I truly commend the bravery of the many people around the world who aide in the needs of their community through the means of health clinics, hotlines, shelters and awareness campaigns. I know The Satanic Temple has been one NGO that is very vocal about women's right to healthcare with the USA. Under the fundamentalist tenet "III. Bodily Autonomy: One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone." the group argues that their pseudo-religion gives everyone choice and that this must be held in respect to the USA's first amendment the right to hold religious belief and to practice that faith without government interference or establishment. I really appreciate the clever work around/ legal loophole this collective found as a non-theistic organization registered as a religion. I question how much longer The Satanic Temple will exist within the USA if this article states that many groups similar in mission are being defunded or criminalized in other places.

I am held in suspense to a film currently in production called Yesteryear. The movie which is based off a book by the same name seeks to create commentary around the problematic tradwife movement and I am curious on what the reaction is going to be from the named community. It has been weird to watch the tradwife community grow, especially since it is so easy to point out the hypocrisies of the movement by just considering the potential of financial gain of these "stay-at-home wives" doing the full time job of an influencer. Obviously not everyone in the movement is an influencer but it seems like the popular thought of * lets get on back to the "good times"* was pushed by such individuals, which in turn made susceptible people who where lost or questioning the status quo fall in line.

This was a very discouraging statistic. Having gone to the website itself (Equal Measures 2030), I have many more questions about this statistic. The last update on this website was 2022 and I can't help but think how much the world has changed in the last 4 years. I question what the base standard was that the team was working from as to sort these countries. I wonder if the USA would be considered in regression since the overturn of Roe vs Wade (June 24, 2022) or still stagnant, as the website does not mention what month these findings were published. I as well ponder what is going on in Switzerland that things in regards to gender equality are considered "very good" in both levels and pace of change.