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Quickies: Catching serial rapists
An epidemic of disbelief – CW: Sexual assault, rape. Testing a backlog of years-old rape kits has lead to the discovery of many serial rapists, as well as revealing that many serial rapists do not follow patterns that were previously expected. Queer science fiction and fantasy recommendations – This is a great little database for finding the exact type of…
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Quickies: AOC being sued for blocking on Twitter
Happy Friday everyone! I’m filling in for Noisy today, who is off attending a conference. AOC is being sued for blocking people on Twitter – “AOC is the target of two separate lawsuits, both accusing her of violating people’s First Amendment rights by blocking them on Twitter. One suit comes from Dov Hikind, a former Brooklyn Assemblyman and founder of…
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Quickies: Patriarchy, the silencing machine
In Patriarchy, no one can hear you scream – Rebecca Solnit (author of Men Explain Things to Me) on the Jeffrey Epstein case and the culture of silencing. “Now it seems exhaustingly obvious that what’s happening to refugees, to the climate and the biosphere, to the poor under hypercapitalism, is a vicious disregard for their rights and humanity, and that…
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Quickies: The problems with marriage
What you lose when you gain a spouse – On the isolation and co-dependency that results from the American ideal of striking out on your own as a couple. Social ties outside of marriage are so important to the mental health and happiness of married folk – especially women married to men, given the unequal division of emotional labor. Why…
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Quickies: Inside a border patrol Facebook group
Inside the secret Facebook group of US border patrol agents – CW: Death, police brutality, sexual assault, racism. ProPublica covers the disgusting content found in one border patrol group of 9500 members, especially their focus on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leading up to and after her visit to one of the concentration camps. The mindfulness conspiracy – Is the current form of…
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Quickies: Tender masculinity
In praise of tender masculinity – “While we have mental imagery of Macho Men (buff, distant) and Nice Guys (nerdy, brooding), the characters that embody Tender Masculinity are multi-layered and come from all backgrounds.” So, Gutenberg didn’t actually invent the printing press – “The universal acclaim is, in fact, not so universal—and Gutenberg himself is a, but not the, source of printing.…
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Quickies: World Cup players on wearing makeup as women athletes
World Cup players say muscles and makeup mix just fine, thanks – On the complexities of being a woman athlete and expressing femininity, power, and personal branding. Restricting abortion access is bad economics – “Gruber also pointed to international evidence that shows that women are more frequently penalized in the workplace simply for having children, even when the decision was…
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Quickies: The Anita Sarkeesian story
The Anita Sarkeesian story – An excellent bio over on Polygon, looking back at 10 years of Feminist Frequency and where the future may lead. Meet the New York couple donating millions to the anti-vax movement – “Their money has gone to a handful of determined individuals who have played an outsize role in spreading doubt and misinformation about vaccines…
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