63 Reasons Why 2024 Wasn't All Bad
Here are just 63 reasons why 2024 wasn’t all bad.
Sometimes we all need a little reminder that the world isn’t as bad as it seems, and there are always — in between the darkness — moments of hope and light.
Here are just 63 reasons why 2024 wasn’t all bad. 🤍
1. Because Syria is free.
2. Because Gisèle Pelicot showed us the true definition of courage.
3. Because Palestinians showed us what resilience means in the face of a genocide.
4. Because Sierra Leone banned child marriage.
5. Because Colombia also banned child marriage.
6. Because France became the first country in the world to make abortion a constitutional right.
7. Because Poland’s new government started drafting laws to lift its near total ban on abortion.
8. Because El Salvador freed a woman who was jailed for 30 years for having an abortion.
9. Because Mexico elected its first woman president.
10. Because Namibia also elected its first woman president.
11. Because Ghana passed a law to ensure women hold 30% of decision-making roles in all public jobs.
12. Because the Argentine actress who started the #MeToo movement in the country finally got justice after being raped by her 45-year-old co-star when she was 16.
13.And the Australian former political advisor who sparked the #MeToo reckoning in parliament also got justice.
14. Because an Irish woman dared to sue MMA fighter Conor McGregor for raping and beating her – and won.
- Because a group of Swiss grannies decided to sue the government for not doing enough to protect them from climate change and won.
- And young people in South Korea decided to do the same — and won too.
- Because a group of students from the Pacific Islands refused to accept the fate of losing their homes to rising sea levels and instead rallied the entire world to get the International Court of Justice to hear a case on the link between climate change and human rights.
- Because Thailand legalized same-sex marriage.
- Because Liechtenstein did too.
- And Greece.
- Because gay sex is no longer a crime in Namibia.
- And consensual same-sex relations are no longer illegal in Dominica.
- Because Sweden made it easier for young people to change their legal gender.
- And Germany also passed a law allowing people to self-identify their gender.
- Because Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage was found unconstitutional by a high court.
- Because Peru stopped labeling trans people as being mentally ill.
- Because a Taiwanese drag queen became the first East Asian person to win “RuPaul’s Drag Race”.
- Because a zoo in Thailand decided to name a newborn baby hippo Moo Deng and gave birth to an icon.
- And an Australian zoo gifted us with an absolute unit of a baby penguin named Pesto.
- Because a Willy Wonka immersive experience in Scotland was so bad it spurned the ultimate villain, The Unknown, and a thousand memes.
- Because French people threatened to poop in the Seine but Paris’ mayor swam in it anyway.
- Because the Olympics and Paralympics brought the world together and gave us some breakout stars with plenty of “main character energy”.
- Because Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting rose above hateful attacks about their gender to win gold.
- Because women athletes from Cameroon and Afghanistan made history as the first refugees to win Olympic and Paralympic medals respectively.
- Because Lamine Yamal reminded us stars are born from even the humblest of beginnings.
- And 16-year-old British dart player Luke Littler showed everyone age is just a number.
- Because people in China introduced the world to “u swan, he frog”.
- Because Japanese mascot Chiitan, the god of advertising, took it upon herself to buy out ads on X to protect people from bad ads.
- Because BTS’ Jin finished military service.
- Because SEVENTEEN became the first K-pop band to perform at Glastonbury music festival.
- And young people in South Korea invented new ways to protest with K-pop music and light sticks.
- Because thousands of Chinese college students reminded us of the joys of youth by taking part in a mass night bike ride to go eat a famous soup dumpling.
- Because a person traded their flag with a Portuguese grandpa who didn’t have a rainbow flag at Pride and reduced everyone to tears.
- Because young people in Georgia, Bangladesh, Botswana and Kenya showed the world change is possible.
- Because the UK voted out the conservative government after 14 years.
- And people in France rejected the far-right.
- Because Gambia tried to make FGM legal but failed.
- And popular Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was freed after being sentenced to death.
- Because Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, was freed after a 14-year legal battle.
- Because thousands of New Zealanders marched across the country for nine days to stand up for Indigenous rights.
- Because Afghan women reminded the world not to forget about them and to be their voice.
- Because “Bollard Man” showed us that not all heroes wear capes.
- Because Denmark’s men’s football team showed us what solidarity means by refusing a pay raise so the women’s team can get equal pay.
- Because Macklemore showed the world what it really means to use your platform.
- And a 10-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza continues to bring joy to millions with her cooking videos.
- Because students all around the world camped out for a free Gaza.
- Because Ukraine will be free.
- Because Myanmar will be free.
- Because Afghanistan will be free.
- Because Sudan will be free.
- Because the Congo will be free.
- Because Hong Kong will be free.
- Because Palestine will be free.
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