This week's Rage & Softness

here’s what made me rage and what kept me soft this past week

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Without further ado, here’s what made me rage and what kept me soft this week:

Rage:

Reading:

This article pissed me off just by the title: Should Employers Protect Workers From Domestic Violence? because duh, obviously yes. Also, no hate to the writer, because I know most of the time writers are not the ones who get to choose the titles for their pieces. Voting is not the end-all-be-all, but the barriers to doing so are ridiculous: Native Americans Continue to Fight Barriers to Voting. A big ol’ yikes to this: Gen Z Men Are Going Back to Church. More Israel insanity: Israel’s Blockade Bars WFP From Distributing Food “in Any Form” in North Gaza.