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PSA: If you didn’t know that the term “ghetto” originally referred exclusively to walled Jewish quarters, where they were required to live by law, now you do.

The first ghetto was the Venetian Ghetto, set up officially in 1516. This was considered extremely tolerant and permissive, since the standard at the time was that Jews weren’t allowed to live anywhere, and if you saw a Jew after dark you were legally allowed to kill them. The establishment of the Ghetto meant that there was a safe space for Jews, who came to Venice fleeing the Inquisition (often on their way to points east, namely Poland and the Ottoman Empire.)

The more you know.

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Also that the term ‘illegal alien’ was first ever used in the UK to refer to escaped Jews during the Holocaust

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And the modern college application process (essay and all this personal info and all that, as opposed to solely test scores) was originally created to limit the amount of Jewish students getting accepted to colleges

#TheHomelessPeriod exposes the unique menstruation problem homeless women face

The new campaign shines a light on homeless women who need assistance caring for their menstrual cycles. According to the Guardian, approximately 26% of people in the U.K. who receive “homelessness services” are female. But in most shelters, “sanitary ware or any kind of period ephemera is scarce,” Vice reported earlier this year. Three women have a plan to fix that.

See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

#TheHomelessPeriod exposes the unique menstruation problem homeless women face