Jess Torley (Wilson) [she/her]1d ago
This is scary fucking shit. The Handmaid's Tale is here. (shared without paywall) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/household-vote-women.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X1A.AJNp.ATvjyFc1K9ti&smid=url-share #HandmaidsTale #Feminism
Supporters of Household Voting Believe U.S. Would Be Better Off Without Women’s Vote

Adherents to biblical patriarchy support household voting: One household, one vote — the husband’s. They say the idea is catching on.

The New York Times
Show threadMoya

@shakespearenut

Time for the women of the Divided States of America to take a leaf or two from the women of Iceland.

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34602822

The day Iceland's women went on strike

In 1975, the women of Iceland took a "day off" from their usual jobs - and relations between Icelandic men and women were never quite the same again.

BBC News
Apr 3 at 12:42amWeb
Show threadJess Torley (Wilson) [she/her]1d ago
@CaptiveSteel interesting article, thanks. That demo definitely looks a lot bigger than a certain president’s inauguration crowd. 😀
Show threadMoya1d ago

@shakespearenut

Showed what happened when half of the population proved the worth members of the other half didn't believe they were entitled to.
What they did, why they did it, why they succeeded at it, should be taught in schools imo.

It's unforgivable to me that decades later, we have to resort to even thinking about the need to do it all over again.

I guess my Great Grandmother, Grandmother, and Mother were right; "the Suffragette Movement will always be needed, 'tho the needs may change." 🙄