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Right Wing Extremists More Deadly than Al Qaeda in the US
Support more videos like this at http://patreon.com/rebecca! New America, an organization in Washington, DC, has just released a study showing that extreme right wing terrorists have launched more attacks in the United States since September 11 than Islamic terrorists. And by “released a study” I mean they counted the attacks and said, “Hey, look.” The problem with any comparison like…
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Stan Lee: Spider-Man Should Be White
Support more videos like this at patreon.com/rebecca! Sorta transcript: Stan Lee is perhaps best known for starting Marvel Comics and turning it into the powerhouse it is today, and if not for that than for being that old guy who shows up in every superhero movie to make nerds clap their hands with delight as though they’re in on some…
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Yes, Bristol Palin is a Hypocrite. No, You Shouldn’t Slut-Shame Her.
Bristol Palin announced today that she’s pregnant with her second child, a month after canceling her wedding to Marine Dakota Meyer. Palin, who has earned a sizable sum of money as an “abstinence ambassador,” was thrust into the national spotlight in 2008 when her first pregnancy was announced during her mother’s campaign for the Vice Presidency. In Palin’s announcement today she asked that…
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Guest Post: Why it’s okay to identify as a different gender but not as a different race
Editor’s Note: Today’s guest post was written by Ginny Brown on the differences between gender and race identification and the recent uproar about Rachel Dolezal. She also has many links to the views of prominent trans people of color that you should check out. ****** First of all, the people we really need to be hearing from on this issue…
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Game of Thrones Confirms: Sansa is the Perpetual Victim
SPOILER WARNING! This is a follow-up to my previous post on the subject, and will also include spoilers for both the Song of Ice and Fire books and the show Game of Thrones. Previously, I wrote that I wasn’t as angry as most people about Sansa being raped by Ramsay Bolton in this season’s Game of Thrones. I said that…
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One-Star Reviews for The Handmaid’s Tale
This year’s SkepchickCON at CONvergence is dystopia themed, so in order to get ready for all my panels I’ve been reading and rereading dystopian classics. The Handmaid’s Tale, the speculative fiction novel by Margaret Atwood, was one of the top books on my list that was due for a reread. When I had finished reading it, I headed on over to…
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Will the Ocean Cleanup Project Clean Our Seas of Plastic?
Support more videos like this at patreon.com/rebecca! Sorta transcript: A teenager came up with a plan to rid the ocean of the huge amount of plastic floating around in it, and everybody is super excited and giving him millions of dollars despite the fact that there’s probably not a chance in hell the plan is going to work. Get ready…
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To Catch The Man Attached To The Dick
After Amy Schumer’s fantastic acceptance speech at the Glamour Awards last week, the internet has basically been on fire with ‘catch a dick’ love. One of these was Reina Gattuso’s article pointing out that the puzzle of being a woman today is that you simultaneously struggle to follow the rules of beauty to catch a dick while also being barraged…
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