Quickies
Quickies: Intersectionality, exotification, and scientists against fascism
- “It will be called Americanism”: the US writers who imagined a fascist future – From Veronica.
- Not your exotic fantasy – A new Tropes vs. Women in Video Games on, “the ways in which sexist, racist stereotypes about Black women and tribal cultures that date back for centuries are often still perpetuated today in representations of women from indigenous and tribal cultures in video games.”
- We are the scientists against a fascist government – “Our lengthy human legacy traces a long and fraught entanglement between scientists and fascist administrations; we’ve borne witness to the havoc it wreaks not only on scientific research, but on society’s most vulnerable communities.”
- The do’s and don’ts of intersectionality in Donald Trump’s America – A great rundown on how to be an ally.
- Cute Animal Friday! First, an adorabley fancy insect. Then, a beautiful kitten. Finally, a litter of tiny otter pups.
An important point here, given how so many Clinton people I knew seemed to fail intersectionality at every point while yammering on about “intersectionality”. But most of them were busy with radical centrist eugenic ideas about a “creative class” and this bizarre belief that “more complicated is better”.
For the record, Trump’s biggest supporters were white professionals, so why in FSM’s name do we keep trying to go after them?