they make an appalling $40k a year, which means that a 24% bump would get them a little shy of $50k, which is still underpaid for the labor sanitation workers do
News sources have confirmed that Nolan’s Odyssey! will be a musical featuring various hits by pop group ABBA. Matt Damon is reported to sing Chiquitita and Waterloo.
While everyone talks about diddys not guilty verdict let’s take a moment to think about Cassie who went through a whole criminal trial and had to relive the most horrifying moments of her life. The justice system is embarrasing.
Manson is free, Johnny depp is free, Cosby is free, Brad Pitt has an Oscar, trump is a dictator, diddy is not guilty…ask me again why women don’t speak up in this country
abolish juries made up of regular people for cases involving abuse/violence, only a jury of DV experts can deliver justice cus they understand power imbalances and abusive dynamics
the diddy trial once more confirms what feminists have known for eons: this country, which is run by rapists at every level of government, loves rape and doesn't consider it a crime
what could possibly better illustrate the dehumanization inherent in the sex trade than him being convicted of "trafficking prostitutes" (like they are a contraband item) and not "sex trafficking" (which is...what? reserved for "actual victims"?)
The Diddy verdict shows the disastrous results of the conceptual move to separate sex trafficking and prostitution as mutually exclusive, where money and abusive romantic relationships are not considered coercive despite their obvious ability to mediate consent.
He couldn’t have acted as her pimp because he was her boyfriend, she couldn’t have been forced since she took the payment. These are the obscurants used by rape apologists in order the conceal the inherent power dynamics behind patriarchy and capitalism.
It, on average, takes 25 years to fix a bad bill.
This bill destroys higher education and will for generations. Our public health and healthcare infrastructure are GONE. Generations will feel the burden of this. The entire country has changed.