A memorial for Gloria Steinem In 1963, Gloria Steinem put on a fake name, a fake age, a satin corset, and took a job as a Playboy Bunny. Then she took the ears off, went home, and spent the next sixty years telling the world what it means to work in the sex industry.
Serenity
@chthonicnymph.bsky.social
They/them. 31. DabiHawks brain rot 24/7. SPF is your BFF. Sex work is real work. Minors DNI. Disability is my political alignment. ♑️♿️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Antebellum politics is fascinating, the South kept getting policy concessions and whipped themselves up into a paranoid rage anyway, essentially because they couldn't stand being culturally judged for having slaves
Time for more calls to Congress!! DoD is raiding (or trying to raid) NIH coffers to pay for more bombs. Never mind that the cost of this war could have funded a massive number of NIH grants. This regime is hellbent on death and destruction. democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...
Defense Officials Attempt to Raid NIH Funds to Cover Department of Defense Activities
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) has learned that officials at the Department of Defense (DoD) are working to divert billions of dollars from the National Institute...
democrats-appropriations.house.gov
I also can't tell the full story yet, but when Gloria Steinem was a co-chair of the Women's March, language supporting sex workers vanished from the march platform—but it was put back. Between the lines: sex workers won that fight, over Gloria's objections. The story as I could report it:
The Women’s March Is Pro-Choice and Pro-Sex Workers’ Rights — and Should Be Proud of It
(Photo: djc/Flickr) This Saturday in Washington, thousands of women — tens of thousands, maybe — will march, defining what women’s rights look…
psmag.com
Adult creators are still being debanked. Alix Lynx and @CherieDeVille.bskyverified.social recently spoke out about losing access to banking, despite federal action to address the issue. The fight is far from over. Read more + take action: www.freespeechcoalition.com/blog/adult-c...
Adult Creators Continue to Experience Debanking — Free Speech Coalition
Adult performers Alix Lynx and Cherie DeVille have recently spoken out about losing access to their bank accounts, bringing renewed attention to a problem our industry has faced for years. Lynx …
freespeechcoalition.com
The Department of the Interior is considering a proposal to sell part of Yosemite National Park to developers. Please take action. The National Parks Conservation Association has a form to voice your opposition to selling or trading any National Park property (i.e. public property!) to developers.
Yosemite is Not for Sale
Yosemite National Park is priceless, beloved by millions – and not for sale or exchange. But now, the federal government appears ready to provide a developer with a piece of the park. Urge Secretary B...
act.npca.org
how my hero academia be handling hawks official art 😭
Seems like it would be pretty easy for governments to make companies stop lying to consumers to trick them into thinking they're buying things they aren't buying. When you hit "buy" or "purchase," it should mean that. If you're renting/licensing something, then it should say "rent" or "license."
The company made the argument in an August filing with California’s Northern District Court. www.avclub.com/sony-interac...
I don't want gen AI in my browser; I don't want gen AI in my pc; I don't want gen AI in my art; I don't want gen AI in my games; I don't want gen AI in my music; I don't want gen AI in my movies; I don't want gen AI in my books; I don't want gen AI in my cart; and, I don't want gen AI in my life.
I don't want gen AI in my browser; I don't want gen AI in my pc; I don't want gen AI in my art; I don't want gen AI in my games; I don't want gen AI in my music; I don't want gen AI in my movies; I don't want gen AI in my books; I don't want gen AI in my cart; and, I don't want gen AI in my life.
If buying isn't owning then piracy can't be theft. Any reasonable corporation knows that.
Sony says "reasonable consumers" know they don’t own the digital PlayStation games they buy. It argues that it's "not plausible" to suggest that when they buy a digital game they actually believe they're "obtaining ownership" of it. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-sa...
Welp, there it is. The CDC is now officially manipulating data and their count of measles deaths in 2026 now stands at ZERO. My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say. The new CDC Director is failing us.
The CDC left two measles-associated Pa. deaths out of its latest count after RFK Jr. sparred with Gov. Shapiro
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has accused Pennsylvania of not cooperating with the CDC in its handling of a measles outbreak.
inquirer.com
*sigh* An "AI" does not "escape containment", as breathless news articles claim. It is *told to do something by its programmers*, then it *goes and does what it's been told*, then the corporation it belongs to releases a statement to drive fear-based engagement and media laps up the lie.
“Don’t worry Birdie..you now have all the time in the world..with me” Dabi burning down the safety commission building like the yandere he is 🔥✨ #dabi #dabihawks #mha #myheroacademia #touyatodoroki #toyatodoroki #bnha
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick doesn't just think teens are too young to read about sex, he thinks his female colleagues need to be shielded too It's rare that men in power make explicit how much they view women like children, but here we are! reason.com/2026/08/26/t...
Texas moves to protect kids—and women—from 'demonic' sex education book
Dan Patrick's campaign against “filthy” school library books targets sex education, LGBTQ titles, and literary classics.
reason.com
Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.
Dolly Parton was one of my greatest and most beloved role models, right behind my older sister and my mother. The ache I feel in my heart right now is going to be there for a bit.
no one has ever had, or will ever have, a better creative day than Dolly Parton writing Jolene and I Will Always Love You on the same day