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Once you start noticing the passive voice being used for men's actions, you can't unsee it. In history class it was always "women weren't seen as equal human beings" or "women weren't able to own property or have jobs or get education" rather than men legally considered women their property and banned them from work, school, and property rights.

In the news it's always "girl raped in park" or "woman killed in home" which would make some sense if the perpetrator was unknown, but they often have already caught the culprit by the time the article comes out and it's always a man.

The amount of times I've seen a headline about a man murdering his entire family before killing himself being titled "man commits suicide after family is killed" with a nice little family photo of them is absolutely absurd.

Hell, just last night I saw an article titled, "3 kids killed after mom let ex-partner take them to get food." Her male ex took the kids to get food and murdered them before killing himself. Not only is the headline passive, but it also phrases it in a way that makes the mother somehow look guilty like she knew what he had planned or knew he was insane.

To top it off, people get really uncomfortable if you stop using the passive voice for this stuff. They start squirming if you straight up say "men wrote laws banning women from voting" even when that is literally what happened. BOTH men and women act this way. It's like we're all just supposed to pretend that rape, enslavement, murder, and other human rights violations against women just fell from the sky.

One of the "rules of misogyny" is that the worst thing about male violence, male flaws, male abuse and oppression against women; is that those things make men look bad. That's why this male supremacist world has implemented this passive language for men's actions; this language that indirectly speaks of their actions and even seems to blame a woman for the man's crimes if they can find an opportunity to do so.

If that insidious, passive, redirecting voice wasn't there - if instead these things were labeled directly and properly, so that it sounded like this - "Man killed girl in park", "man took his three kids to get food and killed them", "man killed woman in her home", "men banned women from owning property or having education" ... If it were like that, it would make people actually acknowledge the crimes men commit against women. It would make people actually acknowledge how rampant violent behavior is for men. It would make people hold males accountable for their own actions and tendencies; and their pathetic egos can't possibly handle that.

I made a post intentionally counteracting this passive language.

It created discomfort in some women. They tried to deal with it in different ways. Some tried to nitpick the statistics, others said I was "inspiring hatred," and then others tried to turn it into a joke: "Oh yeah, my dad totally murdered 1000 women last year."

But the majority of women were angry. Passive language robs women of their natural incline to become angry and rebel. When the perpetrator is put into light, the indignation starts to grow, and so does the desire to get justice.

— Rosé (from Blackpink) on Taylor’s kindness I’m the industry (x)

hi guys i know this is kind of a big ask so im going to try to elaborate as many details as i can even if many of them are painful and private and i do want to give a content warning for mentions of animal injury and abuse

as some of you know, my sister is an addict and i am currently estranged from her. about a month and a half ago, her dog was abandoned at a rescue that partners with the animal shelter i volunteer at, tied up to their front door in the middle of the night with injuries that are presumed to be from being struck by a car.. severe road rash on his legs and paws and bruising, thankfully nothing broken. he received some medical treatment and was transferred to the shelter i volunteer at. during this time, my sister did not attempt to reclaim her dog and i assumed responsibility for him at an expense i and my family wasn’t exactly prepared for. due to his age and his illness and injuries, he would not have been a fit adoption candidate but i did not feel that he was ready for euthanasia. he is a good dog, still full of life and still making every effort to keep going, and he’s so deserving of spending his remaining time here comfortably despite what he has been through the past several months. the truth is, he has been abused and severely neglected. my brother in law knocked several of the dog’s teeth out and broke them (he is currently in jail), and both he and my sister were aware of the dog’s kidney disease but did not seek medical treatment for him and often allowed the dog to go days without food or water.

at this time, he needs further vet care; antibiotics, pain medication, treatment for his anxiety, medicated baths, and prescription dog food for his kidney disease. a family friend created a gfm to help us with these expenses and im asking y’all to help or share this anywhere you can, if you can. he has a long way to go but he’s not giving up yet. 🩵 if you have any questions or any details you want verified, please don’t hesitate to send me an ask and i will do my best to get back to you quickly!!

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:p

You show up for your first day at Copyright-Free Magic School. As you're going through orientation, you're informed that all new students get a school-assigned familiar that they are responsible for housing and maintaining. The staff member assures you that your assigned familiar is appropriately chosen and reflects you in some way.

Spin this to find out yours. (Remember, you are responsible for maintaining this familiar in your dorm room.)

cassandra 🤝🏾 girl at home 🤝🏾 that's when 🤝🏾 bye bye baby 🤝🏾 christmas tree farm 🤝🏾 renegade 🤝🏾 forever winter 🤝🏾 beautiful ghosts

Just realized Taycomedian strikes again bc she managed to mention how she started tour with a mission to sing as many of her songs as possible and then sing 0 songs that she hasn’t already done before lmaoooo