Hm. I feel like talking about the character from my last post, Dame Ragnell, today. 

The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell is actually one of my favorite Arthurian tales. If you’re unfamiliar with it the basic version is this:

-King Arthur’s out bee-boppin’ around the woods one day when this man comes along and is like “King Arthur you dingus, you gave all my land to Sir Gawain, so I’m gonna kill you unless you can answer this riddle: What do women most desire? You’ve got 1 year to find the answer or I’m gonna chop off your head.” King Arthur’s like “Well shit, I guess have to do this, because of honor or whatever.”

 -So he goes back home and tells Sir Gawain and they go around asking everyone what women most desire. And, because women don’t all think the same, they predictably get a bunch of different answers: beauty, youth, money, love, true-crime podcasts, etc, etc.

-The deadline’s coming up and they’re getting worried. Then Arthur finds this *very very very not conventionally attractive lady* named Dame Ragnell who tells Arthur that she’s the sister to the guy that’s gonna behead him and knows the answer to the riddle, but in return he has to get Sir Gawain to promise to marry her. 

-Arthur looks at her and says “yeah no, I think I’d rather be beheaded” and goes back, but Sir Gawain finds out and says “no it’s fine I’ll do it” and Arthur’s like “No, really you don’t wanna do this” and Gawain’s like “You’re my king, so I kinda have to. It’s fine, whatever.” 

-So Gawain promises to marry her and she tells them the answer to the riddle “what women desire most is sovereignty” (ie. the ability to govern themselves/ to choose for themselves). This ends up being the right answer. 

-The big wedding day comes and everyone at the event is horrified at the whole situation. All the guests watch as Dame Ragnell devours the entire wedding feast like No-Face from Spirited Away. *insert cookie-monster sounds here*

-So they tie the knot and up to the bedroom they go to, er, make it really official and she’s like “Look even though we’re married and this is my right, I get you’re not into me, so we can just kiss if you want” and Gawain’s like “No I’m your husband now and I’ll do the deed because of honor or whatever” but he turns around and Ragnell has turned into atotal hottie. She tells him by marrying her he has lifted a part of her curse but now he has to choose whether she is to be pretty at night (during hanky-panky time) OR pretty during the day (when everyone will see them together). 

-He thinks about the riddle and says “it’s your body, your choice. You decide.” DING-DING-DING! That was the right answer. Now the curse is fully lifted and she’s a hottie 24/7. They proceed to have crazy animal sex all night and most of the next day, to the point that Guinevere and Arthur bust into the room to make sure they’re still alive.

Now I think we can all agree what the take away here is: Sir Gawain cannot seem to avoid getting himself into weird wacky situations that involve beheadings. (See the Green Knight for more details)

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…On a completely unrelated note, my country might be about to take away a woman’s right to bodily sovereignty. 

MS Jernigan, MS Ochoa and MS Payette with National Women’s Party banner, STS-96 Space Shuttle Discovery, 1999. NARA ID 23209923.

#OTD 1993: Ellen Ochoa is 1st Hispanic Woman in Space!

The three astronauts hold in space an original gold, white and purple suffrage banner from the National Woman’s Party, borrowed from the Sewall-Belmont House in DC. Ochoa used it in a PSA from space!

Last chance to see THAT BANNER in our related exhibit in DC - Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Votecloses this Sunday, April 10. Can’t make it? Check it out online! See related press release.

Archives Curator Corinne Porter, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero view original 19th Amendment. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for the National Archives).

“Somewhere in England, Maj. Charity E. Adams,…and Capt. Abbie N. Campbell, …inspect the first contingent of Negro members of the Women’s Army Corps assigned to overseas service.” 2/15/1945. NARA ID 16214.

Women’s Auxiliary Corps Captain Adams drills her company 5/1943. NARA ID 531334.

“The negro WAC battalion’s first parade on the continent. Rouen, France.” 5/27/1945. NARA ID 175539237

Black Female WWII Unit Gets (Congressional) GOLD!

WWII’s 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs

“Tech. Sgt. Tommye Berry, Acting 1st Sgt. of the Negro WAC group” 4/16/1945. NARA ID 535929.

The Women’s Army Corps (WAC) was signed into law by President Roosevelt and set to active duty status on July 1, 1943, but this group did not include Black women. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Civil Rights icon Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune (see: related Tumblr post) advocated for the inclusion of Black women who were eager to contribute to the war effort.

Finally, approval was gained, volunteers enlisted, and the battalion trained at Fort Oglethorpe, GA. In February 1945, the women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (the self-proclaimed “Six Triple Eight”) deployed - becoming the only all-Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe in WWII. They were led by Major Charity Adams, the highest-ranking Black woman in the US Army during WWII.

The 6888th organized and sorted mail for delivery to U.S. soldiers in Europe. They worked around the clock, fighting not only the mail backlog but also racism, sexism—and the Third Reich.

On March 14, 2022, President Biden signed a bill into law to award the women of the 6888th Battalion a Congressional Gold Medal “in recognition of their pioneering military service, devotion to duty, and contributions to increase the morale of personnel stationed in the European theater of operations during World War II.” Award ceremony date TBA.

The 6888th by the numbers:

• 855 - # of Black women in the 6888th
• 3 - # of months it took them to clear a 6-month backlog of mail.
• 3 separate 8-hour shifts, 7 days a week - work hours.
• 65,000 - # of pieces of mail processed per shift
• 17 million - # of pieces of mail processed by the conflict’s end.
• 77 years - # of years wait for these women to be honored by Congress

The 6888th faced overflowing warehouses stacked with letters and packages for anxiously awaiting GIs. The women of the 6888th knew the importance of such connections to the soldiers and embraced as their motto: “no mail, low morale.” Facing huge volumes of “undeliverable” mail, they developed a tracking system using 7 million servicemember ID cards to correctly route the letters and package.

“The women of ‘Six Triple Eight’ confronted warehouses stacked to the ceiling with letters and packages. These buildings were unheated and dimly lit, the windows blacked out to prevent light showing during nighttime air raids. Rats sought out packages of spoiled cakes and cookies,”the Army said.

Example of the backlog of vast quantities of Christmas mail en route to American soldiers.” NARA ID 111-SC-197654.

“WACs sort packages, taken from the mail sacks by French civilian employees, at the 17th Base Post Office. Paris, France.” NARA ID 175539203.

Continuing legacy of the 6888th:

The 6888th returned to the United States in February 1946 and was disbanded without any public appreciation or official recognition of their work. However, their accomplishments led the General Board, United States Forces European Theater, to note in their December 1945 study of the Women’s Army Corps: “[T]he national security program is the joint responsibility of all Americans irrespective of color or sex” and “the continued use of colored, along with white, female military personnel is required in such strength as is proportionately appropriate to the relative population distribution between colored and white races.”

11/30/2018: monument in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas was made in their honor.

2/25/2009: The 6888th women were honored Arlington National Cemetery’s Women in Military Service for America Memorial.

“Post exchange officer serves the first Coca Cola to Major Charity Adams at the grand opening of the WAC battalion’s new snack bar. Rouen, France.” NARA ID 175539159.

President Obama greets Alyce Dixon, the oldest living Black American WW2 veteran, in the Oval Office, 10/27/2014. NARA ID 176552374.

See also:

• Washington Post story on Romay Johnson Davis: She joined the only Black female unit sent overseas in WWII. Now 102, she’s the oldest living member.
• No Mail, Low Morale: The 6888th Central Postal Battalion,Unwritten Record
• Their War Too: US Women in the Military During WWII,The Text Message
• Pictures of African Americans During World War II
• African American Women in the Military During WWII, Blog Post
• 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, US Army Center of Military History
• The SixTripleEight: No Mail, Low Morale, The National WWII Museum
• Women of the 6888th Central Postal Battalion
• H.R.1012 – ‘Six Triple Eight’ Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021, Congress

The 4th in our series celebrating Black History Month (Feb) and Women’s History Month (March).

• We honor WW2’s #InvisibleWarriors!
• Fannie Lou Hamer “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.“
• Mary McLeod Bethune to Return to Capitol Hill

A design inspired by all the women trying to make a change.

See this design on many products in our Redbubble store —> ValAndVanya

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domwithpen:

Out in the world, I’m an equal-opportunity gentleman. I treat all women with respect. I have good boundaries. I defend a woman’s right to be whatever she wants to be. I vote that way.

However.

In my own little world, I’m a Dominant male chauvinist.

I would say that the above describes me, as well.

I’m a witch who proudly and vehemently knows that women deserve control and power over their own body and the choices they make for themselves. If you disagree, then disrespectfully fuck off and burn.

Mother’s Day March for Peace and Justice

On Mother’s Day, 1986, over 1,000 people participated in Minneapolis’s sixth annual Mother’s Day March for Peace and Justice. The group gathered at the Native American Indian Center at Franklin and Bloomington Avenues and marched to Powderhorn Park in the wet and rain. The group was marching against nuclear testing, U.S. military intervention throughout the world and racism, and advocating for women’s reproductive rights.

Photos by Wendy BellforThe Surveyor, from the Minneapolis Community Newspaper Photographs Collection in the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections. Individuals in the photographs are not identified. Recognize someone in these photographs? Let us know!

radicallyaligned:

Good Ways To Introduce The Concept of Consent to Kids

1. “Can I kiss/hug you?” and then respecting the child’s answer is an easy way to let them establish boundaries, understand they have a say in who has access to their body, and show them that you (an adult) respects their answer. You’re a role model, and if they see someone they respect seeking consent, they will learn to seek it themselves.

2. When the child is around pets, and one no longer wants to be held or pet, say something along the lines of “it looks like Fido doesn’t want patted anymore, so we need to stop.” Cats are, surprisingly, great examples of the concept of ongoing consent. If a cat bats at you, or the child, in the middle of being pet, don’t berate the cat or call it mean. Just say “Fluffy asked us to stop, and it’d be mean for us to continue”. Kids easily understand this idea when presented in this context.

3. Work the concept of consent into lessons on sharing. “You want to borrow Sally’s crayons? Let’s ask her permission.” and then to the other child “are you okay with Luke borrowing your crayons?” To establish the idea of communication over just assuming and taking.

4. Encourage the child to ask permission before giving affection; “let’s ask Billy if he wants a hug!”. Never force the child to receive affection; “you must let Auntie give you a kiss”.

5. Teach the child to recognize personal cues and body language by speaking it over with them out loud. If a shy playmate hides behind his mother’s leg, say “it looks like Johnny wants his personal space right now, we can see if he wants to play later”. If a playmate quietly shakes her head when asked to join a game, say “Suzie doesn’t want to play, and that’s okay, let’s ask someone else!”.

6. Teach the child to respect “no”. If the child is roughhousing with a friend or sibling and they say “stop!”, enforce that the child must do a hard stop. If you’re tickling the child and they say “stop!”, immediately stop.

7. Explain the concept of Good Touch vs. Bad Touch. Good Touches make us feel loved and cared for, like hugs or high fives or kisses or cuddling or ruffled hair. Bad Touches make us feel sad or hurt, like punches and hitting and biting or any other touch that makes us feel strange or gross or bad. Explain that we never want to give anyone Bad Touches, and we never have to receive Bad Touches.

8. Respect their personhood and decision making, where you can. Practice letting them make decisions regarding themself and their body. For example, “it’s bedtime, do you want the monkey pajamas or the zebra pajamas?” Or “Dinner time! Do you want the green beans or the broccoli for your vegetable?” By letting them think about what they want for their body, and then respecting that decision, you are teaching them the foundation of consent.

9. Do not use made up or silly names for the child’s genitalia. If a child asks about their genitalia, or expresses curiosity in how theirs works or why it’s different than someone of the opposite sex, this is a massive learning opportunity. Use an anatomy book, or other scientific source, and approach it as scientifically as possible. Explain that their brother or sister or friend’s privates aren’t for us to use for our own curiosity, but that wondering about genitals is okay and you’ll help them find their answers in a way that doesn’t require anyone’s body or privacy to be compromised.

10. Age up the discussion with the child. A teen or even pre-teen can be spoken to on an even deeper level. If a man in a movie keeps persistently kissing a woman even after she says no, ask the older child to identify what he’s doing wrong, and how they should handle a situation like that. If the older child is in high school, talk blatantly about sexual consent and what it looks like. They may blush, eye roll, say “I know this already”, but the more you normalize the discussion the more you make it comfortable for them to have that discussion with a partner when they really need to.

My mother was fantastic at #10. We’d be hanging out watching TV together, listening to music, whatever, and end up having deep discussions about some issue that’d been brought up. Like, she droped truth about how women should be treated every chance she got so my sister and I knew to accept no less.

This is why I have been MIA; and I feel like you all deserve an explanation, you all supported my blog so generouly. I will return, but since the beginning of the year; I have been suffering depression over the state of human rights, health issues, and financial set backs. I lost my computer, which makes it extremely difficult to blog.

Share my belated birthday gift with me (that’s what I’m calling this->)

Unboxing Given Live Stage Production Items while discussing women’s rights:

We can’t change things if we don’t speak out loud and ask questions. (Im not great with political terminology so please anyone correct me if I use an incorrect term) We have a majority bipartisan Government of Democrat or Republican. On a scale of far left, to far right; our Democratic party rn falls significantly right from center. Our Republican party falls almost full far right; flirting with fascist ideals. Left = non capitalistic/ Right = Capitalism. Its so much more than capitalism though, because of seperation of Church and State. Because Capitalist values have been so over shot to the far right of the scale, and we are unbalanced by authorities with biased and conservative religious views, our highest court; The US Supreme Court is now biased and unbalanced. We are supposed to first and foremost have separation of Church and state. This goes directly back to the foundation of our separation from England. Certain human rights laws are supposed to be “settled” law, essentially meaning, they have been “tested” over and over and found to be laws in good standing, wether or not they independently appear in our Constitution. Laws like the right to an abortion, the right to decline to participate in religious ceremonies or adhere to regions views, in state sponsored environments, the right to equal medical care regardless of race sex gender class or creed.

Common sense things like an intersex or male bodied person has equal right to an abortion, as would a female bodied person. The right to birth control or personally initiated sterilization. An unwed or poor mother has an equal right to reproductive health care (pre or post). Queerness but particularly homosexuality (due to the wording of the legal definition) is infact a legal human right to the pursuit of happiness, regardless of gender expression or biological/ physiology or marriage rights. POC have equal access to reproductive health care and autonomy, without coeersion or state sponsored interference (ie disproportionate encouraging of sterilization) Yes this was a problem up until the 60s, and in some states into the 70s. Stimulus were given to wed white mothers, while ethnic mothers were disproportionately encouraged to undergo sterilization in order to receive benefits like Healthcare, childcare, educational support, and food stability from the government. Or the one that ties it all together; you cannot use or express religious views as a means to exert authority over another person, in a state sponsored environment. Ie you can’t make little Johnny say a prayer with the coach, or fear getting kicked off the football team.

Our Supreme Court had a draft, called an “opinion” leaked, a few days ago showing that they are set to overturn abortion rights, next month. The thing about “opinion drafts” is that they are informally written; almost like reading a transcript of the whole conversation between the judges. The draft clearly shows not only religious bias, but that the judges are now just creating and stripping laws; based on simply how they personally feel concerning a law. You can imagine; basically the highest court in the land is making decisions off whatever the hell they personally think. On top of that; many of these judges were recommended by Trump during his stay, and these people share eugenic ideological views that are racist and misogynistic; going back to AIFR propaganda. Ie the standards ingrained so deeply in our country, through colonial mindsets that ‘only “fit” persons should procreate, and that this is how American ECONOMIC values thrive.’ Which of course is insane and affects every citizen, yet is how this is so prevalent in far right capitalistic values. Even our Democratic party is now right leaning. This is also why age of consent laws are so important and are now at risk, and their undoing disproproportionaly benefitting heterosexual men concerning women’s rights/marriage. Which hypocritically undermines Seperation of Church and State through far right Christian majority, family planning fundamentals.

It’s not a matter of if one personally or religiously supports making abortions illegal; it’s that it’s directly tied to religious doctrine, meaning they’re supporting it as falling under the scope of Constitutional rights, but its blatantly coming from personal religious views. This is a gross abuse of twisting the Constitution. The judges in the opinion draft are recorded as stating that the Constitution itself never addressed abortion, so one can’t create laws concerning supporting abortion. (Then in the same breath, duscussing taking steps to create restrictions, AGAINST this right, which is obvious hypocracy)That’s why the laws are settled laws! The Constitution was written in a completely different American society than modern day. The judges know this, but they are twisting the purposeful function of our Constitution and Bill of Rights, to learn and grow with the people, to suit their personal opinions. The majority of US citizens do not support what they are planning on doing; I think at last count it was almost 70% but they are moving forward anyways, which is an outright breech of the Judges’ function as servants in a democracy.

Its so intertwined with women’s rights; it’s not just abortion legalities that would almost instantly unravel. Upfront; women would no longer be able to aquire reproductive health care unless it favored pregnancy potential. This then affects even persons who could potentially have future pregnancies, who say want to have hysterectomies, or be on birth control. And further brings into play, if the State has the right to deem if it is medically necessary, which circles back to religious and personal views, and seperating Church and State. Yet our Healthcare system is privatized…..so again the hypocracy. Theres an abundance of conflict of interest as many of these law markers have stock in pharmaceutical and medical companies. Controlling women’s rights, particularly the institutions of marriage and pregnancy, creates revenues for them. This obviously affects restrictions on what does or does not constitute legal birth control. Which affects male bodied and intersex person’s autonomy; if they do or do not wish to retain the ability to become pregnant. It expressly affects what constitutes rape. Specifically between a married man and woman. Whatever they now declare IS a man or woman. People forget, it was legal in the states, up until a little over a generation ago; for a man to commit non consensual acts against his legal wife. This immediately not only affects female bodied citizens, but the laws tied to these settled laws, are also tied to laws that make homosexuality legal. Specifically addressing by legal term; the act of sodomy, same sex marriage, and even cohabitation. It by default impacts queer people in general, mostly intersex non binary and trans persons. If the court strips these settled laws; it throws us into legal regression immediately concerning what determines sex and gender.

So just being outside of a binary legal definition of sex or gender, technically would make it illegal to express yourself or even live in your own home as a person outside of that legal definition. Even teaching your children sex, gender, and body positivity, has already been stripped in several states since the beginning of the year. One woman on state level was already charged with murder, for obtaining an abortion, but fortunately on the federal level; it was over ruled. What is happening right now, means it would not have been over ruled and she would be sitting in prison on a felony. Several parents across the country have already had their children removed from their care, and are facing felony charges for seeking gender affirming medical care for their children. If these settled laws are over turned next month; their charges would be valid. They are currently in court and the State in at least one case; appears to be stalling, as if hoping to see these human rights regress, so they can move forward with the charges. Other cases have been dismissed; as the laws still currently protect the defendants.

Right now, people are focused on oh my god; they can’t just overturn abortion rights. They’re only just beginning to get a glimpse of everything else it over turns or places such tight restrictions on, it might aswell be over turned. These laws aswell are also connected to separation of church and state. It has already begun to strip transgender health care, our freedom of speech to use words that are indicative of sexuality and gender out side of a designated binary, within a state sponsored environment such as a government institution or a school. The human right to just exist as a trans (umbrella) person in such an environment. Infact last week a Republican Representative openly questioned on the floor, wether or not a fellow representative who is known to be transgender, even had the right to use the bathroom at all within the government building, because that is indirectly expression of gendered terminology. Ie it says male or female on the bathroom doors. They were alluding to questioning the technical legality of wether or not this person could exist as transgender within the building. Ie can transgender persons legally function as government officials. It’s overgeneralization is focused on the hot take of bathroom laws, which is blatant misogyny, affecting almost always feminine males and trans women; but it immediately affects so much more. Right now another case is in the court, concerning a football coach and his right to lead students in prayer, at school (ie state) sponsored games. The laws that are being returned and likely to be overturned, include wording allowing for coercion. Meaning an authority figure such as a teacher in a State sponsored school could soon have the legal right to require or at least coerce their students to participate in religious acts, and be subjected to their own religious personal views. This then affects views on gender, genderoles, sexuality, and marriage.

Recognizing how dangerous a turning point this is, is not an attack on religion. It’s not an attack on one’s personal beliefs. It’s that these laws are in place, or are “settled” through “test” to create inclusion and equality through seperating Church from State/capitalism from personal views against the acutal majority vote. The bias comes from people in positions of authority clearly using their collective religious or personal views (obviously monetarily driven through far right capitalism) to hypocritically NOT do their jobs. If the law was functioning correctly, these authorities would be evaluated as to wether or not they are even fit to perform their duties, due to what is now absolutely (per the leak) clear conflict of interest and abuse of power. Yet because they are judges in the Supreme Court; no one really has the power to stop them. Stripping women’s rights, then strips everyones human rights by default, and restricts/regresses LGBTQIA+ rights, and again by default unhinges the Seperation of Church and State. It would very quickly make marital rape potentially legal, gay panic defense indisputable, intersex existence LEGALLY unacknowledged, same sex or gender non conforming marriage up for debate based on a legal definition of gender, male homosexual sex illegal, forced pregnancy legal, denial of equal rights to reproductive health care, and all of that is a round about way of making cis women and AFABs second class citizens. It’s not even a wonder why these people are so concerned about transgender women being able to use public women’s restrooms but not transgender men, or keeping legal authority over female bodied persons being able to become pregnant.

This is 100% Given related. If you consume BL or enjoy stories like Given that are not tropes but realistically depict our narratives as men outside of the made up cis/het binary; *looking right at Haruki* you must remember the irl population it involves. Protecting women’s autonomy is all human rights, and violations of those rights, entirely impact the irl people these stories portray. What’s happening in the US is that our highest officials are knowingly PURPOSELY committing unconstitutional crimes against women and female bodied persons and everyone inbetween to push their views on family planning, to exalt their status as cis het men and control the economy for their own personal gain. It’s not even a woke thot after this leak. The biggest test of proof is property value and ownership rn in the US. They are absolutely trying to put us all back into the 50s and white/straight wash the Cival Rights movement. These men were highschool and college students in the 50s; they’re seeking to force the future they were promised by the racist and sexist government of their youths. Another point that hasn’t really hit most people yet; is that these settled laws being in place, are not only to protect against sexism and classism, but indirectly ALSO affect xenophobia, racism, red redlining, the right for all religious expression, discrimination and hate crimes. Soooo the guys in Given could irl be criminals, institutionalized and lobodimized, in the near American future these judges seek. Ristuka’s sister, Haruki’s sister would immediately be questioned for their association, as “fit women”. This is not at all far fetched. This is why abortion laws have been soooo precious to us all; they affect EVERYTHING if they come undone. It’s not actually about abortion; that’s just the main law they’re using to restrict all of the above, as LGBTQIA+ and marriage equality *for cis het women too* is directly tied together through seperation of Church and State, and Healthcare.

I’m an extremely genderfluid and usually more feminine presenting gay male. What the hell am I supposed to do? By this summer; I could quite possibly be told I can’t legally exist or marry or have a family. I should not get a privilege pass just because I can’t make a baby. That’s why my pov is women are the true authority and should be fought for by everyone, including gay men. Gay men should be the first to have their backs on this, and not for selfish reasons; but because their autonomy defines our rights as human beings, regardless of sexuality or gender.

There is no morality involved with abortion. There is a woman’s choice what to do with her body plain and simple. If a fetus can not survive without the woman’s body then that fetus does not get more rights than the mother does, it does not get to live at the expense of the mother. If a person is dying of liver failure and cant live without your liver, do you think you should be forced to donate a part of your body to them? Of course not, and women should not be forced to give up any part of themselves to sustain the life of another if that life could not exist without her. I know I’m not going to change anyone’s minds at this point, but when I have something to say I have to say it. We keep going backwards and all I can think of is what’s next? Brown vs the Board of Education? Gay marriage? I am very grateful I live in NY where I think regardless of the rights the fraudulent supreme court wants to take from us, NY will keep those rights in place. At least I hope so. I am terrified for the girls and women in less liberal states, I hope most people will be, and that they make every effort to vote in a way that will protect those of us who need protecting.

i am sick and tired of seeing posts suggesting that both wearing the hijab and being half naked is empowering for women.
empowerment is “the giving or delegation of power or authority”.

the meaning of the hijab and other muslim coverings is the very definition of rape culture and victim blaming.
what power or authority does a woman get by wearing a symbol which suggests that she should cover her body so men won’t sexually assault her?

what power or authority does a woman get by wearing oversexualized clothes which are literally designed to satisfy the male gaze?
none. both panders to male desires. both is the exact opposite of empowerment and female liberation.

you are not woke or intersectional, you are rebranding misogynistic bullshit as empowerment.

i find it so weird when misogynists joke about how radical feminists are ugly and can therefore not get men to like them.
do they not realize that men literally fuck every living thing?