things. Then, she’ll give us the same message that Chekov gave us in 1967: things will get better.
I love this idea.
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