Sucheta

Time flies faster than the Golden Snitch

In 1977, Dansville, Michigan, Francine Hughes had endured 13 years of brutal domestic violence from her abusive husband Mickey. She had divorced him, but he moved back in. Then one night, after he beat and raped her yet again, Mickey passed out drunk on the bed. Francine ran to the kitchen, grabbed a can of gasoline, poured it all around the bed and set it ablaze. She quickly grabbed their four children and drove off into the night as the house burned in the rearview mirror. Mickey burned to death. That same night, Francine turned herself in and was charged with murder. But at trial, the jury reached a shocking verdict: Despite her confession, she was found NOT GUILTY. In one of the first major cases to recognize “Battered Woman Syndrome” the jury took into consideration the abuse suffered by Francine. She walked out of court a free woman and was reunited with her children that same day.

BREAKING: Israel has explained it had no choice but to kill six paramedics in a double-tap in Lebanon after receiving intelligence that they were in fact paramedics

Ashok Shrivastav shouldn't be allowed to get away with an apology. He should be fired from his job. Put yourself in Vedant's place. You studied hard for your exam. You wrote your paper well. But CBSE goofed up with your paper and gave you low marks. You are under tremendous stress. You take to social media to highlight the issue. But a DD News anchor labels you ‘Pakistani.’ And that anchor is paid with your father's tax money. Now, imagine the trauma.

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Genocide.

I danced with my daughters when they had just learnt to stand.. we have been doing that for years. Now, they are into college and we still do it. What you can't see is a celebration of one of the most beautiful bonds in this world. Your thoughts are cancerous. Get well soon.

“We were tortured. I was put down, cable tied, they put so much water under me for an hour that I thought I was going to drown. I was sexually assaulted in this kind of torture chamber... We had people who were tasered in the face. People were syringed with unknown sedatives.” —Juliet Lamont, Kidnapped flotilla activist

How did humans get a planet full of fresh air, water, sunlight, food, medicine, animals, forests, oceans, mountains, rain, flowers, and endless natural beauty, and still decide to create war, poverty, debt, pollution, AI, data centers, and taxes?

This. The no of times men go "why are you even being polite just tell him to fuck off" shows that men are the least self aware creatures on planet earth cause good fcuking lord most men simply canNOT handle rejection.

"Why do women have to be nice and polite to the men who harass them. Why can't they just say no?" This is why. Because if a girl says no, men will throw petrol bombs at her house. And more.

If this was a Political Leader from any other country doing this the EU would have sanctioned them and their country into oblivion. Then they would have tried to drop a bomb on their head as well. Israel does it, nothing.

When Mariska Hargitay was cast as Detective Olivia Benson in 1999, she thought she had landed a steady acting job on a new Law & Order spinoff called Special Victims Unit. At the time, it felt like a career step forward. A solid role. A reliable paycheck. She had already spent years working steadily in television, including time on “ER,” but nothing that had truly made her a household name. She had no idea the role would completely reshape her life. Not long after SVU premiered, the letters started arriving. At first they were ordinary fan mail — autograph requests, compliments, messages from viewers who loved the show. Then the tone changed. “I was assaulted when I was 15. I am 40 now and I have never told anyone.” Mariska sat alone in her trailer holding the letter, stunned silent. Soon there were more. Then hundreds more. Then thousands. These weren’t fan letters. They were confessions. Women. Men. Survivors carrying decades of silence finally putting their pain into words. And the heartbreaking part was this: they weren’t writing to Mariska Hargitay. They were writing to Olivia Benson. A fictional detective had become the safest person they could imagine telling the truth to. Mariska understood exactly what that meant. Survivors were so desperate to be believed that they trusted someone who didn’t even exist. Most actors would have thanked the audience politely and moved on. She moved closer to the pain instead. She trained as a certified rape crisis advocate. She studied trauma and sat with experts who worked with survivors every day. She wanted to understand the reality behind the stories arriving in her hands. Then, in 2004, she made a decision that reached far beyond Hollywood. She founded the Joyful Heart Foundation. Its mission was enormous: help survivors heal and transform the way society responds to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse. Five years later, another discovery changed the direction of her work completely. Across America, rape kits were sitting untouched in police warehouses. Evidence collected from survivors after assaults had been abandoned for years — sometimes decades. In some cities, the backlog reached into the tens of thousands. Each forgotten kit represented someone still waiting for justice. Mariska refused to let that continue quietly. She testified before Congress. Met with governors, prosecutors, and police departments. Walked through storage facilities where evidence gathered dust. In 2017, she co-produced the HBO documentary “I Am Evidence,” following survivors fighting to have their kits finally tested. The film won an Emmy in 2019. Her first Emmy had come from portraying Olivia Benson. Her second came from doing the work Benson would have fought for herself. Year after year, the movement grew. Mandatory testing laws. Tracking systems. Survivor notification rights. Funding for crime labs. Reform spread state by state until, in May 2026, Maine became the final state to adopt at least one major pillar of rape kit reform. For the first time, every American jurisdiction had laws addressing the backlog. Mariska called it “a promise that the system can and will be transformed into a source of light, not darkness.” Today, she is still playing Olivia Benson, now the longest-running live-action primetime character in television history. But when she talks about what matters most, she rarely starts with awards or fame. She starts with survivors. Because what began as letters to a fictional detective became something far bigger — proof that when people are finally believed, entire systems can begin to change.

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What’s being done to Cuba is a crime against humanity. And no one is talking about it.

anathema’s pov:

hey so remember when goodomensprime posted these two images? i was just thinking about them and why these two specific stills were chosen for promo and post GO3 i've realised exactly why. walk with me here [1/7]

Israel committing genocide

A pregnant Texas corrections officer had contraction-like pains while she was on the job. She asked to leave, her Supervisor said that she could not. By the time she was allowed to leave it was too late. She subsequently delivered a stillborn baby. Radical Republicans spend their days and nights saying that life begins at fertilization. The woman sued; Texas’ defense was that the fetus didn't have rights. Hypocrisy at its finest. #DemsUnited

Good Omens ilustration ☂️ Finally had some time to finish It #goodomens3 #crowley #aziraphale #go3spoilers