Category Archives: activism

Open Thread | Debating Away Our Humanity

Posted on February 4, 2026 by rikyrah

Another excellent piece by Jessica Valenti. Debating Away Our Humanity CBS News wants to know if “feminism failed women.” Here’s what they’re really asking. Jessica Valenti Dec 30 I drafted about ten different ledes for this column before realizing that … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | They Are Coming for Women…..Misogyny – Full Throttle

Posted on March 5, 2025 by rikyrah

“A woman is like a child”: MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power Conservative women believe complicity will save them. But an emboldened far-right is gunning for their rights By Amanda Marcotte Senior Writer For decades, … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 20, 2025 by rikyrah

Today is the official celebration of the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This is my favorite section from “Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]” We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | About All Those ‘ But, the young men are so lonely’ Articles….

Posted on January 31, 2024 by rikyrah

I am tired of reading the articles about how all these young men are so ‘ lonely’. How all these men, who support Trump, as having a hard time in the dating pool. Inevitably, it always comes back to how … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | More on the World, Post Roe

Posted on December 20, 2023 by rikyrah

We all saw the story of the mother in Texas who sued to get an abortion, failed, and had to leave the state. But, do you know about the Black woman who had a miscarriage , and is now arrested? … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Inside Account of How Roe Was Overturned

Posted on December 18, 2023 by rikyrah

Everyone who had eleven billionty reasons why they couldn’t vote for Hillary in 2016 is to blame for this. Period. You couldn’t be scared into voting for Hillary by us telling you the Supreme Court was on the line. You … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | More On Our New Speaker and the Threat He Poses

Posted on November 27, 2023 by rikyrah

From Politico: Inside Mike Johnson’s Ties to a Far-Right Movement to Gut the Constitution The new House speaker has longstanding ties to the evangelical inspired Convention of States cause. By LAURA JEDEED 11/10/2023 05:00 AM EST As the interregnum without … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | To All Those Who Talk About ‘Not Voting in 2024’

Posted on November 13, 2023 by rikyrah

For those of you who are Black and are threatening not to vote in 2024. Oh well. Nobody is going to beg you. I don’t have the time. Anyone serious about 2024 doesn’t have the time. I have never been … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | There Were Some Elections Last Night

Posted on November 8, 2023 by rikyrah

And, for Joe Biden and the Democratic Party to be in such trouble, according to the pundits…. Not a bad night. Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) tweeted at 8:46 PM on Tue, Nov 07, 2023: Across the country tonight, democracy won and … Continue reading →

Posted in 2023 Elections, 2024 Elections, Abortion, Abortion Rights, activism, Breaking News, Current Events, Democratic Party, Economy, Education, Elections, GOP, Justice, Justice for Breonna Taylor, Mississippi, Ohio, Open Thread, Politics, President Joe Biden, Vice-President Kamala D. Harris, Voter Suppression, voters | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 18 Comments

Open Thread | The Right’s Latest Target: Unmarried Women

Posted on October 23, 2023 by rikyrah

The strike against Roe v Wade was never just about abortion. It wasn’t just about body autonomy. It was about controlling women. They want to turn back the gains that women have made in society, back to a time where … Continue reading →

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