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RIP Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)

She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.

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Live. Laugh. Lower expectations. My neighbor skipped “good vibes only” and went straight to cosmic despair. Honestly, the commitment is impressive. #NeighborGoals Reflash for radical honesty.

Photo of a suburban house with hand-painted lettering across its windows and front door. Text above says, “Gotta love my neighbor’s positivity.” The words on the house create a profane, nihilistic statement describing the home as a prison and the surrounding planet and galaxy as terrible.

Normalization comes first Authoritarianism doesn’t begin at its worst point. It grows when attacks on truth, dissent, institutions and targeted groups become ordinary. #Democracy #CivilLiberties Reflash before “not normal” becomes normal.

The RFK Jr. origin story “Junior drank three gallons of lead paint?” “I’m sure he’ll be fine.” Narrator: he was not fine. #RFKJr #PoliticalSatire Reflash for the most cursed Kennedy-family lore imaginable.

Black-and-white image of two formally dressed men talking indoors. Text above reads: “Junior drank three gallons of lead paint? Don’t worry, Bobby, I’m sure he’ll be fine.” The meme presents this as a fictional, retrospective origin-story joke about RFK Jr.

Applause doesn’t pay rent Nothing says “Happy Labor Day” like celebrating workers while dodging the question of who gets the gains from their productivity. #LaborDay #WorkersRights Reflash if workers deserve more than confetti.

Political cartoon depicts a worker standing beside a barbecue grill and a suited man holding a paper and a briefcase labeled “Census Bureau.” The worker talks about wages, productivity, and corporate profits. The suited man tosses confetti into the air and replies, “Happy Labor Day!!”

Your street isn’t a battlefield The Posse Comitatus Act exists to help keep federal military power from becoming ordinary civilian policing, with legal exceptions. #CivilLiberties #PosseComitatus Reflash if guardrails on state power matter.

Two-panel political meme showing armed soldiers. The upper image shows troops moving through a dusty desert and reads “Where they belong.” The lower image shows soldiers and military vehicles moving through a suburban American neighborhood and reads “Where they don’t,” followed by a reference to the Posse Comitatus Act.

Existence isn’t recruitment Seeing trans people, hearing about trans people, or being asked to respect trans people is not “conversion.” Nobody is coming for you. #TransRights #TransVisibility Reflash if visibility ≠ coercion.

A person isn’t illegal Debate borders, asylum and enforcement. But if your argument requires turning a human being into a demeaning label, the cruelty is doing the work. #Immigration #HumanRights Reflash if dehumanization isn’t a policy position.

Bold black text on a white background rejects calling immigrants “illegals.” It references Indigenous peoples, slavery, immigrants, and the Statue of Liberty phrase about the tired and poor. The message says humans are not illegal and condemns the dehumanization and demonization of people.

The weekend was won So were overtime, sick leave, workplace safety, minimum-wage laws and more. Workers organized until demands became rights. #LaborMovement #WorkersRights Reflash if labor history deserves remembering.

Illustrated labor poster shows a diverse crowd holding signs for overtime pay, living-wage laws, sick leave, parental leave, civil rights, pensions, health benefits, workers’ compensation, minimum wage, child labor laws and equal pay. Large text says the labor movement brought these gains and quotes Frederick Douglass on power conceding nothing without a demand.

Let kids be kids Trans kids deserve childhood without being forced to defend their right to exist. Room to play, create, laugh, grow and simply be. #TransKids #ProtectTransYouth Reflash if you believe every kid deserves that freedom.

Four-panel illustrated comic. A child plays soccer, two children color drawings, and three teens sit together with drinks. The last panel shows a smiling child holding a transgender pride flag. Text says: “Give trans kids a chance to be kids without having to fight for the right to exist.”

Political labels can hide the real divide. Ask whose dignity matters, whose suffering counts, whose rights are negotiable and who bears the cost. Those answers tell you more than a party label ever will. #EthicsMatter #HumanDignity Reflash if values deserve scrutiny too.

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Wanting people fed, housed, cared for, and treated with dignity is not extremism. The radical part is how easily preventable suffering became normal. #HumanDignity #ChooseEmpathy Reflash if kindness should be the baseline.

Dark gray graphic with centered white text asking what “radicalized” someone, then rejecting the idea that opposition to hunger and suffering is radical. It says basic empathy is normal, calls for harmful behavior to be challenged, and ends by saying kindness should be the default.

You don’t need a conspiracy when the incentives are visible. When endless accumulation is the reward, suffering becomes an acceptable cost. No hero is coming. #CollectiveAction #SystemicChange Reflash if you’re done waiting for someone else to fix it.

Sepia text graphic with several paragraphs of centered white writing. It argues that social crises can be explained through systems built around money and endless accumulation, warns about the human and ecological consequences, and closes by rejecting hero worship in favor of collective action.

When the take is so stupid this stops being an insult and becomes peer recognition. #ReactionMeme #BadTakes Reflash for the next undefeated genius in the replies.

A smiling suited man is shown outdoors with buildings and parked cars behind him. Subtitle text reads, “You know, I’m something of a fucking idiot myself,” with the key insult emphasized in yellow on black. The meme is commonly usable as a mocking reaction to an especially foolish statement.

WHEN THE VERSE BECOMES POLICY “I was hungry. I was thirsty. I was a stranger. I was sick.” Matthew 25 gets uncomfortable when faith meets food aid, housing, healthcare, detention, and prisons. #Matthew25 #FaithInAction Reflash if values should survive contact with policy.

White handwritten protest sign photographed at close range. Black phrases including “I was hungry,” “I was thirsty,” “I was a stranger,” and “I was sick” are answered in red with references to food-aid cuts, water, detention, homelessness and healthcare. A Matthew 25:42–45 reference appears at the bottom.

Corporate Compassion™ Paint it pink. Borrow the cause. Keep the margin. The ribbon gets the campaign. The quarterly report gets the loyalty. #Pinkwashing #CauseMarketing #CorporatePR Reflash if you read past the branding.

Pink satirical graphic with the phrase “Drink for the Cure!” above two runner silhouettes and a fictional amber liquor bottle carrying a pink ribbon. A warning below references breast cancer risk. The image mocks corporate pinkwashing by pairing cause branding with an intentionally contradictory product concept.

Same Hat, New Fine Print “No new wars.” “Every gun law is an infringement.” Epstein accountability. Then came the exceptions. Funny how absolute principles become flexible the moment loyalty asks them to bend. #PoliticalSatire #MAGA #Hypocrisy

Two-part political graphic labeled “MAGA THEN” and “MAGA NOW.” Four muscular cartoon figures in red MAGA hats appear above statements about Epstein, abolishing the IRS, gun laws, and no new wars. Four distorted red-hat figures below appear with contrasting statements involving Biden, tariffs, red flag laws, Venezuela, and Iran.

The Kennedy Group Chat From “ask what you can do for your country” to “someone please explain RFK Jr. to the family” is a legendary downgrade. The family tree really did grow a conspiracy branch. #PoliticalHumor #RFKJr #Satire

No Exit The cartoon’s point is simple: today’s conspiracy politics weren’t spontaneous. Deregulation, outrage media, billionaire money, and years of monetized misinformation built the road here. #MediaHistory #Disinformation #PoliticalCartoon

Forward Is a Direction Progress means more freedom, more curiosity, and more room for people—not authoritarian nostalgia in patriotic colors. The future should look like a future. #ChooseTheFuture #NoNazis #PoliticalSatire Reflash if you’re choosing forward.

A two-panel political meme contrasts seven people in futuristic uniforms above the words “What we want.” with a silhouetted figure facing a large U.S. flag altered with a Nazi swastika below the words “What they want.” Blue tones dominate the top; red, white, and black dominate the lower panel.

Check out my friend @strangeweather3.bsky.social’s take on the Big Beautiful Ballroom 🤮

Sarah Benchley (@strangeweather3.bsky.social)

Currently unemployed writer. Gymnerd. Antifascist. Maker of typos. Collector of dust. Occupied Duwamish Territory. "Where are we going and why are we in this handcart??"

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The Information Was Never the Problem Unlimited knowledge. Unlimited confidence. Not always the same thing.

Minimalist black image with centered white text joking that the internet proved stupidity wasn’t caused by a lack of information but by something else entirely.

Hobbes Was Warning Us Fear becomes governance long before people notice it. Once survival is the only political promise left, cruelty starts getting marketed as stability and isolation becomes normal. That’s how societies decay from the inside. #CollectivePower #ResistanceRadio #FearPolitics

A parchment-colored quote graphic framed with ornate vintage borders. The text contains a long excerpt from Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan describing fear, violence, and social collapse, ending with “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” The image resembles an old philosophical manuscript repurposed for political commentary.

Ask The Question Silence doesn’t make you look smarter. It just keeps you confused longer. Clarity cuts through all of it. #ClarityOverCool #SpeakUp #NoMoreGuessing Reflash if you’re done pretending to understand.

A simple white background image with bold red handwritten text encouraging asking for clarity instead of pretending to understand, emphasizing direct communication.

You Built a Boss Level You didn’t forget. You just made it impossible to find. Now your “saved” section requires emotional preparation. #ADHDLife #DigitalChaos #TooManyTabs Reflash if opening your saves feels like a risk.