Hump Day Quickie 39
A few things making me gasp, gag, and giggle this week:
Equal pay for equal play! The US Men’s and Women’s soccer teams are equalizing wages and prize money. Spend it like Beckham! ⚽️ 💸
In Ukraine, rape is being used in warfare, and women are sharing horrific stories of the Russian army’s coordinated violence. I don’t think I’ll ever get this haunting piece by Monica Hesse out of my head 🇺🇦
Here’s all you need to know about the extreme intoxication defence in Canada, and how it impacts sexual assault survivors. Drunkenness is never an excuse for rape 🍻
Neither is being a celebrity…. The Amber Heard and Johnny Depp case is ongoing. Here’s a breakdown of the proceedings, a deep dive into why the world doesn’t believe Amber, and what that means for the #MeToo movement, which, in case we’ve forgotten was meant to help imperfect victims -
“Those who were wearing the wrong thing, or were drunk, or were promiscuous, or loved their perpetrator, or had previously broken the law, or had lied before, or had a bad character, or seemed “a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty” 👩⚖️
If you or anyone you know is in need, here is an abortion access map that goes through each state before and after the likely fall of Roe v Wade 🗺
That was a lot! Wash the heaviness down with SUM nerdy Excel merch, including the handiest mousepad you’ll ever buy 📊
Gif of the Week
Excel converting every number in my spreadsheet to dates.
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