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OP PLEASE GIVE US THE BREAKDOWN!!!!!

ayeforscotland

Before JK Rowling fell into the anti-trans blackhole, she campaigned against Scottish independence.

She helped bankroll the campaign to keep Scotland in the UK, and a lot of pro-independence campaigners who were fans felt disappointed and let down.

During the campaign she referred to pro-independence voters as death eaters, and became good friends with misogynists who frequently targeted women in political roles (councillor or member of Parliament)

Scotland recently passed a law to reform the Gender Recognition Act. This makes this process for trans people in Scotland easier by reducing the bureaucratic red-tape and invasive procedures that people have to jump through to obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate.

JK Rowling and her bigoted friends have been attacking this legislation and trans people for some time.

The British Government, in an unprecedented move, have decided they are going to block the legislation. They have not done this to any law since the Scottish Parliament was reinstated.

Scotland leans more to the left than England does. By doing this the British government (and the opposition parties that aren’t fighting against it) are surrendering the progressive case for the United Kingdom to still exist.

If they can override this law, they can override any law. With over 50% of Scotland supporting independence and younger, more progressive people becoming eligible to vote every day, the death of the United Kingdom is inevitable.

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Photoset 20 January 2023
headspace-hotel

I learned in my political science class that all major famines in the 20th century and onward have been caused by oppressive groups or political situations restricting access to food, NOT natural causes like crop failure

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Text 17 May 2022
silvermoon424

Amazing site I just discovered that archives girls' games from the 2000s

They've archived games from Barbie, Polly Pocket, Monster High, My Scene... the list goes on and on! It's overwhelming how much they have!! I think they've archived nearly every game for every category they have. And the best thing is, it's all online and you don't need Flash!

www.numuki.com/games/girls/

Bless whoever is maintaining this site, seriously. The nostalgia I got from replaying these games was so intense.

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Text 1 May 2022
evilphrog

One of my favorite parts of the Hunger Games was how, in the beginning, Katniss was jealous amd resentful of the townies for not having to work in the coal mines. Then, over time, she realizes they aren't the true enemy. Then she sees the other district kids as so much better off than she is, because at least they don't come from district 12. But then she realizes they aren't the enemy either. And then she hates the other victors, before realizing they have all been exploited just as much as she has. So the enemy must be the Capitol citizens, who benefit from the exploitation of the districts, right? Wrong again. They are just uninformed and pampered people who have been kept in the dark about the true horrors faced by the rest of the country. Most of them, when push comes to shove, are perfectly willing to help the war efforts.

And slowly, over the three books, all theses separate factions of downtrodden people start to see each other as allies instead of enemies, and that is what propells them to eventual victory over the true enemy, the government that tried to pit them against each other. Just fun, totally fictional things to think about that have nothing whatsoever to do with our current life.

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