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Men have been voting on women’s fates since approximately the dawn of organized seating.
And women have been making them regret it for exactly as long.
In 2026, this looks like Reddit threads where a man asks the internet if he should “let” his girlfriend get a tattoo and receives four thousand responses, none of them kind.
It looks like HOA meetings where Dave from unit 12 tries to regulate patio décor and Linda from unit 3 shows up with a lawyer and a PowerPoint.
It looks like a one-percenter motorcycle club sitting in church the morning after their Vice President claimed a woman in front of everybody — and trying to decide if she’s worth the war that’s coming.
But I’m getting ahead of myself.
Allow me to present the (mostly factual) evidence of how women have always been given the short stick—until they leveraged the long one…
The Roman Senate, circa 195 BC — When Senator Cato the Elder attempted to block the repeal of the Lex Oppia — a wartime law restricting women’s jewelry, clothing, and use of carriages — he gave an impassioned speech that reportedly lasted NINE HOURS about the dangers of women having nice things. During hour six, his wife sent a servant to the Senate floor with a small clay tablet that read: “Don’t come home.” The law was repealed.
The Council of Mâcon, 585 AD — This is the one where a gathering of bishops actually, genuinely, historically debated whether women possessed souls. The motion passed in favor of women having souls by a margin of ONE VOTE. One. A single bishop was the difference between women being spiritually human and women being furniture. What historians DON’T talk about is what happened in the weeks following, when word got back to the bishops’ wives about just how close that vote was, Quiet Quitting was invented… imagine the smell.
Angus McCray’s Cattlemen’s Council, Montana Territory, 1883 — When Margaret Tillman, eldest daughter of the Tillman cattle dynasty, was discovered carrying on with a horse thief named Jack Paired, her father convened a council of eleven neighboring ranchers to vote on whether the family should disown her or simply send her to a convent in St. Louis. The vote was 6-5 in favor of the convent. Margaret was informed of the decision at supper. By morning, she and Jack were gone. So were the three best horses, the church silver, her mother’s china, the family Bible, and — according to one account — the FRONT DOOR. Margaret was never found. Jack was never found. The door was never found. But eleven wives had taken note and ZERO CHILDREN were born the next spring. Historians call it frontier hardship. Booktok calls it matching his energy. The council never convened again.
Reno Chapter, Desert Rattlers MC, 1971 — The first recorded instance of an outlaw motorcycle club holding a formal church vote on whether to extend protection to a woman not related to club business. Her name was Darlene. The Sergeant-at-Arms had brought her in after a situation no one elaborates on in the official record. The vote split the table — eight yes, seven no. Darlene stayed. She outlasted three presidents, two clubhouse fires, and a federal investigation. She was their roman empire — living rent-free for thirty-eight years. When she died in 2009, they flew the club flag at half-staff for a week. No one voted on that. It just happened.
Me, 2026 — And now, in that proud tradition of men who sit around tables deciding the fate of women who didn’t ask for their opinion, I present to you:
Down on your knees — it’s time to choose sides.
They were caught at the silo at midnight. Same place they’ve been meeting for years.
What happened next should’ve ended them. Her family made sure of it. But violence doesn’t kill what they have. It only makes the bond stronger.
Now Legion has done the one thing nobody can undo. He’s claimed her. In front of the whole club. Every patched member watching. Every officer standing.
And tomorrow morning, the Badlands MC sits in church and votes.
Does the club protect Savannah Ashby?
Or does she become the reason everything falls apart?
The yes votes have their reasons.
The no votes have theirs.
And this vote doesn’t just decide her fate.
It decides the club’s.
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LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW TO ENTER — ANSWER THIS QUESTION…
What is the name of your Goodreads shelf where the books that DESTROYED you go?
MY ANSWER
I don’t go to Goodreads. I’m told this is a character flaw.
But APPARENTLY – MY books live on shelves called things like:
“authors-who-owe-me-therapy”
“why-do-i-do-this-to-myself”
“emotionally-compromised-at-2am”
“i-am-not-okay”
“i-hate-ja-huss”
and my personal favorite, which I have been told exists and choose to believe:
“ruined-my-marriage-in-a-good-way”
What’s Yours?
26 Responses
I have a good reads account. I don’t really go there. I didn’t know you could have shelves … 🤷🏽♀️
I don’t have a shelf for that
My book shelves are like my brain, totally disorganized but know where everything is
I have an account but never go there.
I don’t have a shelf but I love the history lesson!
My very boring answer is I don’t have one. But if I did maybe something like “The girl who lived, come to die” or “Utter devastation.” Some books upon said shelf would be Wasted Lust, Under Our Scars and Still Beating. 💔
*Under Your Scars
I go to Goodreads mostly and the shelf that ruined me is the taboo, mature 18+ only shelf
I don’t have one 😅
I don’t have a good reads shelf, but if I did, it would be books to recommend so someone else can feel my pain🤣
I have a goodreads account, but only update it once every five years—
My bookshelf is called “the best book boyfriends I’ll never have because men like this don’t exist for overweight 40+ single moms”-
I don’t go to Goodreads.
I don’t go to Goodreads
I don’t have a Goodreads shelf. I don’t want anyone to know how disturbing my reading can get.
I don’t go to Goodreads, I didn’t know there were shelves. I listen on audible.
I don’t have a shelf on Goodreads, but I do have a list on Amazon for this purpose 🤪 titled ‘they’re-paying-for-my-therapy’
I have a good read but don’t use the shelves. Plus I haven’t found a book that has demolished me.
I have an account but never use it.
I only have one shelf, Julie’s to-read shelf.
don’t have one
I don’t do Goodreads either since it somehow auto linked to my socials and outed my reading habits to my grandma and niece. The next few family events were awkward af.
Well, I dis not have a shelf like this but shall it be called:
Authors and their books which emotionally scarred me forever.
Now excuse me I need to go to Goodreads, create this shelf and put Blood and Grace on it.
I don’t use goodreads but I probably should. I have nearly every one of your audiobooks and am trying to keep up with that. I simply love your writing!!
I have a goodreads but I don’t really use it either but I have tons of shelves at home filled with my naughty book obsessions and I would love to add this hot number to the list!!!
It’s a shelf in my brain. Simple title. “Broken.” And so far, there are only three books on it. I must have a thick soul.
(And yes… there’s a Huss title on it. “3, 2, 1” is the first book to have ever done it because I didn’t believe in this concept until it happened.)
I have a goodreads, but honestly I only look at it occasionally or if I’m looking for a book I know I’ve read. I don’t know how work it and make fancy lists..wish I did