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Feminism@lemmy.world•Lorena Bobbitt Cut Off Her Husband's Genitals After Years of Alleged Abuse. Inside Her Life Today
82·1 month agoLorena, who now goes by her maiden name of Gallo, still resides in Manassas with her daughter and partner of over 20 years, according to TIME.
She is an advocate for domestic violence and the founder of the Lorena Gallo Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides domestic violence and sexual assault prevention, intervention and awareness services in Prince William County, Va.
“One of my missions is to educate the public and young women about the red flags in dating an abuser. I go to colleges and talk to sororities,” she told TIME in 2018. “I volunteer in local shelters for victims of domestic violence in northern Virginia. I’m a facilitator. I’m not a doctor, I’m not a psychologist — but we teach them to set boundaries, so eventually they end up figuring out the answer themselves.”
Lorena has also been involved in several of the projects that tell her side of the story, including Prime Video’s 2019 docuseries Lorena, which was produced by Jordan Peele.
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.
velma@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•NASA, with the tampons.English
231·1 month agoIn 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!
Sometimes tricking our brain is easy lol
I hope that helps!!
velma@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How to stay hygienic w/ sensory issues
101·1 month agoJust want to second all of this advice. Make showering as pleasant as possible - I use podcasts the most. I’ll even bring in my coffee or a cold beverage and reframe it as “spa” time.
Also showering every other day, as long as you’re not in a super hot climate, is usually plenty to keep yourself at normal levels of cleanliness.
velma@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL the United States gave full immunity to the commanders of Unit 731 Japan's biological warfare lab in exchange for research data. Scientists in the US concluded the data war worthless.English
201·1 month agoLemme tell you about how we got the right scientists to be able to put a person on the moon.
Bisexual: attracted to those of their own gender and different genders
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I just think the bi flag is pretty :3
velma@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Reddit@lemmy.world•My first subreddit ban (ironically for complaining about Lemmy)
31·1 month agoThanks for linking that community!
Could’ve written this about Sims 4 and it would hold up just as well.
Sorry EA ruined a game you enjoy. That sucks.
velma@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Tiger Woods cheating textsEnglish
16·1 month agoAh y’all have raked me over the coals quite a bit over this. Fine. Whatever lol defend this cheating jerk who can’t stop himself from endangering everyone by drinking and driving over and over again.
I’m sure his texting game is A+ and he totally just forgot to text or something. I don’t know why this image would then be circulated around for discussion, but whatever.
velma@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.world•I guess this maybe ELI10 because of my patient. He wants to be a "hacker" I don't really know much about it but he wants to do it for good. Is this possible or something??English
21·1 month agoI’m sorry you got questioned instead of being helped here.
For the record, I enjoy your thought-provoking posts. I might not agree with how some of it is phrased or whatever, but it almost always stirs conversation.
velma@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.world•I guess this maybe ELI10 because of my patient. He wants to be a "hacker" I don't really know much about it but he wants to do it for good. Is this possible or something??English
51·1 month agoThanks for the links! This is really interesting, I think my son would really enjoy looking into these sources.
velma@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.world•I guess this maybe ELI10 because of my patient. He wants to be a "hacker" I don't really know much about it but he wants to do it for good. Is this possible or something??English
42·1 month agoThere’s a lot more professions than doctor or nurse where one might have a patient under their care. It’s also possible that OP meant charge instead of patient depending on if English is their first language.
Plenty of doctors and nurses are naive or lacking in certain areas of “smarts”.
OP has also had “I am a 40 year old traveling nurses who is a lesbian” in their profile for a while.
velma@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK this woman is evil. Her name is Kyrsten Sinema. She prevented Joe Biden from rising minimum wage
115·1 month agoSeriously, is OP going to ignore the other senators that were against this same bill? It wasn’t just Sinema.
velma@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Tiger Woods cheating textsEnglish
18·1 month agoDo you have any reason to believe he’s the emotionally abusive type of asshole?
HIs multiple extramarital affairs? You don’t consider cheating over and over again to be emotional abuse?
Hell, we have more evidence for him being the victim of abuse than the perpetrator.
Oh we do? What are you referencing?
velma@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Today I Learned@lemmy.world•Most Transsexual Porn Is Watched By Straight MenEnglish
148·1 month agobizarre phenomenon
Is it bizarre for straight men to enjoy women sexually?
















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