When I was still in high school I went into the girls toilets one morning before classes started. I could hear this girl crying from one of the cubicles. When I asked her what was wrong she said to me “I just started my period. I don’t know what to do!” I asked her what she meant and she said “My mum can’t afford them. She said if this ever happened I have to go home right away” When I gave her one of the pads from my bag she literally hugged me so tight. she was sobbing while saying to me "Now I can stay at school thank you" That hit me so hard. I gave her my lunch money so she could buy her own. My cheese toastie means nothing to me at this point if I can give this one girl something she needs. Sanitary Products are not a luxury item. Period poverty is real. I’m so proud of my wee country right now.💙
This needs to be International, starting YESTERDAY.
Why is this only Scotland?!? Like kudos to them for being the only country that respects the female body
The problem about this is that Scotland can’t afford to sustain this, they have some of the lowest taxes in the UK and only about 5 million people. The free uni and other cheaper products they have is because they borrow a lot of money from england.
@why-do-I-even-try-miffy Absolutely utter bollocks. Stop spreading misinformation. Scotland is a net contributor to the UK treasury year after year.
Don’t know where you’re pulling ‘cheaper products’ from but free tuition is paid for by the people of Scotland in tax revenue.
Lowest rates for those most vulnerable. Scotland operates as progressive rate of tax, those that can afford to pay more in tax, pay more in tax. What’s the point in taxing those who struggle to pay the most into the ground? This is basic common sense shit.
The fact you see it as ‘borrow money from England’ goes to show you know absolutely fuck all about how the UK is run. Please educate yourself for the good of those around you.
More fun facts about ancient Celtic marriage laws: There were no laws against interclass or interracial marriage, no laws against open homosexual relationships (although they weren’t considered ‘marriages’ since the definition of a marriage was ‘couple with child’), no requirement for women to take their husband’s names or give up their property, but comedians couldn’t get married
It’s Adam and Eve not Adam Sandler and Eve
I want to expound upon “comedians couldn’t get married” thing because it’s actually really interesting.
Satire was respected in Ancient Ireland. It was thought to have great power, enough to physically maim the subject one was making jokes about. Satirists could bring down kings with a witty enough insult. That was actually their original function. When the king didn’t do right by his people, a bard was supposed to compose a poem so scathing it would raise welts on the king’s skin to oust him (it was illegal for a “blemished” king to rule.) Unwarranted satire was considered a form of assault.
So what it boils down to is ancient Celts being like “These people are too dangerous to reproduce. DO NOT TRUST THEM WITH CHILDREN. EVER.”
Honest Posters of Our Relationship with Technology
Designer Ajit Johnson, living in England, has imagined a series of posters called “#This_Generation”. With honesty, the posters show anecdotes linked to our daily relationship with technology and social networks.
No one thinks selfie sticks are cool except tourists and rich white girls at the club.
Ok, normally I just roll my eyes and scroll past these, but this time I felt the need to comment:
1. Hiding porn on your computer? Wow, previous generations never did anything like that. Nobody ever hid adult magazines under their bed so much that it became a trope in movies. Nah. Never.
2. Online/skype date? Yeah, you can talk face-to-face with the people that matter to you even when you can’t get out to meet them physically, isn’t that amazing?
3. If I was lost and dying out in the wilderness somewhere, and I saw some… I dunno, some outpost that had wifi for some reason, you bet your ass I’d get tf over there and use it to get help/use a map/tell people where I am.
4. Did you know you can read books on your smartphone/tablet AS WELL AS being actively social??
5. I’m pretty sure technology is not to blame for kids getting pregnant/overweight/depressed. Side note, isn’t it great that those kids can use the internet to search for help and advice?
6. In a world where everyone is so much more connected thanks to social media, it’s really useful that you can block people who hurt you and protect yourself. I don’t really see the downside here.
7. It ain’t technology’s fault that some asswipes use their phone while driving. Just let those schoolkids text their parents to tell them when they’re gonna get home in peace.
8. Yeah, selfie sticks aren’t cool. But it IS cool that people can save their memories in pictures and photo albums at the click of a button, without needing to buy cameras and film, get the film developed, and then have big ol’ photo albums sitting around the house everywhere?
9. I swear nobody’s typed like that since 2009. But hey, culture, slang and dialect change with times regardless of whether it’s spoken or typed.
10. You’re right, poster. Happiness is being able to chat to your family and friends no matter the distance. Especially when they’re online and able to respond quickly. That’s nice.
It’s a mistake that feels good in the making. There’s enough wild left in me I am going to fold the name of fucking up onto the back of my tongue. Yeah, I know better. But come on, now. You know I love to self-destruct.
Me spending hours on a prize claw game that’s rigged to always lose
me eyeing the family-sized doritos bag in the back of my pantry despite the literal dozens of healthy options that are stacked in front of it
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