If any of you #men following me missed my mutuals' post - expressing gratitude for men who stepped up & helped take on some of the emotional labour than women have shouldered - please read it, first:

https://disabled.social/@vlrny/116325171044986558

Then - make your own decision on whether to be a silent enabler of misogyny or a comrade to women who have to deal with misogynist wankerbutternoodles here.
You also can choose to support anti-ableism by speaking out against it, in public (like many women already have!) or keep on silently enabling it by choosing to be friendly to ableists who are also misogynistic.

Many women & disabled folks are watching. We notice who steps up & who does not. You can do better than stay silent about misogynists - as men - that call has to come, loudly, from within the mens' arena. You can do better than silently enable ableism - that call has to come from non-disabled folks.

Stop being OK with letting women & disabled folks take more hits - because you lack courage to take some of the emotional labour off our overburdened backs.

*You're supposed to feel some discomfort reading this - if you've failed to use your privileges as men to do better than be silent enablers of your fellow men.*

#AllMen #PeopleWithDisabilities #StopMisogyny
#StopAbleism #BraveUp #GrowSomeCourage #EmotionalLabor #Intersectionality #DoBetterMen #Patriarchy #Enablers

We call it strength.

But it doesn’t land the same on everyone.

Some people are allowed to break.
Others are expected to carry on.

This piece follows that difference, and what it reveals about care, power, and who gets to be human in public.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/the-world-runs-on-other-peoples-strength?r=6l8ed8

#CivicIntelligence
#CarePolitics
#SocialJustice
#Inequality
#EmotionalLabor
#Resilience
#SystemsThinking
#Democracy

This is worth a read: AI filling the function of "wife". It goes in several interesting directions that I can't comment on because I haven't used and compared the various LLMs. Thought-provoking.

https://abiawomosu.substack.com/p/they-built-stepford-ai-and-called

#AI #LLMs #AgenticAI #EmotionalLabor #Stepford

‘I Am Begging You to Listen’ A Nurse Exposes Systemic Healthcare Failure

This response amplifies a nurse’s plea for change as healthcare workers face trauma, abuse, and systemic neglect across America.

The Myth of the Real Grown-Up

https://ericfoltin.com/2026/02/11/the-myth-of-the-real-grown-up/

Happiness Doesn’t Come From Trying Harder

https://ericfoltin.com/2026/01/29/happiness-doesnt-come-from-trying-harder/