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- Comment on Growth 3 days ago:
I’m bisexual so I really only feel qualified to assert that definition.
I believe that pansexuals are attracted despite gender. I dunno, I can’t tell the difference between the two. I’m just old and bisexual feels like it fits better for me.
- Comment on NASA, with the tampons. 3 days ago:
In a 2002 oral history interview with Rebecca Wright, then coordinator for the NASA Johnson Space Center History Office, Ride was asked what items NASA had added to her flight kit, including the tampons in question.
“I remember the engineers trying to decide how many tampons should fly on a one-week flight; they asked, ‘Is 100 the right number?’” Ride recalled, according to the transcript. She replied that, “No, that would not be the right number.”
“They said, ‘Well, we want to be safe,’” continued Ride. “I said, ‘Well, you can cut that in half with no problem at all.’”
NASA engineers apparently had a history of sending women to space with inadequate supplies. In that same interview, Ride noted that the engineers had also decided that women astronauts would want makeup. So, they designed a makeup kit.
“The engineers at NASA, in their infinite wisdom, decided that women astronauts would want makeup — so they designed a makeup kit,” Ride was quoted as saying in a January 2018 tweet shared by the NASA History Office.
It is not uncommon for astronauts to head to space with their own personal hygiene kits, which have been issued as standard equipment for astronauts since the 1960s. These kits typically contain items like a toothbrush, lotion, deodorant, comb, and razor. But in a predominantly male field in the 1980s, experts apparently had limited knowledge in the types of hygiene items that would be necessary for a woman.
The optional — and unused — makeup kit included eyeliner, mascara, eye shadow, eye makeup remover, blusher, and lip gloss. It went on display in the Human Spaceflight at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, in 2002.
What a fascinating little piece of history! They even designed a makeup kit smh. Thanks for the rabbit hole!
- Comment on Growth 4 days ago:
Bisexual: attracted to those of their own gender and different genders
- Comment on It's possible 1 week ago:
The only way out of hell is through it after all
- Comment on NO BITCHES? 1 week ago:
You replied “wahhh” to me and want me to treat you respectfully here?
Are you high?
- Comment on NO BITCHES? 1 week ago:
Ah I see you participated in mocking a random woman’s appearance this morning here as well.
Stay classy.
- Comment on A Marker of Distinction 1 week ago:
Because the overall opinion on Lemmy is that if you dare question or criticize this type of incel humor, you are a troll, a nag, and a Karen.
- Comment on NO BITCHES? 1 week ago:
Eh, it just gets tiring seeing one post judging women’s appearances (100+ comments doing so) and then scroll down to see women being called bitches.
- Comment on NO BITCHES? 1 week ago:
Is it so shocking that women might find the slur “bitch” offensive?
- Comment on NO BITCHES? 1 week ago:
It’s was unnecessarily inserted here for the meme.
Honestly I had just come from the meme where people were judging “already attractive women” for getting plastic surgery over in the meme community. It was abysmal and sexist af, so I was definitely a little more sensitive than I usually would be.
- Comment on NO BITCHES? 1 week ago:
I’m simply responding to your desire to be allowed to call women “bitches”.
- Comment on NO BITCHES? 1 week ago:
You’ve mistaken me with someone who cares about people who really really want to call women bitches.
- Comment on NO BITCHES? 1 week ago:
Baby’s first selfie! So cute!
- Comment on NO BITCHES? 1 week ago:
Aww wittle boy just wants to be allowed to call women “bitches” awwwww it’s just so fucking cute, isn’t it?
Just a little sexism as a little treat for a beautiful Sunday like this. Y’know, because you’ve been such a good little boy!
- Comment on NO BITCHES? 1 week ago:
Yep and I took issue with it being used for this particular meme because it’s targeting lesbians.
- Comment on NO BITCHES? 1 week ago:
That doesn’t mean calling women “bitches” isn’t sexist.
- Comment on NO BITCHES? 1 week ago:
Fair. Could be internalized misogyny that’s talking.
- Comment on NO BITCHES? 1 week ago:
Awww you wanna have a little misogyny as a treat?
- Comment on NO BITCHES? 1 week ago:
There’s an interesting conversation that could be had about reclaiming slurs and who can use slurs and when they can be used.
I’d argue men talking about lesbians might wanna refrain from using a slur against women though lol
- Comment on NO BITCHES? 1 week ago:
Funny meme about an LGBT+ topic and wlw without resorting to misogyny.
Still uses “Bitches” in the title.
- Comment on Sorry, honey 1 week ago:
Sex before dinner is the correct order most of the time.
Get way too sleepy when my belly is full!
- Comment on they're havin a laugh 1 week ago:
Leg disabled
- Comment on they're havin a laugh 1 week ago:
See, the thing about Arsenal is they always try to walk it in.
- Comment on Wonky witch fable 1666: Amsterdam is the kind of sexy nonsense I want from Assassin's Creed: Hexe 1 week ago:
Fucking yikes!
- Comment on Wonky witch fable 1666: Amsterdam is the kind of sexy nonsense I want from Assassin's Creed: Hexe 1 week ago:
Yeah I had higher hopes from seeing the trailer. Thanks for sharing your experience with the demo!
- Comment on Wonky witch fable 1666: Amsterdam is the kind of sexy nonsense I want from Assassin's Creed: Hexe 1 week ago:
Is 1666 supposed to be an Assassin’s Creed game or was it just made by the creator of Assassin’s Creed?
This almost sounds like an rpg with heavy focus in story-telling, a genre that is more popular with the cozy gaming fans.
- Comment on Still Listens to Southern Death Cult 2 weeks ago:
Who got this exclusive interview with Grimes?
- Comment on Do people really give a shit on what a US President wear? I just see from time to time that they bring up the Tan Suit Incident with Obama. What is or was the big deal? I slept since then. 2 weeks ago:
It was as big of a deal as Obama putting spicy mustard on his burger.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
When I was much younger, I definitely would give in to other’s wants more easily than I do now and, looking back, I’m aware it was an effort to appease them more than making myself happy. They didn’t do anything wrong and neither did I, but if I could go back in time and say “No” instead, I would.
Relationships live in a lot of grey areas. That’s great that you’re relationships have been on equal footing in this regard :)
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Yeah women resort to offering sex to their partners as rewards or to persuade them to be better partners because it’s often one of the only leverages we have inside of marriage. It’s unhealthy and it’s getting better with stronger women’s rights, but it makes sense how it happens within the framework of our society.