kittenlikeasmallcat @kittenlikeasmallcat@anarchism.space

in light of the shittery that has taken place i thought it might be useful to share some alternatives to medical abortion. please keep in mind that herbal remedies are a supplement to licensed medical care, and in the absence of doctor supervision please be extremely careful and take steps at your own risk!!!

here is a list of plant based ways to end or prevent pregnancy (extremely gendered language): http://www.sisterzeus.com/Abortif.htm

i'll unpack more in the thread

queen anne's lace is one of my favorite birth control plants both due to its accessibility and it's fun lore.

queen anne's lace is a common lawn "weed" that you have probably seen before! https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/376668 it does have one poisonous lookalike (poison hemlock, which has red dots on the stem but doesn't have the iconic red flower in the bunch that QAL has!) and several non-poisonous ones such as parsley, dill, fennel, and carrots.

Lots of folk think TERFs are just anti-trans.

No, they're anti-consent, anti-sex, anti-reproduction, anti-biology, and above all, anti-social.

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Yesterday, our mail-order space was destroyed in a catastrophic fire in downtown Olympia, Washington. Thousands of our books, posters, and stickers were entirely consumed along with computers and equipment.

Read our full announcement and how to help:

https://cwc.im/burnt

This represents a tremendous setback to us. To resume operations, we will need to replace the books, posters, stickers, computers, printers, packing materials, furniture, and many other things, and to secure a new space.

It's especially rough that this occurs when we are on the cusp of completing a Kickstarter campaign to reprint two of our books. Fortunately, those books are still in the printing queue at the factory, so they will go out as promised.

We are determined to get back on our feet, but we're going to need help. Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us make it this far. If we can get through this, we promise to keep doing this work for decades to come.

*is kittening in your direction*

Anarchism, to me, means not only the denial of authority, not only a new economy, but a revision of the principles of morality. It means the development of the individual as well as the assertion of the individual. It means self-responsibility, and not leader worship.
-- Voltairine de Cleyre

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Hot take: using imagery and phrases from fascist memes/dogwhistles in non-fascist memes is a form of spreading and normalizing fascist propaganda.

And also, Manjaro Cinnamon's decision to make Vivaldi is in my opinion is among the worst ones.

Like it or not, but a browser has already become the centre of computing experience for the vast majority of tasks and vast majority of people. So, using a proprietary browser is almost as bad as using a proprietary operating system.

And of course, people should have the option to use some proprietary pieces of software shall they need or desire that.

But the default, should always* be free and open-source.

* wherever humanly possible. Exceptions may include some real-word limitations like firmware or drivers (Hey, Nvidia. Fuck you.)

@elementary @gnome