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Women's Rights & Issues

SARose

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1. Have you read

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 03:48 PM

Jul 19

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant?

The book is about the menstrual tent desert nomads and indigenous people used for thousands of years.

Women gathered there for 3-5 days. They did not cook, care for children other than nursing little ones, weed gardens, make beer or cheese.

They ate special moon cakes, gossiped, relaxed, worked on quill embroidery, etc.

Why did we ever let this go?

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Attacks on Abortion Access Are as Old as White Supremacist Patriarchy Itself. Here's How We Fight Back. [View all] niyad Jul 19 OP

Have you read SARose Jul 19 #1

This is a very important story. I don't think enough has been told about "forced sexual labor". LoisB Jul 19 #2