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Feminism
Gabrielle Union Fired from America’s Got Talent for Speaking Up About Bullshit
Gabrielle Union was one of my favorite celebrities even before she was a judge on one of my favorite schmaltzy competition shows: America’s Got Talent. She consistently uses her platform as a celebrity to speak up about social justice issues and I am here for it. She rode on a float with her child Zion Wade in the Miami Pride parade…
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Quickies
Quickies: Climate Strike, Asteroid Buzz, and the Abuse of Black Women Online…
Fridays are for cute animals, but first, some important reads for the day… The Global Climate Strike happens today as young activists around the world are sick and tired of being handed a planet that is rapidly being changed by human activity in a way that will negatively affect human lives. The largest asteroid to come close to the Earth…
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Feminism
Quickies: Exposing Pick-up Artists, White Nationalists, and Government-Fabricated Charges against Immigrants
Dating Sim Meets Survival Horror: The Game that Exposes Pick-up Artists, by Laura Hudson at The Guardian: “Created by artist and academic Angela Washko, The Game: The Game drops you smack dab in the middle of numerous highly regimented “seduction” routines, designed to leave you off-balance and less likely to push back against your would-be seducer, as he plays on…
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Quickies
Quickies: White supremacy, misogyny, and gun violence in America
Everything is shit and I am tired. A Former FBI Whistleblower Explains Why the Federal Government Is Failing on Domestic Terrorism—And How to Fix It – “It’s a matter of Justice Department policy that deprioritizes this white supremacist violence. As a matter of policy, the Justice Department defers the investigation of hate crimes to state local law enforcement agencies… but…
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Politics
Quickies: Making Trump’s Racism Unprofitable and How Abortion Rights Benefit Men
Racism, Inc.: How Donald Trump Profits from Xenophobia, by Sophia A. McClennen at Salon: Most of us are aware of how Trump profits from his racism, but this article breaks it down, with ways to make it less profitable rather than simply decrying it. How Roe v. Wade Benefits Men, by Peter Birkenhead at The Week: “We are speeding backwards…
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Quickies
Quickies: Roxane Gay has a new magazine & sexist attacks against Brie Larson during the Avengers: End Game press tour
Larry Ray and the Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence: The fascinating and terrifying story of how the father of a Sarah Lawrence student moved into her dorm and turned their dorm into a cult. She’s Asian and Female. But She’s Not Me: “What these interactions ultimately do is hurl my otherness at me, reminding me that I have no ownership…
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Feminism
The Herstory of Hepeating
What follows is a guest post by my friend and former Skepchick Maria D’Souza Walters. I’ve added a bit of commentary below. Everyone needs a place to vent their daily frustrations to friendly ears. For me, one of these spaces is a group chat where a bunch of women I know keep in touch, talk about their days, complain about the…
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Skepticism
Bad Chart Thursday: The Unbearable Whiteness of Being a Trump Voter
Did you know that people of color are responsible for electing Trump? It’s true . . . if you lump people of color with white women. Just as falling out of chairs is a leading cause of death in the U.S. when grouped with cancer. Beanbags should clearly be mandatory. This blatantly misleading logic is the conclusion of yet another…
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