The Manosphere men are liars. (And so are the women who love them.)

For Harriet

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXALsYRj2Ec&ab_channel=ForHarriet[/embed] Yep. They lie and make you regret being nice to them at all. I am vetting people much more carefully now. Next brother who claims to be Afroscientific or Kemetic is going to be quizzed on the practical application of the Affirmations of Ma’at. No more of these “pastor says” Pagans who never actually…

B.C. budget: Province becomes first in Canada to offer free prescription contraception | Globalnews.ca

Contraception pills on blue background. Birth control
B.C. budget: Province becomes first in Canada to offer free prescription contraception by Amy JuddAmy Judd (globalnews.ca)

The B.C. budget revealed a measure to cover prescription birth control products, copper IUDs and Plan B emergency contraceptives starting April 1, 2023.

With the release of the provincial budget on Tuesday, B.C. will become the first province in Canada to make prescription contraception free for all residents.Finance Minister Katrine Conroy said free prescription contraception will be available for women and transgender and non-binary people starting April 1.The program will fully cover prescription contraception options, including most oral…

We’re Still Missing the Mark on Black Trans Issues.

We're Still Missing the Mark on Black Trans Issues.
We’re Still Missing the Mark on Black Trans Issues. from YouTube

Homo/Transphobia in the African American community, and how Black Trans women face exponentially more violence and discrimination because of it.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opupXcmSMVk&ab_channel=SignifiedBSides[/embed]

Who benefits from all this outrage & division? | Khadija Mbowe

Who benefits from all this outrage & division?
Who benefits from all this outrage & division? | Khadija Mbowe from YouTube

Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.com/influencer/khadija-mbowe?coupon=MBOWE&utm_source=Partner&utm_medium=16466​ Enter promo code MBOWE for 83% off and 3 extra months for FREE!Play 0:00Intro 0:29Shouts to Surfshark 5:2…

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3mmg4bEQeQ&ab_channel=KhadijaMbowe[/embed] Play 0:00 Intro 0:29 Shouts to Surfshark 5:21 The anatomy of a Moral Panic 6:58 In Defence of Nuance 15:32 People are complicated 23:08 Final thoughts (aka who benefits?) 27:45 Credits/Thank you to the Patrons 38:34

M2KaNE – MaDlamini (Official Music Video)

M2KaNE - MaDlamini (Official Music Video)
M2KaNE – MaDlamini (Official Music Video) from YouTube

This song is proudly dedicated to Phindiwe Edna Mbatyoti, my mother. Ndyabulela MaDlamini, you have raised a good man.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfTrsAn63M8&ab_channel=M2KaNE[/embed] I’m here to pander to a heart that has been vilified That’s always pampered me and harvested my inner fire I wanna see you smileDon’t wanna see you cry I wanna be the one who always let’s your demons down Relentless in your quest to make your baby fly I’ll always grind until I…

International Women’s Month | Turning the GBV tide through music

Turning the GBV tide through music
International Women’s Month | Turning the GBV tide through music from YouTube

Artists are joining the fight against GBVF by promoting positive messages in a form of spreading love and peace.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xZ30sAEuhA&ab_channel=eNCA[/embed] Artists are joining the fight against GBVF by promoting positive messages in a form of spreading love and peace. M2Kane has released Madlamini in one of his EP’s in celebrating his mother. #eNCA Courtesy #DStv403

WATCH: Women and girls are still protesting in Iran. Here’s why – YouTube

Women and girls are still protesting in Iran
WATCH: Women and girls are still protesting in Iran. Here’s why from YouTube

Seven months after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was killed at the hands of Iran’s so-called morality police in September, protests across the country calling for the rights of women and girls continue.Amini’s death after she was arrested for allegedly violating the country’s conservative dress code for women sparked sustained protests led by women and young people.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBHSX4aFC78&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour[/embed] The Iranian government has detained over 20,000 protesters and killed more than 500, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a group that has been tracking the movement. Since November, a string of suspected poisonings has taken place at more than 50 girls’ schools across the country.While it isn’t yet known who is behind…

Stereotypes about girls dissuade many from careers in computer science

Stereotypes about girls dissuade many from careers in computer science- image of a group of girls sitting and standing at a table with laptops.
Stereotypes about girls dissuade many from careers in computer science (The Conversation)

Could it be that girls aren’t pursuing jobs in computer science and engineering because society has told them that’s not what they want to do? Three scholars weigh in.

In our peer-reviewed research – published in November 2021 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – we found that these stereotypes about girls’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math – or lack thereof – are fairly widespread among young people today. We also found that these stereotypes actually have an effect on…

Five Women Sue Texas Over the State’s Abortion Ban

abortion bans in Texas
Five Women Sue Texas Over the State’s Abortion Ban (Yahoo News)

Five women who say they were denied abortions despite grave risks to their lives or their fetuses sued the state of Texas on Monday, apparently the first…

Five women who say they were denied abortions despite grave risks to their lives or their fetuses sued the state of Texas on Monday, apparently the first time that pregnant women themselves have taken legal action against the bans that have shut down access to abortion across the country since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned…

Spelman College Alumni: Cop City represents an existential threat – Scalawag

An open letter to Spelman College: Denounce Cop City Now by Eva Dickerson (Scalawag)

While the HBCU boasts a commitment to Black gender-oppressed people, alumni say that destroying a critical ecosystem to invest millions in police terror is the highest degree of antiblackness.

Cop City, as it has been dubbed by local activists and community leaders, represents an existential threat to the lives of not just Atlantans, but people all over the world. Truly, Cop City is a threat to the safety and well-being of the Spelman community itself. Source: Spelman College Alumni: Cop City represents an existential…

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