This very moment, I am on the sidewalk in front of my local Planned Parenthood, on a vacation day to defend patients from protesters who try to stop them in the driveway in violation of federal law. The stupid runs very very strong. 😂
Just a clarification, I am not an escort. I'm a clinic defender. I'm not under the supervision or jurisdiction of the clinic staff. I do this because is an escort, you're not allowed to engage with protesters.
Elaine, thank you for doing this. Planned Parenthood was the only place I could obtain birth control pills as a teenager. I am forever thankful for that.
Thank you. When I was married and in graduate school in the early 1980s, the student health insurance didn't cover OBYN exams and contraception. Planned Parenthood provided the health care I needed as a young woman, because, I dunno, what, those other than Planned Parenthood thought lady parts are icky? Anyhoo, these protesters are blocking essential women's health care, so while they "attempt to save fetuses" or whatever the stupid fuck they think they are doing , they are also helping women die of ovarian cancer and similar. Bastards.
If they were so pro life, they'd support contraception, prenatal and postnatal care of women. Also, babies would always be on Medicaid if the parents didn't have insurance, school meals would be free to low income children and day care would be made more affordable. They also would go after dead beat dads who don't contribute any support to their children. This is all about control of women. Want to control a woman, keep her at home, out of the workplace and stunt her future career endeavors? Keep her barefoot and pregnant. And they wrap it all up in a nice religious package with a bow on it.
They're not pro-life, or pro-baby. They're pro-punishing-women for having sex, and also just pro-punishing women. It is all about hating and harming and punishing women. You might say they were FORCED-birth, as part of their fevered misogyny. We really need to understand it is entirely about loathing women and wanting "uppity" women to die. The words "pro life" are and have always been a convenient cover story.
Exactly this. It is all about control and keeping the oligarch wyt patriarchy on top. It isn't about just controlling women, it is controlling the poor. Large families keep people poor and tired and unable to fight (unless they are incredibly wealthy to begin with), it has been a tactic of fascism and dictators since the book was written. Look at Hungary and Romania, look at Nazi Germany...it all ends up with immense suffering for said children but the ones who want to control us don't care (if they needed an abortion they would still have one).
Not even until then, they don't care about the risks to the health of the person carrying the foetus, they will let them die rather than abort. They also don't care about the quality of life (if it has severe disabilities) nor do they care that by denying contraception hundreds of fertilised embryo's still get flushed out the womb naturally, they don't care about life at all. Abortion bans don't lower abortion rates, contraception and good sex education do. They don't want either of those things either because god forbid, one of the biggest things to protect children from SA and predation be in place to work against Christo-Fash predators who want to prey on them.
Obviously men don't think those parts are icky, since they have some sort of role in pregnancy (not according to conservative men, but we know they don't know anything about reproduction)
Umm, many men WON'T BUY TAMPONS FOR THE WOMEN IN THEIR LIFE. A man can still fuck and think lady parts are icky. And since it took federal law to cover many aspects of women's health, I feel confident that employers and insurance companies think lady parts are icky.
I was once married to a jerk who refused to buy me sanitary napkins after my c-section when I gave birth to our son. That jerk has been my ex-jerk for over 40 years.
I like the video, taken by the wife, of her husband going home with Maxipads and an order of Buffalo wings--she had told him to get Maxipads with wings! LOL
😂😂😂😂 poor guy, he now knows what "wings" are when purchasing menstrual products. I agree with other gals in the past here have said we need to talk more about menstruation, hygiene products. End the "ick" factor & educate men & boys.
Those are the guys who think the "R" label on the tampon box refers to the right side. I'm not sure how they think female anatomy works, but it explains the abortion laws they pass.
The guys passing abortion bans probably never had even the most basic of sex-ed classes in their lives. Which is a very large and important reason that we NEED SEX-ED IN SCHOOLS. (Not that I feel strongly about this or anything.)
And I still have a fight every year with my prescription insurance company, ONLY over my "lady" medicines. I'm sure they have no problem covering Viagra.
I always preferred to select them myself, until the advent of the cell phone where I could see what my husband was getting and discuss it with him. My daughter has no problem sending me for her tampons but not her dad because she knows he would not understand the instructions, although I also got her a cervical cup. She is not ready to use it, although it would be more convenient and better for the planet. Let us hope her university education makes her more aware. Or, that slowly she listens to me when I least expect it.
My spouse was smart enough to 1) ask me, 2) then look at the box in the bathroom and memorize the brand and size I used, 3) not expect me to keep them hidden. He was also smart enough to ask me if I had changed brands.
Exactly this. Until recently (2021) sanitary products in the UK were classed as "Luxury Non-essentials" though this extra tax was abolished, in the USA currently, 20 states charge sales tax on period products (as of May 14, 2024). The sales taxes range from 4% to 7% in Indiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. 5 U.S. states (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon) do not have a statewide sales tax. This is because they still class menstruating as a Luxury...https://allianceforperiodsupplies.org/tampon-tax/
Currently North Dakota, Idaho (X), Wyoming, South Dakota (X), Utah (it exempted them then repealed this in 2020), Arizona (X), Kansas, Oklahoma (X), Missouri (X), Arkansas (X), Alabama (X), Tennessee (X), Kentucky(X), Mississippi (X) North Carolina, West Virgina, (X) Indiana (X), New Mexico and Wisconsin (X)...all tax sanitary products as luxury items.
Hmmm what seems to be common theme of those states still persecuting women for daring to menstruate? Oh look bible belt...
Oh and how many of those states is abortion illegal? 13/19 (the ones with an x), oh and nearly all of them are RED states...what about child marriage you say? Well New Mexico, Oklahoma and Mississippi (and sadly California is the forth which is odd considering it seems to be otherwise quite progressive.) all have no minimum marrying age - which means in Oklahoma and Mississippi minors can be forced to marry their elderly rapists (and carry their children to term) and then cannot seek divorce for years...(only 13 states completely ban child marriage the others all allow it from either 15, 16 or 17).
Christo-Fascists and conservatives seem to love persecuting and controlling women and girls, don't they? Watch them overturn the right to contraception (Griswald) next...oh they are already working on that it seems ...especially any that they think are "abortititves")
So glad I do not live in the USA, though i see the same dark money is trying to influences things here in the UK where we also don't have legal protections as we don't have a written constitution and recently wording of key bills were changed to remove the legal right to abortion (it is technically still criminalised here unless certain circumstances are hit, the main one is health (including mental health) of the the person carrying the pregnancy, however if they change this it will become very difficult to obtain an abortion safely and legally).
Those types of Dickless Men who won't buy tampons or other products for the woman in their life, also know nothing about sexually satisfying women. Fucking useless.
Oh, they don't give a fuck about fetuses. They're expressing their violent hatred of women, especially women with their own sexual agency. If some die, that's just fine with them. We truly need to understand this is some 9th century, brutal "burn the witch" misogyny and always has been.
Also most of 'em are mentally in the 1st Century during which many children were needed for the 'work force' to work the farms and fields, and as fodder for war.
When a pregnant woman dies because doctors fear treating her, many other people are affected: her husband or partner, her other children, her parents and other family members, and her friends and colleagues. The laws must be changed in the ten states where abortion is illegal.
Yes, it doesn't affect just us women. But as I am sure you agree, even if she has no partner, no parents, no children, and even no friends, it is STILL an appalling crime.
Yes, it is still an appalling crime against half the human population that is being given the green light not just by MAGA but also by the seeming silence on this historically very dark turn of events by our mass media outlets. Simply shining a light on just how systemic malicious misogyny is in all of our democracies.
Not all Sheroes wear capes—thank you Elaine! I used to donate monthly to a local clinic based on the number of protesters they had, does your local clinic do that? Mine stopped long ago unfortunately, it was called Pledge a Picket.
I hope your team has reported their federal law violation to law enforcement, regardless of whether they get arrested. Also, think about informing local press about it! You go, girl! A round of applause for Escort Elaine!!
Back in my better days, I was a clinic escort, and it was incredibly fulfilling even while also being aggravating as hell. Even in San Francisco, we had annoying POS protestors. Thank you for keeping up the good fight!
I was an OR nurse in Indianapolis in the 1980's. My hospital did abortions and it was no secret - the D & C procedure would be on the OR schedule. I can remember then walking out of work to my car and people with sandwich signs walking up and down on the sidewalk protesting us "baby killers". When it became more unsafe for the employees, the OR no longer did them, but I heard they were done discreetly in a different part of the hospital that didn't involve OR personnel.
I don’t think they should be called ‘protesters’, I cherish protesters and have been one many times it’s an honorable ‘good trouble’ let’s call them something demeaning like flies ‘hanging around ‘ . I haven’t ever done it at one of those locations but know all about terrified young girls, magats don’t care if they scare women the cruelty is a deterrent escorts are precious!
I used to do that too, but our PP got smart and moved to a location with a private parking lot, so the asshats can't enter without being charged with trespassing. What a simple and wonderful solution.
I did that in my earlier days when you could actually get the health care you needed in Texas. Thank you…you are a hero to the women you are helping and to me for doing that good work.
Too bad someone didn't "stand their ground" with him while he was threatening them. More of them need to learn the hard way, since they're too fucking stupid to learn otherwise. For the encouragement of the others.
That's why this white man would have been glad to step between the idiot and the two nice ladies. And yes it's sad that it would have had to be done that way for their sake.
Trump gets away with making terrorist threats and being excused as "only joking." This young man learned that Trump is in a special category that doesn't include 18-year-old non-nepo-babies.
I have to say that it’s wrong to assume that this incident would have been handled differently if he was a black man. We weren’t there when the arrest went down. (Speaking asa retired law enforcement officer)
Vickie, I have lived a life of knowing how law enforcement treats black folks. It's a whole different deal than white folks. Twice we called the police because we needed help and twice they pulled guns on us. Pointed right at us.
Don't even need to get into all the bullshit traffic stops.
The breadth and depth of Trump's depravity appears to be sinking in to a significant swath of the electorate. The Access Hollywood grab 'em by the pussy clip is viral on TikTok. 2015 was five minutes ago in my world, but for an 18 y/o voting for the first time, the clip appeared a half-lifetime ago when they were in 3rd or 4th grade. The response is heartening --viewers are shocked. So machete-wielding dumbfucks aside, I'm confident Gen Z will vote blue.
The Sandy Hook Elementary kids are now old enough to vote in an election! They told the press that they plan to vote for Harris/Walz as the sane option on gun law reform, a cause that has profoundly affected all of their lives. VOTE BLUE!
If you're 18, you were 10 when that Hollywood tape became public. Hopefully, your parents didn't show it to you. I forget how young some of these new voters are and what has happened since they were in grade school. They've also never known politics without the Orange Stink dominating it.
Even if you are a more mature 21 (and perhaps more likely to vote) you’d have been only 13, you might have seen it but were not likely to understand the significance of the pussy video. It’s all good news.
I think it’s good and bad news. What was sexually shocking when I grew up, is no longer. I don’t think that some of the younger generation is shocked by what they hear and see because it’s shoved in their faces 24/7. What ended a political career just a few decades ago, is now overlooked and many times not even mentioned. If that was so, Trump would have been blown out of the water by the scandal with Ivana and Marla Maples. Donna Rice was caught just sitting on Gary Hart’s lap and bye bye Gary for good.
Deborah: Agree. But there are some who do have their moral wits about them who are just finding out. Such a razor thin margin (or, as they tell us) needs every single body possible.
Gary Hart wasn't brought down because Donna Rice was seen in his lap. He was brought down because he was accused of having an affair, he denied it, and then he dared the press to catch him at it, and they did. A girl in the lap is not the same thing as bragging about a pass for sexual assault. Young women are much more aware of their bodily autonomy than my generation, and they don't hold with casual talk about handling their bodies without consent.
I was aware of my autonomy as a very young kid. The problem was that men ruled what you could do or say. They now are trying with some success to rule what we can do, but not what we say.
1. The election is just days away and I suspect these days will just be chock full of even more lunacy, perhaps ramped up 10-fold. You know who needs a tin foil hat? Me. To keep the crazies away by thinking I’m even crazier.
2. You’d think someone who has survived two (faked?) assassination attempts wouldn’t be so quick to suggest another at someone else. You’d be wrong.
He would throw his own children in a shark tank if it would mean he could win. I never underestimate him about what he will do. We made that mistake on 1/6/21.
I live in South Jersey, I knew how he had cheated small contractors out of their businesses. I knew he was just out for himself, and f**k everyone else.
I grew up in Utica, but was in the Midwest by the time I was 26. Upstate didn't hear much about Trump and that was in the 60's, early 70's that I lived there. He's only 3 years older than me so he hadn't started his weasel behavior quite yet. The first time he came on my radar was when there was that confrontation between Ivana and Marla on the ski slopes. I still never knew what he was really like because I didn't follow NYC politics and didn't live near there. I never watched the Apprentice either. So it was when he ran for office that I really paid attention to him and read how awful he really is. People I know from NYC always knew because he was local. I also read a good article about Rudy several years ago and Rudy was a POS long before 9/11. Again, I didn't know about him because I didn't live in NYC. By the time these low lifes become national news, they've been jerks for a long time.
I cried too. I’ve never even “really””liked her. Who cares about me? She was more qualified than just about any presidential candidate … ever. She could do the job, in spades. She could do it well. I don’t have to like her. I have friends. I don’t need a friend. I need a qualified president.
Hey Every Wonderful Tiedrich fan!, be sure to see the in-theaters-now-but-streamable -somewhere documentary '64 Days' covering the period between election day and January 6. Infuriating and clarifying.
YES! Deborah Hunter, I've been saying this for years! Donny would throw his own children under the bus. He literally is out for himself. That's it. It takes a special kind of narcissist to do the things he does. He has no soul. He says and does anything in the moment with no consequence. He can't remember all his lies. How could anyone remember all the millions of lies he's told over his pathetic lifetime?
He’s mentally ill. I think what started out as narcissism and borderline personality disorder has now evolved into paranoia and possibly dementia. We will never understand why he thinks like he does or acts like he does. I no longer try. Same with addictive behavior. I stopped trying to figure out why addicts do what they do. You’re just wasting your mental energy. And I really don’t care anymore why Trump does what he does. I care about stopping him and how to cope with mess he’s made. I truly believe in karma and I don’t think life is done with Trump yet. And if the Jesus bus comes and he never goes to prison or pays for his crimes, then that will have to be ok too. I am the only one who has control of my thoughts/behavior about this man. It would be a shame for our extreme dislike (speaking for myself) of him to negatively affect my life. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.
Yep. I do think we win. But then we will have to win again, for the struggle won't be over. Donny and MAGA's will raise hell. I hope the garbage truck of history is waiting for Donny, its gas tank full, ready to deposit him and the likes of him onto the garbage heap of history.
These MAGAs are tenacious. Look how long they worked on getting Roe overturned. About 50 years. Dems lose interest in stuff in about 10 minutes. We need to dig in like they do about issues that are important to us. Remember the morons from the tea party walking around with tea bags hanging from their hats in 2010? The ones wearing Trump diapers and maxi pads on their ears are the same bunch that have evolved to 2024.
I hope everyone saw the video of the MAGA guy with his hat in S Carolina throwing a fit and literally assaulting an election worker telling him no electioneering in the polling place. What an absolutely pathetic and entitled jerk. But why not? Look at the role model they have….. I expect much more of the same…….we are messed up in this country……
If that chubby little dictator ever fires on the US, his country will sport one of the largest parking lots (with craters!) this world has ever known. This I know.
The not coming after their Dear Leader and having him punished for his crimes has done that. Horrible example. Yeah, he's had some court cases and lost and right now - so what? He's still walking around free just like you and me. Not saying there won't be a reckoning, but I'll believe it when I see it. He's been a spoiled, entitled brat criminal his whole life. People don't learn. Even after so many of his buddies are in prison from the nonsense they did when he was President, there are still plenty more hanging on his every word. I just don't understand why they don't realize that they could be the next one going to prison. As they say, everything that Trump touches dies.
Deborah, the most hated man in the world is totally, absolutely, incapable of even apologizing. If he was ever going to apologize, it would have to have been after those incredibly pernicious remarks about Puerto Rico.
But, as he sat in his customized Donald Drumpf Garbage Truck and was asked about those remarks, he played his stoopid Sgt Schultz line, “I know nothing…NOTHING!”
Didn’t he learn many tricks from Roy Cohn? Did you ever hear Hitler, Putin or Stalin apologize? Nope and you never will. People that aren’t hateful to other people rarely have to apologize because they aren’t saying mean things or allowing their associates to be mean either. I don’t care if he apologizes. It wouldn’t be sincere, he just wants the votes. My thank you to his none apology was my vote this election.
I wonder … the “let him speak” portion of Harris’s campaign tactics has been successful. What if a decision has been made somewhere in Merchen Garland land, to just leave him alone. And when it’s sentencing time, perhaps they will have collected a very long list of reasons that he’s a danger to society and that incarcerating him is the only option the court has because he’s an obvious fucking disaster. Remember Jan 9 is about sentencing. He’s already been found guilty. If he and GOP tries to claim dementia, then who looks like a fool for allowing this demented man to run for president?
Rick, that maga guy who wore his turd hat into a voting place and went full road rage with the female workers told him no candidate-linked clothing. His level of anger and disrespect reminded me of people who shoot another driver on the road. I hope that asshat was arrested.
Jeff, in what world does someone, like a senior citizen from Florida get to travel our country and threaten another citizen with execution? I meanWTF? He posted bail and agreed to stipulations such as “not being a threat to the community”. Revoke bail now, incarcerate NOW. JFC.. I just so pissed 😡 Have a peaceful weekend fellow travelers.
This love the free sample excuse. What a comedy gem. The most disturbing thing is that these idiots will all still be just as fucking stupid after er the election as they are now and they will believe anything that comes out from f that demented old fool’s mouth. My only consolation is he isn’t going to be able to speak much longer as his dementia progresses and finally shuts him the hell up.
Television, especially the 'Fox Propaganda' type, has dumbed us down. I was fortunate enough to have had parents who didn't allow one in our home. So we kids all played outside and read a lot. Common Sense resulted. Teaching critical thinking is part of the answer, so we don't all end up like wRONg DeathSantis.
I go to Payless often to get a sample shoe. Why do I go often? I’m hoping to one day get a sample shoe that matches one of the other 79 sample shoes that I have chosen over the years. I’ve never gotten the same shoe twice.
Wait. What? Who gets samples at Payless? Who goes to a polling location, albeit a testing site, and takes ballots, thinking they are samples? MAGA, of course.
Of course. MAGA. According to the odds I just make believe calculated in my head, if there are 61,358 different shoes given as samples, ya gotta go get a free sample weekly for the next 62 years to improve your odds of receiving the other side.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m damn tired of listening to and reading about threats being made on the lives of journalists, reporters, publishers, members of congress, former members of congress, government officials, election workers…. and I could go on. And, I’m also damn tired of listening to and reading about threats of chaos and violence. These threats are a problem – those who have threated violence and those who do in the future threaten violence, and those who incite violence are domestic terrorists.
Recommended solutions for dealing with domestic terrorists:
1. Get the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp (GBDC) ready
2. As to those fucking scumbags who have already made threats, arrest them immediately and lock them away in GBDC until they are ready to bring to trial.
3. As to those fucking scumbags who have not yet made threats but who do so after the election is over and done with, arrest them and lock them away in GBDC until they are ready to bring to trial.
4. As to anyone who incites others to commit violence or make threats, arrest them and lock them away in GBDC until they are ready to bring to trial.
5. As to anyone caught in the act of committing violence, if they are armed with guns, knives, explosives, etc., they should immediately be dealt with by lethal force.
Caleb's lucky there wasn't some veteran like me who votes D to "stand my ground" as he "made me fearful for my life" with his big knife, to blow his fucking head off. The MAGAts may be surprised, but not all liberals are unarmed.
My thoughts too. Especially in FLoriduh. But my guess is you are a law abiding citizen, unlike dumbfuck Caleb, and you would not take a weapon to a polling place if it is prohibited.
1) I'm in Jacksonville, FL, near Neptune Beach.. Caleb aka Young Dumbfuck, is lucky one of those ladies didn't go "Stand Your Ground" on his young dumb ass. He's probably from one of wealthier families in the area. There are a plethora of lawyers. We'll see what happens.
2)Old Dumbfuck; i think it's safe to say "thank God he didn't win his race." We've got enough arrogant dumbfucks in Congress.
3) Read Heather Cox Richardson today. A) Stinky had to hold a rally on airport tarmac in New Mexico because he still owes the city $445,000 from a 2019 rally, and they refused to let him use the civic center until he paid up. But that's just the warm up, B) he told the assemblage (Latinos. This is outreach) to not make him waste half a day and vote for him.
Trump today held a rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a state President Joe Biden won by almost 11 points in 2020 and that Democrats are likely to win in 2024. Trump had to hold the rally at a private airplane hangar after city officials refused to rent the Albuquerque Convention Center to the campaign because it still owes Albuquerque almost $445,000 from a similar rally in 2019.
Courting offended voters, he said: “Don’t make me waste a whole damn half a day here, OK? Look, I came here. We can be nice to each other, or we can talk turkey. I’m here for one simple reason: I like you very much, and it’s good for my credentials with the Hispanic or Latino community.” That outreach might not be enough to bring back the voters lost after the Madison Square Garden event.
This very moment, I am on the sidewalk in front of my local Planned Parenthood, on a vacation day to defend patients from protesters who try to stop them in the driveway in violation of federal law. The stupid runs very very strong. 😂
Just a clarification, I am not an escort. I'm a clinic defender. I'm not under the supervision or jurisdiction of the clinic staff. I do this because is an escort, you're not allowed to engage with protesters.
Oh, you really are right on the Front Combat Line. Good for you and please be careful.
Elaine, thank you for doing this. Planned Parenthood was the only place I could obtain birth control pills as a teenager. I am forever thankful for that.
Hero's do walk among us, and you're one. Thank You
Thank you for doing what you do.
Go Elaine!!! 💃💃💃
seriously, GO ELAINE!
I wish you safety and strength in your good works.
Thank you. When I was married and in graduate school in the early 1980s, the student health insurance didn't cover OBYN exams and contraception. Planned Parenthood provided the health care I needed as a young woman, because, I dunno, what, those other than Planned Parenthood thought lady parts are icky? Anyhoo, these protesters are blocking essential women's health care, so while they "attempt to save fetuses" or whatever the stupid fuck they think they are doing , they are also helping women die of ovarian cancer and similar. Bastards.
If they were so pro life, they'd support contraception, prenatal and postnatal care of women. Also, babies would always be on Medicaid if the parents didn't have insurance, school meals would be free to low income children and day care would be made more affordable. They also would go after dead beat dads who don't contribute any support to their children. This is all about control of women. Want to control a woman, keep her at home, out of the workplace and stunt her future career endeavors? Keep her barefoot and pregnant. And they wrap it all up in a nice religious package with a bow on it.
They are not pro-life they are pro-death. They see the rapture in their actions.
They enjoy harming the womenfolk.
Sadists!
Pro-birth, then it's Lots-O-Luck, babies.
Not so much pro birth. Pro birth would give better prenatal care.
Death cult, who just martyrbate about their actions all day long.
Sure, they're pro-life!... right up until the baby is born.
They're not pro-life, or pro-baby. They're pro-punishing-women for having sex, and also just pro-punishing women. It is all about hating and harming and punishing women. You might say they were FORCED-birth, as part of their fevered misogyny. We really need to understand it is entirely about loathing women and wanting "uppity" women to die. The words "pro life" are and have always been a convenient cover story.
Exactly this. It is all about control and keeping the oligarch wyt patriarchy on top. It isn't about just controlling women, it is controlling the poor. Large families keep people poor and tired and unable to fight (unless they are incredibly wealthy to begin with), it has been a tactic of fascism and dictators since the book was written. Look at Hungary and Romania, look at Nazi Germany...it all ends up with immense suffering for said children but the ones who want to control us don't care (if they needed an abortion they would still have one).
Not even until then, they don't care about the risks to the health of the person carrying the foetus, they will let them die rather than abort. They also don't care about the quality of life (if it has severe disabilities) nor do they care that by denying contraception hundreds of fertilised embryo's still get flushed out the womb naturally, they don't care about life at all. Abortion bans don't lower abortion rates, contraception and good sex education do. They don't want either of those things either because god forbid, one of the biggest things to protect children from SA and predation be in place to work against Christo-Fash predators who want to prey on them.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2012/10/how-i-lost-faith-in-the-pro-life-movement.html
Interesting article pointing out that none of the forced birth pushers actually care about life or babies.
Obviously men don't think those parts are icky, since they have some sort of role in pregnancy (not according to conservative men, but we know they don't know anything about reproduction)
Umm, many men WON'T BUY TAMPONS FOR THE WOMEN IN THEIR LIFE. A man can still fuck and think lady parts are icky. And since it took federal law to cover many aspects of women's health, I feel confident that employers and insurance companies think lady parts are icky.
I was once married to a jerk who refused to buy me sanitary napkins after my c-section when I gave birth to our son. That jerk has been my ex-jerk for over 40 years.
Good riddance!
Congratulations, Nunya! Enjoy your next 40!
I like the video, taken by the wife, of her husband going home with Maxipads and an order of Buffalo wings--she had told him to get Maxipads with wings! LOL
🤣😂
😂😂😂😂 poor guy, he now knows what "wings" are when purchasing menstrual products. I agree with other gals in the past here have said we need to talk more about menstruation, hygiene products. End the "ick" factor & educate men & boys.
Yes, if they were taught young that it was normal, maybe they wouldn't be so weird.
Boy, if this stuff don't make us look soooo smart
LOL!!!
Those are the guys who think the "R" label on the tampon box refers to the right side. I'm not sure how they think female anatomy works, but it explains the abortion laws they pass.
The guys passing abortion bans probably never had even the most basic of sex-ed classes in their lives. Which is a very large and important reason that we NEED SEX-ED IN SCHOOLS. (Not that I feel strongly about this or anything.)
Yeah, agree. I can’t seriously defend the idiots and cavemen of my gender
And I still have a fight every year with my prescription insurance company, ONLY over my "lady" medicines. I'm sure they have no problem covering Viagra.
I always preferred to select them myself, until the advent of the cell phone where I could see what my husband was getting and discuss it with him. My daughter has no problem sending me for her tampons but not her dad because she knows he would not understand the instructions, although I also got her a cervical cup. She is not ready to use it, although it would be more convenient and better for the planet. Let us hope her university education makes her more aware. Or, that slowly she listens to me when I least expect it.
My spouse was smart enough to 1) ask me, 2) then look at the box in the bathroom and memorize the brand and size I used, 3) not expect me to keep them hidden. He was also smart enough to ask me if I had changed brands.
Exactly this. Until recently (2021) sanitary products in the UK were classed as "Luxury Non-essentials" though this extra tax was abolished, in the USA currently, 20 states charge sales tax on period products (as of May 14, 2024). The sales taxes range from 4% to 7% in Indiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. 5 U.S. states (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon) do not have a statewide sales tax. This is because they still class menstruating as a Luxury...https://allianceforperiodsupplies.org/tampon-tax/
Currently North Dakota, Idaho (X), Wyoming, South Dakota (X), Utah (it exempted them then repealed this in 2020), Arizona (X), Kansas, Oklahoma (X), Missouri (X), Arkansas (X), Alabama (X), Tennessee (X), Kentucky(X), Mississippi (X) North Carolina, West Virgina, (X) Indiana (X), New Mexico and Wisconsin (X)...all tax sanitary products as luxury items.
Hmmm what seems to be common theme of those states still persecuting women for daring to menstruate? Oh look bible belt...
Oh and how many of those states is abortion illegal? 13/19 (the ones with an x), oh and nearly all of them are RED states...what about child marriage you say? Well New Mexico, Oklahoma and Mississippi (and sadly California is the forth which is odd considering it seems to be otherwise quite progressive.) all have no minimum marrying age - which means in Oklahoma and Mississippi minors can be forced to marry their elderly rapists (and carry their children to term) and then cannot seek divorce for years...(only 13 states completely ban child marriage the others all allow it from either 15, 16 or 17).
Christo-Fascists and conservatives seem to love persecuting and controlling women and girls, don't they? Watch them overturn the right to contraception (Griswald) next...oh they are already working on that it seems ...especially any that they think are "abortititves")
So glad I do not live in the USA, though i see the same dark money is trying to influences things here in the UK where we also don't have legal protections as we don't have a written constitution and recently wording of key bills were changed to remove the legal right to abortion (it is technically still criminalised here unless certain circumstances are hit, the main one is health (including mental health) of the the person carrying the pregnancy, however if they change this it will become very difficult to obtain an abortion safely and legally).
Those types of Dickless Men who won't buy tampons or other products for the woman in their life, also know nothing about sexually satisfying women. Fucking useless.
But they make us guys who do know how to please a woman look awesome in comparison 😎
I’d like to see letters of commendation, please.
Haha. From the wife, no problem. You can understand why tracking down others from the past might be dicey
Oh, they don't give a fuck about fetuses. They're expressing their violent hatred of women, especially women with their own sexual agency. If some die, that's just fine with them. We truly need to understand this is some 9th century, brutal "burn the witch" misogyny and always has been.
Also most of 'em are mentally in the 1st Century during which many children were needed for the 'work force' to work the farms and fields, and as fodder for war.
They still are. The fields are now service jobs.
No shit, Cat Cafe.
When a pregnant woman dies because doctors fear treating her, many other people are affected: her husband or partner, her other children, her parents and other family members, and her friends and colleagues. The laws must be changed in the ten states where abortion is illegal.
Yes, it doesn't affect just us women. But as I am sure you agree, even if she has no partner, no parents, no children, and even no friends, it is STILL an appalling crime.
Yes, it is still an appalling crime against half the human population that is being given the green light not just by MAGA but also by the seeming silence on this historically very dark turn of events by our mass media outlets. Simply shining a light on just how systemic malicious misogyny is in all of our democracies.
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Yes, exactly.
Not all Sheroes wear capes—thank you Elaine! I used to donate monthly to a local clinic based on the number of protesters they had, does your local clinic do that? Mine stopped long ago unfortunately, it was called Pledge a Picket.
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You are my hero!!!!
I hope your team has reported their federal law violation to law enforcement, regardless of whether they get arrested. Also, think about informing local press about it! You go, girl! A round of applause for Escort Elaine!!
Back in my better days, I was a clinic escort, and it was incredibly fulfilling even while also being aggravating as hell. Even in San Francisco, we had annoying POS protestors. Thank you for keeping up the good fight!
I was an OR nurse in Indianapolis in the 1980's. My hospital did abortions and it was no secret - the D & C procedure would be on the OR schedule. I can remember then walking out of work to my car and people with sandwich signs walking up and down on the sidewalk protesting us "baby killers". When it became more unsafe for the employees, the OR no longer did them, but I heard they were done discreetly in a different part of the hospital that didn't involve OR personnel.
I don’t think they should be called ‘protesters’, I cherish protesters and have been one many times it’s an honorable ‘good trouble’ let’s call them something demeaning like flies ‘hanging around ‘ . I haven’t ever done it at one of those locations but know all about terrified young girls, magats don’t care if they scare women the cruelty is a deterrent escorts are precious!
Definitely could have! Thank you for being there for her.
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Elaine, you rock💃💃💃♥️
I used to do that too, but our PP got smart and moved to a location with a private parking lot, so the asshats can't enter without being charged with trespassing. What a simple and wonderful solution.
Elaine, thank you so much for your integrity and your courage.
Thank you Elaine!
In this country there’s no shortage of execrable tosspots Elaine! Thanks for being so amazing, I bow low!!
Brava! Stray strong and safe for all of us.
Thank you for your service.
I did that in my earlier days when you could actually get the health care you needed in Texas. Thank you…you are a hero to the women you are helping and to me for doing that good work.
We all know what would've happened if that kid was black...
Too bad someone didn't "stand their ground" with him while he was threatening them. More of them need to learn the hard way, since they're too fucking stupid to learn otherwise. For the encouragement of the others.
Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Especially in fucking Floriduh. That law encourages vigilante behavior, which is never a good thing
Unless you are a woman or person of color. Stand Your Ground only applied to white men
That's why this white man would have been glad to step between the idiot and the two nice ladies. And yes it's sad that it would have had to be done that way for their sake.
Lucky for dumbass Caleb that you weren't there
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It's a good thing if the Calebs are the ones who fuck around and find out.
Caleb better wise up quick or he may really find out
Like your style Tom!!
It's the only thing they understand, unfortunately.
Trump gets away with making terrorist threats and being excused as "only joking." This young man learned that Trump is in a special category that doesn't include 18-year-old non-nepo-babies.
I have to say that it’s wrong to assume that this incident would have been handled differently if he was a black man. We weren’t there when the arrest went down. (Speaking asa retired law enforcement officer)
Vickie, I have lived a life of knowing how law enforcement treats black folks. It's a whole different deal than white folks. Twice we called the police because we needed help and twice they pulled guns on us. Pointed right at us.
Don't even need to get into all the bullshit traffic stops.
I’m really sorry. Please believe me that not ALL law enforcement officers are racist or treat black people different. I understand it happens.
Hopefully, law enforcement reform will include getting rid of those who do not respect everyone.
Again, I’m sorry you were treated that way.
Vickie, thanks. There is a reason our PD has been under a DOJ consent decree for years.
Yeah, there you go. That’s what needs to happen if you’re no longer serving, protecting, and respecting the citizens you serve.
I hope things improve where you are. You deserve better.
Take good care of yourself.
I know you wish it was otherwise, but - c'mon! - it's Floridumb!
The breadth and depth of Trump's depravity appears to be sinking in to a significant swath of the electorate. The Access Hollywood grab 'em by the pussy clip is viral on TikTok. 2015 was five minutes ago in my world, but for an 18 y/o voting for the first time, the clip appeared a half-lifetime ago when they were in 3rd or 4th grade. The response is heartening --viewers are shocked. So machete-wielding dumbfucks aside, I'm confident Gen Z will vote blue.
The Sandy Hook Elementary kids are now old enough to vote in an election! They told the press that they plan to vote for Harris/Walz as the sane option on gun law reform, a cause that has profoundly affected all of their lives. VOTE BLUE!
Gen Z women have HAD IT with this BS.
If you're 18, you were 10 when that Hollywood tape became public. Hopefully, your parents didn't show it to you. I forget how young some of these new voters are and what has happened since they were in grade school. They've also never known politics without the Orange Stink dominating it.
Even if you are a more mature 21 (and perhaps more likely to vote) you’d have been only 13, you might have seen it but were not likely to understand the significance of the pussy video. It’s all good news.
I think it’s good and bad news. What was sexually shocking when I grew up, is no longer. I don’t think that some of the younger generation is shocked by what they hear and see because it’s shoved in their faces 24/7. What ended a political career just a few decades ago, is now overlooked and many times not even mentioned. If that was so, Trump would have been blown out of the water by the scandal with Ivana and Marla Maples. Donna Rice was caught just sitting on Gary Hart’s lap and bye bye Gary for good.
Deborah: Agree. But there are some who do have their moral wits about them who are just finding out. Such a razor thin margin (or, as they tell us) needs every single body possible.
Gary Hart wasn't brought down because Donna Rice was seen in his lap. He was brought down because he was accused of having an affair, he denied it, and then he dared the press to catch him at it, and they did. A girl in the lap is not the same thing as bragging about a pass for sexual assault. Young women are much more aware of their bodily autonomy than my generation, and they don't hold with casual talk about handling their bodies without consent.
I was aware of my autonomy as a very young kid. The problem was that men ruled what you could do or say. They now are trying with some success to rule what we can do, but not what we say.
1. The election is just days away and I suspect these days will just be chock full of even more lunacy, perhaps ramped up 10-fold. You know who needs a tin foil hat? Me. To keep the crazies away by thinking I’m even crazier.
2. You’d think someone who has survived two (faked?) assassination attempts wouldn’t be so quick to suggest another at someone else. You’d be wrong.
He would throw his own children in a shark tank if it would mean he could win. I never underestimate him about what he will do. We made that mistake on 1/6/21.
Hillary was right about everything
I cried when she lost. And we didn't know how absolutely horrible Trump was then either.
I live in South Jersey, I knew how he had cheated small contractors out of their businesses. I knew he was just out for himself, and f**k everyone else.
I grew up in Utica, but was in the Midwest by the time I was 26. Upstate didn't hear much about Trump and that was in the 60's, early 70's that I lived there. He's only 3 years older than me so he hadn't started his weasel behavior quite yet. The first time he came on my radar was when there was that confrontation between Ivana and Marla on the ski slopes. I still never knew what he was really like because I didn't follow NYC politics and didn't live near there. I never watched the Apprentice either. So it was when he ran for office that I really paid attention to him and read how awful he really is. People I know from NYC always knew because he was local. I also read a good article about Rudy several years ago and Rudy was a POS long before 9/11. Again, I didn't know about him because I didn't live in NYC. By the time these low lifes become national news, they've been jerks for a long time.
I cried too. I’ve never even “really””liked her. Who cares about me? She was more qualified than just about any presidential candidate … ever. She could do the job, in spades. She could do it well. I don’t have to like her. I have friends. I don’t need a friend. I need a qualified president.
Hey Every Wonderful Tiedrich fan!, be sure to see the in-theaters-now-but-streamable -somewhere documentary '64 Days' covering the period between election day and January 6. Infuriating and clarifying.
YES! Deborah Hunter, I've been saying this for years! Donny would throw his own children under the bus. He literally is out for himself. That's it. It takes a special kind of narcissist to do the things he does. He has no soul. He says and does anything in the moment with no consequence. He can't remember all his lies. How could anyone remember all the millions of lies he's told over his pathetic lifetime?
He’s mentally ill. I think what started out as narcissism and borderline personality disorder has now evolved into paranoia and possibly dementia. We will never understand why he thinks like he does or acts like he does. I no longer try. Same with addictive behavior. I stopped trying to figure out why addicts do what they do. You’re just wasting your mental energy. And I really don’t care anymore why Trump does what he does. I care about stopping him and how to cope with mess he’s made. I truly believe in karma and I don’t think life is done with Trump yet. And if the Jesus bus comes and he never goes to prison or pays for his crimes, then that will have to be ok too. I am the only one who has control of my thoughts/behavior about this man. It would be a shame for our extreme dislike (speaking for myself) of him to negatively affect my life. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.
Do the sell tin-foil hats at the Dollar Store? I'll buy us both one.
Don’t be silly. Those cheap knock offs wouldn’t last a day. Need them for at least two weeks. Appreciate the thought though. 😉
Right on KayEI!!
Yep. I do think we win. But then we will have to win again, for the struggle won't be over. Donny and MAGA's will raise hell. I hope the garbage truck of history is waiting for Donny, its gas tank full, ready to deposit him and the likes of him onto the garbage heap of history.
We're going to have to win the next 8-10 elections to beat the stupid out of them. We have to win every one. They only have to win once.
At many state levels too—we MUST persist and keep it up!
Well said. True.
This!!
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These MAGAs are tenacious. Look how long they worked on getting Roe overturned. About 50 years. Dems lose interest in stuff in about 10 minutes. We need to dig in like they do about issues that are important to us. Remember the morons from the tea party walking around with tea bags hanging from their hats in 2010? The ones wearing Trump diapers and maxi pads on their ears are the same bunch that have evolved to 2024.
"Evolved" infers some sort of growth. Maybe "devolved" is more accurate.
I hope everyone saw the video of the MAGA guy with his hat in S Carolina throwing a fit and literally assaulting an election worker telling him no electioneering in the polling place. What an absolutely pathetic and entitled jerk. But why not? Look at the role model they have….. I expect much more of the same…….we are messed up in this country……
And while we’re j*rking around with these daily sideshows, our adversaries have plenty of time to (re)arrange themselves?… or is that over-reacting 🫠
Possibly, they’re likely laughing and applauding the state of fuckery we’re in P123!
Kim Jun Un has a missile that can reportedly strike the USA now.
Hmmm…wonder where he got the plans to build that…mar a lardo bathroom box, perhaps?
If that chubby little dictator ever fires on the US, his country will sport one of the largest parking lots (with craters!) this world has ever known. This I know.
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We have a couple that just might reach back.
Yes! Entitlement is what I think, basically, has caused that whole movement.
The not coming after their Dear Leader and having him punished for his crimes has done that. Horrible example. Yeah, he's had some court cases and lost and right now - so what? He's still walking around free just like you and me. Not saying there won't be a reckoning, but I'll believe it when I see it. He's been a spoiled, entitled brat criminal his whole life. People don't learn. Even after so many of his buddies are in prison from the nonsense they did when he was President, there are still plenty more hanging on his every word. I just don't understand why they don't realize that they could be the next one going to prison. As they say, everything that Trump touches dies.
Deborah, the most hated man in the world is totally, absolutely, incapable of even apologizing. If he was ever going to apologize, it would have to have been after those incredibly pernicious remarks about Puerto Rico.
But, as he sat in his customized Donald Drumpf Garbage Truck and was asked about those remarks, he played his stoopid Sgt Schultz line, “I know nothing…NOTHING!”
Didn’t he learn many tricks from Roy Cohn? Did you ever hear Hitler, Putin or Stalin apologize? Nope and you never will. People that aren’t hateful to other people rarely have to apologize because they aren’t saying mean things or allowing their associates to be mean either. I don’t care if he apologizes. It wouldn’t be sincere, he just wants the votes. My thank you to his none apology was my vote this election.
Just ask Rudy!
Racism first.
Entitlement to be a racist, second.
Entitled = White Supremacy
Absolutely
No consequences means all is repeated
I wonder … the “let him speak” portion of Harris’s campaign tactics has been successful. What if a decision has been made somewhere in Merchen Garland land, to just leave him alone. And when it’s sentencing time, perhaps they will have collected a very long list of reasons that he’s a danger to society and that incarcerating him is the only option the court has because he’s an obvious fucking disaster. Remember Jan 9 is about sentencing. He’s already been found guilty. If he and GOP tries to claim dementia, then who looks like a fool for allowing this demented man to run for president?
Rick, that maga guy who wore his turd hat into a voting place and went full road rage with the female workers told him no candidate-linked clothing. His level of anger and disrespect reminded me of people who shoot another driver on the road. I hope that asshat was arrested.
Jeff, in what world does someone, like a senior citizen from Florida get to travel our country and threaten another citizen with execution? I meanWTF? He posted bail and agreed to stipulations such as “not being a threat to the community”. Revoke bail now, incarcerate NOW. JFC.. I just so pissed 😡 Have a peaceful weekend fellow travelers.
Agree! Arrest him! And let’s all try to have a stress- free weekend and stay positive!
Ditto Tess!!
Today being just before the election, would be a great time to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue. Garland wouldn’t do a damn thing.
Curious , how does the process of law work in Florida ??
You mean the Law of Ron DeSantis?
I guess in his case it’s a ridiculous question Walter!
And you didn’t even have to go into the demons having a slash fest with Tucker Swanson’s well-tanned ballsac.
so much dipshittery, so little time
The motto on your family crest.
Lux Effulgeat, brother.
Where’s the Jewish Space laser when you really need one.
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This love the free sample excuse. What a comedy gem. The most disturbing thing is that these idiots will all still be just as fucking stupid after er the election as they are now and they will believe anything that comes out from f that demented old fool’s mouth. My only consolation is he isn’t going to be able to speak much longer as his dementia progresses and finally shuts him the hell up.
When you wish upon a star 🎼🎹🎻. My favorite Disney song when I was a young child. Your post had me signing it.
These crazy fucks live among us. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️Americas future depends on bringing our educational system up to speed.
Television, especially the 'Fox Propaganda' type, has dumbed us down. I was fortunate enough to have had parents who didn't allow one in our home. So we kids all played outside and read a lot. Common Sense resulted. Teaching critical thinking is part of the answer, so we don't all end up like wRONg DeathSantis.
Teach basic civics again
Keep putting that out there Susan, I’ve been saying this for years!!
I go to Payless often to get a sample shoe. Why do I go often? I’m hoping to one day get a sample shoe that matches one of the other 79 sample shoes that I have chosen over the years. I’ve never gotten the same shoe twice.
Wait. What? Who gets samples at Payless? Who goes to a polling location, albeit a testing site, and takes ballots, thinking they are samples? MAGA, of course.
Who puts samples down their pants?
Only the Dickless.
Of course. MAGA. According to the odds I just make believe calculated in my head, if there are 61,358 different shoes given as samples, ya gotta go get a free sample weekly for the next 62 years to improve your odds of receiving the other side.
Did you do that figurin' in yer head?
Seems that garbage truck ride Dotard took, motivated him to spew some of the garbage he has inside.
he was riding in the wrong end of the garbage truck...
The fuckin truth right there
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m damn tired of listening to and reading about threats being made on the lives of journalists, reporters, publishers, members of congress, former members of congress, government officials, election workers…. and I could go on. And, I’m also damn tired of listening to and reading about threats of chaos and violence. These threats are a problem – those who have threated violence and those who do in the future threaten violence, and those who incite violence are domestic terrorists.
Recommended solutions for dealing with domestic terrorists:
1. Get the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp (GBDC) ready
2. As to those fucking scumbags who have already made threats, arrest them immediately and lock them away in GBDC until they are ready to bring to trial.
3. As to those fucking scumbags who have not yet made threats but who do so after the election is over and done with, arrest them and lock them away in GBDC until they are ready to bring to trial.
4. As to anyone who incites others to commit violence or make threats, arrest them and lock them away in GBDC until they are ready to bring to trial.
5. As to anyone caught in the act of committing violence, if they are armed with guns, knives, explosives, etc., they should immediately be dealt with by lethal force.
Yes! And add to number 5 anyone who tries to enter the Capitol on election certification day.
Great idea. I hear Cuba is very nice at this time of year. Most of the hurricanes have passed.
If the ballot thief came in 6th out of 8 Republican candidates in the primary, what does that say about the candidates who came in 7th and 8th??
Probably McCain-Cheney-Kitzinger conservatives.
Too connected to reality?
Caleb's lucky there wasn't some veteran like me who votes D to "stand my ground" as he "made me fearful for my life" with his big knife, to blow his fucking head off. The MAGAts may be surprised, but not all liberals are unarmed.
My thoughts too. Especially in FLoriduh. But my guess is you are a law abiding citizen, unlike dumbfuck Caleb, and you would not take a weapon to a polling place if it is prohibited.
1) I'm in Jacksonville, FL, near Neptune Beach.. Caleb aka Young Dumbfuck, is lucky one of those ladies didn't go "Stand Your Ground" on his young dumb ass. He's probably from one of wealthier families in the area. There are a plethora of lawyers. We'll see what happens.
2)Old Dumbfuck; i think it's safe to say "thank God he didn't win his race." We've got enough arrogant dumbfucks in Congress.
3) Read Heather Cox Richardson today. A) Stinky had to hold a rally on airport tarmac in New Mexico because he still owes the city $445,000 from a 2019 rally, and they refused to let him use the civic center until he paid up. But that's just the warm up, B) he told the assemblage (Latinos. This is outreach) to not make him waste half a day and vote for him.
Trump today held a rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a state President Joe Biden won by almost 11 points in 2020 and that Democrats are likely to win in 2024. Trump had to hold the rally at a private airplane hangar after city officials refused to rent the Albuquerque Convention Center to the campaign because it still owes Albuquerque almost $445,000 from a similar rally in 2019.
Courting offended voters, he said: “Don’t make me waste a whole damn half a day here, OK? Look, I came here. We can be nice to each other, or we can talk turkey. I’m here for one simple reason: I like you very much, and it’s good for my credentials with the Hispanic or Latino community.” That outreach might not be enough to bring back the voters lost after the Madison Square Garden event.
Well, that was to the point. For once, Trump is being honest. Did he have paper towels with him.