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Quickies: John Updike the malfunctioning sex robot
I’ve talked here before about my personal choice to not read books by cishet white men. Our first link today is an excellent confirmation that that was a good decision, and helps reduce the daily amount of misogyny that I’m exposed to. Malfunctioning sex robot – By Patricia Lockwood for the London Review of Books. John Updike is a revered…
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Quickies: History of Mississippi’s court system charging black children as adults
Bound by statute – From Reveal: “In the last 25 years, Mississippi has charged 5,000 children as adults. Three out of every four of them were black.” THREE OUT OF FOUR. That is 150 black children being charged as adults, every year for 25 years. Cornell’s new fine art library has see-through grate floors – Making them inaccessible to anyone…
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Quickies: How hymens actually work
How hymens actually work – Hint: Not at all like TI thinks they do. It is 2019 and we still have to state that policing your children’s hymen is disgusting and misogynistic. Danica Roem is now the first out trans person to be re-elected to state legislature – She won 56% of the vote in her district in Virginia. APA…
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Quickies: Stacey Abrams’ new voter protection initiative
Stacey Abrams launches multi-million dollar voter protection initiative in 20 states – “With this new program, Abrams, who formerly served as minority leader in the Georgia legislature, will continue her efforts to promote election fairness. Now, she’s joining forces with state Democratic parties to advance voter protection infrastructure before a nominee is decided, and will also work with the state…
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Quickies: Quack foundation declares gay people are possessed by ghosts
Spiritual Science Research Foundation declares that 85% of LGBT+ people are possessed by ghosts – …does this mean I can make some extra cash tonight by renting myself out for Halloween parties as a haunted ghost person? Does switching to Comic Sans really fix writer’s block? – I know we’ve got some NaNoWriMo participants out there, has anyone tried this…
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Quickies: The epidemic of annoying white male intellectuals
Steven Pinker, Sam Harris, and the epidemic of annoying white male intellectuals – Pinker can’t take even mild criticism and Harris choose to die on the hill of defending a racist who cloaks his racism in “science.” As well as Jerry Coyne, Michael Shermer, and the whole annoying lot of them who fancy themselves to be so much more important,…
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Quickies: Climate change deniers’ coordinated attacks on Greta Thunberg
Attacks on Greta Thunberg come from a coordinated network of climate change deniers – “…a large subsection of the commentariat driving the abuse of Greta is part of an established network of radical free-marketeer lobby groups — a network that has firm ties to the fossil fuel industry and funders of climate science denial.” Dark crystals: The reality behind a…
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Quickies: Brett Kavanaugh, the human cactus
You sir, are a human cactus – The amazing Katie Anthony on the latest coverage of Brett Kavanaugh’s assaults on women. “Media outlets reporting on sexual violence don’t need to find a FRESH ANGLE on it. Hi, Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh has repeatedly forced himself on numerous women in front of numerous witnesses. That’s ENOUGH. Why not just… write that?…
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