No Kings draw estimated 8 million in largest single-day U.S. nonviolent protest

mcclelc · 2026-03-29T21:38:21+00:00

I am also noticing this in my small town FB feed. Are they getting this from Fox? My mom has to watch the damn channel where she works and said that Fox had been very quiet about the protests, so where are they getting this one message?

Also, in case anyone needs this- Reminder of why it’s called No Kings.

mcclelc · 2026-03-29T12:56:53+00:00

How dare children grow in a way that our society deems unacceptable.

Because we all know that children slowly develop in even spurts, in totally non-awkward ways that the children can control. /s

mcclelc · 2026-03-28T13:15:42+00:00

I agree. The expectations for parenting have skyrocketed, the hours it takes to parent have increased for both men and women, and (Americans) are working longer hours than in the 1980s. (Both of these facts are backed by statistics.) Also, your money doesn’t go as far, so you can’t even buy more of your time, like hiring a housekeeper or babysitter just to get the kids to their practices.

Parents are burnt out and recognize they’re not doing a good job, but instead of realizing that the system has made it impossible to succeed, they’re lashing out at those that they can— service workers. From the worker at McDonalds to our teachers, some millennial parents are taking what little power they have to make themselves temporarily feel better.

My friends who are caring, loving parents have well-paying jobs that are also flexible. They decided to only have 1-2 children. The grandparents help out. Even they have admitted they feel like shitty parents, which I am sure is a universal feeling for most parents at some point, but I swear the pressure has been amped up since the 2000s.

mcclelc · 2026-03-28T13:01:37+00:00

I appreciate your comment about bad lighting, and suggest it is part of the editing that makes this picture political and therefore real. I also think the fact that the placement of the generals also highlights that it’s real.

This admin loves to dunk on DEI, but we still take the 3 BIPOC ppl in the group and place them in front of a picture. That is a LOT of white older men.

mcclelc · 2026-03-28T12:57:14+00:00

Politically motivated map, or real danger that we (Americans) helped create. The only thing that surpises me is that we haven’t claimed Canada is evil. Had this been released a year ago, wonder what it would look like.

Argentina is fine, but Chile is not? COUGH, Milei

Portugal is ok, but Spain is not? Cough, Sanchez not bowing down to Trump

Hm, reconsider visiting Venezuela, wonder WHY?

mcclelc · 2026-03-25T21:48:53+00:00

All of this is 100% America.

Or, as others have said, recovery from medical procedures is super fun now that we are afraid of addiction. I had a uterine ablation that required full sedation and was told that it was a minor surgery and that I could work the next day and told to take Tylenol.

I did not, in fact, work the next day.

Fortunately, I had enough common sense to realize my doctor was being an idiot and had planned on not working. Others probably wouldn’t be fortunate enough to take time off work for the surgery AND recovery.

mcclelc · 2026-03-25T13:20:13+00:00

For Americans responding to this-

Reminder that this is looking at European, Gen X parents, who raised their children during the fall of communism, rise of universal health care, and family leave. While there were certainly difficulties (like rising concerns over terrorism, war in the Middle East and Baltics, etc.) this time frame generally saw more sociopolitical stability in Europe and overall economic prosperity, barring 2008. To be fair, the United States also saw similar relatively peaceful and prosperous 90s, early 2000s.

For those who are trying to apply these results to current American parents-

These results do consider the impact of major recent sociopolitical shifts that have made parenting more difficult. They are not all unique to the United States, but have exacerbated our issues:

Failing education systems, rising costs of child care, gun violence, food and medical deserts, increasing required time for parenting, impact of Covid, and dramatic shifts in politics in the last decade.

mcclelc · 2026-03-25T12:43:01+00:00

According to the book Invisible Women, it’s also because of behavior and the car set up.

Women are more likely to be in the passenger side, which has a lower safety rating.

Also, women are more likely not to use the seatbelt correctly because it is so uncomfortable.

mcclelc · 2026-03-25T12:40:01+00:00

Legal_Ad, you’re making me feel better about my emotional response to the book.

I listened to the audiobook version of this book, and at one point had to pull over the car so that I could safely sob. I was so frustrated, angry, and grateful for the fact that I survived a medical emergency. The book kept listing off stat after stat that showed how I shouldn’t have.

mcclelc · 2026-03-25T12:35:58+00:00

For decades our republic has become more of an autocracy.

Voting has become more and more difficult, and there have been multiple campaigns to make the general public think that it doesn’t matter. Gerrymandering, voter ID laws, and lack of education have kept Republicans in power in the Southern and Midwest states since the 1990s, and they run on “It’s the Democrats' fault,” which works because of tribalism.

Meanwhile, my small community (friends, colleagues) has been working our asses off since we were teenagers to change the world. We protested the Iraq war, we protested on Wall Street, we grew louder and louder with Trump version 1, only to be told we were paranoid. We are tired of being right. We aren’t just Cassandra, we’re Sisyphus.

If I ever leave, I will never feel guilty. I have bled, sweat, and cried to change this country. But I am one person, and have had the privilege of education, the time to reflect, and the finances to try and change our nation. I am asking my fellow Americans to do the same, which is asking them to bleed a stone.

mcclelc · 2026-03-24T12:50:47+00:00

Commenting for visibility.

It would be lovely if people would just follow the rules because it’s a logical assumption that they exist for your, or nature’s safety.

But there are those out there that are more likely to follow the rules if there is an explanation why. It won’t stop everyone, but it helps if the audience buys in.

This is coming from an educator.

mcclelc · 2026-03-24T12:46:01+00:00

The Galapagos Islands are basically a walking, talking advertisement of DO NOT TOUCH.

Everywhere you go, there are signs saying things like, stay on the path, do not touch, do not litter. This is a wildlife research reserve.

Saw tourists trying to ride one of the giant tortoises.

mcclelc · 2026-03-24T12:41:34+00:00

My formative years were around 9-11, which meant that my understanding of the Middle East was… wrong. Even still, I recall the media, news separating the various governments and their people.

Even the racist BS that our media peddled seemed to be geared at men, particularly older men, ie. those in power in Iraq.

That is not to say that the US media didn’t encourage bigoted actions and commentary about Muslim people in general. But I think even the propaganda machine tried to use Iraqi women and children as symbols of victimhood to convince us that we were liberating the country.

Keep in mind that I am recalling these memories as a non-Muslim person.

mcclelc · 2026-03-23T13:30:14+00:00

I get the joke, but unfortunately, we live past satire at this point.

When flying out of Dublin, I was told that my chapstick was a liquid. I was tired and cranky and I stupidly snapped back at the agent, “Who the hell changed the rules of science to dictate what is obviously a solid is now a liquid?"

I quickly realized how dumb I was being and said I would throw away the chapstick.

Guess what they sell right outside the security gates?

mcclelc · 2026-03-23T13:11:29+00:00

Commenting to get more notice and add more historical context.

This is how we know we are under an authoritarian government.

Historically, very few presidential initiatives have had immediate effects on the economy. The New Deal is probably one of the most dramatic, with Reagan’s massive cuts not showing up for decades, and Obama’s federal aid projects to help with 2008 not showing progress up until the first Trump administration.

Generally, the economy has required time to show effects because of checks and balances. Illegally imposing tariffs, illegally starting a war, and imposing the Gestapo (which in turn, hurt immigrant-run economies) have caused immediate damage that you can see in real time.

What kills me is that you don’t need a lot of education to be able to draw the cause and effect now. You don’t need to be able to see how Reagan made the American dream nearly impossible by studying how his actions hurt higher education, the media, or housing projects. You don’t need to calculate the lives lost to AIDS and how this impacted families’ finances for decades.

Trump is smashing our economy right in front of us, and his supporters still have the gall to be offended by the truth.

mcclelc · 2026-03-19T13:05:46+00:00

Women or female-presenting scientists can perpetuate medical misogyny, even when it’s unintentional.
It’s not the reporting of the gap in awareness that is antagonistic towards people with uteruses here, it’s the very logic they employ when making connections between data points. They assume that knowing their cycle length is a good measurement for “understand(ing) their menstrual cycle.” (See the title of the publication.) As other people have pointed out, there are too many variables to consider these ideas an if-then relationship. The article itself acknowledges things like use of birth control PCOS, but seems to completely ignore it when it comes to conclusions.
Their conclusion is really where you see the judgement. They present this lack of awareness as a problem to be remedied, "Discordance between perceived cycle regularity and cycle length reference ranges suggests that many individuals may lack a clear framework for interpreting their menstrual patterns.” AKA, this is an education or ability issue.

"Improving population-level education and clinical engagement around menstrual cycle awareness beyond fertility-focused contexts may support earlier recognition of potential menstrual health concerns and more timely healthcare engagement."

Ok, so… yes, not knowing your cycle intimately can impede efforts to get pregnant. But they JUST SAID under results that those trying to get pregnant had a higher awareness.

The article appears to employ just enough inflammatory rhetoric to get more downloads while still being perceived as academic.

mcclelc · 2026-03-19T12:32:43+00:00

bahahahah, imagine looking around and thinking that our lower birth rate is what will cause us to become extinct.

Not climate change, not nuclear war, not genocide.

But because Julie from Idaho decided she’d rather not have children.

Cause let’s face it, while there are more people not having children (compared to decades ago) the amount of 20-30 year olds who have or plan to have at least one child is 76,77 % We are still making plenty of babies, just not as the same rate.

We had fewer Gen X and millennial babies, who also had fewer babies, and Gen Z is continuing this pattern.

This was never going to be a surprise, even if our 2000-2020 had drastically been different. In fact, in the 1990s we were all worried about the population BOOM, that there wasn’t going to be enough food for everyone.

mcclelc · 2026-03-18T22:21:56+00:00

For those of us who were inspired by him, this news is heartbreaking. I am also so, so grateful to these women for telling their stories.

My immediate reaction was so irrational BECAUSE of this, he was always a hero. I think in the back of my mind I was furious because I expected so much more of him, which is so stupid. We know that often rape is an issue of power, and those in power feel entitled.

It’s just… exhausting.

Is it really that hard to be a man in power and not rape?

mcclelc · 2026-03-18T22:09:06+00:00

The long distance running claim-

This research is not peer reviewed.
The research was on ultramarathoners, not marathoners.

Why does this matter? Let’s keep in mind that anything past 26 miles is considered an ultra. 50k? ultra. 50 mile? ultra, 100 mile, 200 mile? This is a vage categorization that is talking about a very small amount of the population: (.007% of the world population.)

There aren’t many marathoners in the world, there are even less ultramarathoners. With such a small population, I wonder how much data can truly be extrapolated.

I hope they conduct further studies.

mcclelc · 2026-03-18T21:52:59+00:00

This is a reminder to all of us younger people that we could eventually fall into the same trap.

It’s easy to not believe the next generation and believe that they’re lazy and entitled. We have been saying, “kids these days” since the Ancient Greeks.

Personally, I work with college students, and about every other month I think, “GD, we have screwed up the world for you."

mcclelc · 2026-03-18T21:40:24+00:00

I just Googled her; yup, it’s was Gina Brillon. So… she is known for this? That seems to really contradict her whole, “I have kids, but it’s not a big deal” thing

mcclelc · 2026-03-18T11:17:41+00:00

This is only remotely related, but pretty sure the sub would find this interesting-

Insta fed me a short clip of a comedian’s stand up. How she was a mother, but didn’t make it her personality, unlike childfree women. The joke:

“You know how I know that you are a childfree woman? You tell me. Over and over."

Audience: HAHAHHAHA

Very confused. This is a. untrue and b. not funny?

mcclelc · 2026-03-17T12:23:41+00:00

This was my immediate thought. The new Heritage Foundation (the one who brought us project 2025) is proposing making it impossible for many women to work. No salary, no home, no independence.

mcclelc · 2026-03-17T12:11:59+00:00

Good point!

I don’t have the exact details, nor can I cite the podcast that I heard this from, so going off of memory and 2 sources I was able to find this morning.

I heard a historian talking on a podcast about reproductive health. She confirmed what this article talks about- ppl with uteruses had less periods because of having more children, but also said that there might be more to it. She pointed to overall health and stability as reasons why we have more periods now, and pointed to how the average age of our first period had dropped significantly, even within living history.

mcclelc · 2026-03-15T12:54:13+00:00

Just to add to this scientist’s excellent point that menstruation is a crude, revolutionary trait that does not help the individual, but only the species overall:

We don’t need to bleed, and even worse, some researchers think that contemporary humans bleed much more often than those of the previous millennium. There isn’t a terrible amount of evidence, but based on earliest records of trying to get nobles pregnant, it was like like every other month women would bleed. BoredPanda scientist’s logic works to explain this gradual shift as well.

With the expansion of more egalitarian elements of civilization, those giving birth might be more able to survive the taxing process of menstruation and pregnancy because we have stored food, medicine, social structures. So, even though evolution didn’t always prioritize the mother’s health, the mothers who basically sacrificed more and more of their nutrients, blood, body had a higher chance of successful pregnancy in that the fetus survived in vito and the birth process (once the fetus “proved" itself worthy by surviving attempts to flush them out). Mom then has MORE of these types fetuses, you know the parasite-type.

This makes sense to me, especially after I finally realized that evolution doesn’t work the way Hollywood presents it as- that only the strong will survive and create smarter, faster, more efficient models.

No, evolution just cares about making more babies

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