#shameless

johnehummel@diasp.org

Everything is working exactly according to plan

'Disaster for Millions of Kids' Looms as GOP Obstruction Threatens School Meal Programs

In fewer than 30 days, a slew of federal waivers that have enabled schools across the United States to provide free breakfast and lunch to students during the coronavirus pandemic are set to expire, potentially leaving millions of children without easy access to critical meals.

And to the dismay of advocates, Congress... doesn't appear poised to act.

Why should they act? Republicans in Congress need children to starve. And those who don't starve should (a) be ignorant, (b) be grateful (to the republicans) that they didn't starve, and (c) blame those who did.

Remember the conservative mantra: Keep them poor, afraid, sick, and ignorant, and control the women.

The GOP is a threat to every person and other living thing on Earth.

#Shameless #RealAndPresentDanger #GOP #Fascism #Capitalism #UnfetteredCapitalism

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/06/02/disaster-millions-kids-looms-gop-obstruction-threatens-school-meal-programs

kamenridercaoimhe@diasp.org

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Celebrities posing #naked while #pregnant began as a fiercely defiant and provocative stunt. #Demi_Moore’s 1991 Vanity Fair cover—an undeniably confident woman fully #nude, cradling her pregnant belly—was #progressive in its mere existence: the overt #sexualization and #celebration of a #bodyImage that the #American public had, generally, been taught not to think of as #sexy.

It was a transgressive moment in its #controversy (in 1991, many more #conservative people were none-too-pleased to see a nude pregnant #woman staring at them from the shelves of the grocery store cashier aisle), but also in how it paved the way for the image to eventually become #uncontroversial almost entirely; to be #normalized.

(Go figure something as #natural as a pregnant woman’s body needs to be normalized. #Humans are awful.)

In the decades since Moore’s cover, the nude pregnant #photo has almost become a rudimentary rite of passage for celebrities, especially those whose careers were built on—and at times #exploited—their sexuality. #Christina_Aguilera, #Jessica_Simpson, #Britney_Spears, #Nia_Long, #Cindy_Crawford, #Claudia_Schiffer, #Mariah_Carey, #Monica_Bellucci: the nude photo shoot evolved from #progressive act of #rebellion to an #essential part of the Pregnant Celebrity Publicity Tour. As essential, even, as the “Check Out My Post-Baby Bod!” photo shoot that would typically follow.

It’s easy—and at this point #lazy and #unoriginal—to #attack any news Kardashian makes as a #shameless ploy for more press. The fact of the matter is that Kardashian has built a #career as an expert #manipulator of a #realityTV genre that’s mandated that #media take its stars #seriously, because the many #fans of these shows already do.

She’s an aficionado of #branding, a polarizing #fashion maven, and, after years in the public eye, a bona fide #cultural #influencer.

As such, Kardashian’s treatment of her #celebrity spotlight has #matured along with our #perception of her #influence. She’s no longer the #girl made famous by the #sexTape, but a #person with a #platform who is given a megaphone to speak about #feminism, #sexism, #sexualizing, and, god help us, real things.

There’s something sort of #admirable about this #evolution.

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Kim Kardashian Posts Bold, Beautiful Naked Pregnant Selfie to Combat Body Shaming

#Kim_Kardashian #socialMedia #bodyShaming #bodyPositivity #iPutTheHeadlineAtTheBottomBecauseRegardlessOfHowEnlightenedWeConsiderOurselvesItGoesWithoutSayingThatIfSomeOfYouSawHerNameAtTheTopYouWouldHaveCompletelyIgnoredThisPost