“Women aren’t supposed to work and pay taxes”
Request: I enjoy not being property and not being a 2nd class citizen, I just think maybe we lost the plot somewhere 😝
Culture
LGBTQ+ flags, insignia at churches
With ostensibly inclusive symbolism, does its display support truth, a moral posture, and goodness? Or is it virtue signaling that actually undermines the mission and positive social impact of the church?
Woke: past, present, and future (video)
Dr. James Lindsay on Marxism: The definition of Equity - Woke is Maoism with western characteristics - They see themselves as nations, evolved to attack the west - The Goal is to make us global citizens (YouTube)
This Book is Gay, by Juno Dawson
Published in 2014, it is a "manual to all areas of life as an LGBT person." The American Library Association named it the tenth-most banned book of 2022 --Wikipedia. (The book is banned in some grade school libraries but is otherwise available).
Death-positive movement
The movement seeks to eliminate the silence around death-related topics, decrease anxiety surrounding death, and encourages more diversity in end-of-life care options available to the public --wikipedia
lawfare
use of legal systems and institutions to damage or delegitimize an opponent, or to deter individual's usage of their legal rights --wikipedia
Drag Queen Story Hour
The events, usually geared for children aged 3–11, are hosted by drag queens who read children’s books... The program strives to "capture the imagination and play of gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models" --wikipedia
In God We Trust
the official motto of the United States as well as the motto of the U.S. state of Florida. Also, motto on U.S. currency --wikipedia
Fat acceptance movement
"fat pride, fat empowerment, and fat activism, is a social movement which seeks to eliminate the social stigma of obesity from social attitudes by pointing out the obstacles which are faced by fat people to those who are less fat" --wikipedia
collecting alimony
Request: in the context of divorce
universal basic services
Unconditional access to a range of free, basic public services, such as shelter, sustenance, health care and education, funded by taxes and provided by a government or public institution --wikipedia
fandom
Fans typically are interested in even minor details of the objects of their fandom and spend a significant portion of their time and energy involved with their interest, often as a part of a social network --Wikipedia
sun dance
dances and songs passed down through many generations, the use of a traditional drum, a sacred fire, praying with a ceremonial pipe, fasting from food and water before participating in the dance, and, in some cases, the ceremonial piercing of skin and a trial of physical endurance --wikipedia
black pill
In the cultural genre of red pill and blue pill, the black pill "is about realizing nothing matters and there is nothing you can do that will change anything" --urbandictionary.com
T/F: USA is undergoing a spiritual revival
Calibrates higher than I expected. This is good news!