On the 24th of october in 1975, approximately 90% of Icelandic women struck for equality, not attending jobs or doing any domestic work. Iceland passed an equal pay law the following year, but the strike has been repeated on its anniversary several times since, such as in the years 2005, 2010, and 2016.
The strike was planned by “The Women’s Congress”, which had met on June 20th and 21st earlier that year. Among the reasons given for going on strike were pay inequality, lack of women in union leadership, and a general lack of recognition for the value and skill of domestic labor.
During the work stoppage, also known as “Women’s Day Off”, 25,000 people gathered in Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital city, for a rally. There, women listened to speakers, sang, and talked to each other about what could be done to achieve gender equality in Iceland.
Women from many different backgrounds spoke, including a housewife, two members of parliament, and a worker. The last speech of the day was by Aðalheiður Bjarnfreðsdóttir, who “represented Sókn, the trade union for the lowest paid women in Iceland”, according to The Guardian.
In 1976, the Icelandic government passed an equal pay law, and the country elected its first female President, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, five years later in 1980.
The 1975 Women’s Strike also helped inspire the 2016 “Black Monday” anti-abortion ban protests in Poland, as well as the “International Women’s Strike”, single day work stoppages on March 8th, 2017 and 2018.
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Pet peeve: crackers who insist on saying umami instead of savory and even insist that there’s no English word equivalent to umami.
cw: anxiety, ADHD meds
Power of anxiety is wild
Went from feeling like I was about to have a stroke or something to feeling okay. Some physical symptoms still there like tingling but its much better than earlier (at least I think it’s the anxiety causing it, have been through this before)
New ADHD meds maybe aren’t working out idk :(
Most days seem to be okay but if I didn’t sleep well or something side effects are so much worse, also worrying a lot about what this stuff doing to my heart rate and blood pressure :( . Have been too afraid to check the last one but I probably should so I can stop worrying or see if I should get off of this stuff (it’s Vyvance btw, lisdexamphetamine)
This really sucks, for first time in a long time I’m not zoning out all the time and I can get daily tasks done easier yet still idk if this gonna work out :(
Doctor didn’t respond to my last call but maybe I try again tomorrow :/
Idk why I’m posting this even, maybe reassurance ugh
I guess a dude trying to rob the liquor store called one of the clerks a fascist, he also works at the grocery store and was telling me after work. We had a good laugh and all and then I said “well, you are a government contracted employee there, so professionally speaking, he’s kinda right.”. Silence. “Have a great night!”
I passed all of my exams let’s fucking goooool
Pleistoscene Park, it’s just a geology museum. Someone brings some amber with a mosquito fossilized in it, they throw it aesy because the mosquito is a contaminate
calling ultra fine spaghetti “angel hair” pasta is subtle white supremacy implying angels are blonde
I know I keep bringing it up every now and then but it’s Marvel comic book canon that Hitler summoned Thor in WW2 and tricked him into trying to kill Stalin (Invaders 33 1978), who was saved by Captain American and the Invaders. And it’s funny imagining it coming up. Just sitting around the table at an Avenger’s party
Thor: One time I almost accidentally killed that Russian Man of Steel!
Hawkeye: Colossus?
Thor: No the other with a mustache? Joseph Man of Steel I think.
Black Widow: (spits her drink in surprise)
for Claudia De la CruzSecond episode of the new season of lower decks has the crew beaming down to partake in celebrating a successful socialist revolution and it’s like…really clear about it
Its the spooky season. Click the spoiler arrow for a fright
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really bad trunpet playing
kittenposting 💕🐈⬛ 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛ 🛁
They got baths today and dried off in front of the space heater
idiot fucking me made the mistake of trying to reach out to someone on a human level when i KNOW they are not the type to respond to that, and get called a creep for it. i hate cynical ass fucking people who dont know sincerity if it bit them in the ass. fuck
god why is my instinct in conflict to expose my heart to someone i KNOW is garbage to try to “Reach them on a human level”. i get spat on for it EVERY fucking time lmao and i keep doing it. its gotta be some sort of trauma response or some shit but its frusterating.
Facebook leftist page is encouraging people to commit perjury if they get jury duty so they can be on a jury and do a nullification. This is a fantastic way to be held in contempt of court in the most consequential way possible, that’s gonna cause a mistrial, they’ll get a new jury and you’ll be in a stupid amount of trouble, you personally pissed off and lied to the judge who now controls your fate. If by some weird chance you end out on a jury, nullify, but don’t lie in the selection process to do so. It won’t do anything but delay and you’ll go down fucking hard for it.
So at some point the earth is gonna be fucked enough thar nuclear exchange over what’s left would be of so little consequence that mutually assured destruction is kinda already assured so may as well nuke. Probably within 50 years.
racist old woman gave me shit about my Palestinian flag and I told her that her grandkids hate her and the reason they never call is because she is a racist
