And keep talking about it till everyone is clear. For my first two main posts and a clarification on DCS go here, here and here. For Natalie Reed’s post on DCS go here. For April Gardener’s commentary on DCS go here. For West of a White House’s defense go here. Those are just some defenses …
Tag Archive: discrimination
May 08
Jumping to unwarranted conclusions
Following a link on Twitter, I saw this post on Pope Hat. I am going to just say that before this I had never read anything on the Pope Hat blog so I have no clue if this is typical. Typical or not, the post in question crosses lines of irresponsible interpretation and generally ableist language. The …
Apr 17
You can’t please these people, even by shutting up
The Day of Silence is this Friday, GASP!, and the religious fundies are up in arms about it. Americans United has a short piece about it here. The premise behind the event is simple: Students attend classes but do not speak for the entire day. The Day of Silence isn’t sponsored by the schools. It’s run …
Apr 05
A spoonful of sugar
TW for the quote below which contains a fictional account of the rape of a child. “She made them all close their eyes and listen to her. She told them to pretend that little girl had blond hair and blue eyes, that the two rapists were black, that they tied her right foot to a …
Mar 21
Fuck. Just fuck.
I don’t even know where to start. I suppose I have to thank @NiceGuyBrianG for exposing me to someone worse than him. I really, really don’t want to thank him, but I have to. Title of the blog that aforementioned asswipe decided was worse than his rape apology: The Necessity of Domestic Violence The title …
Mar 20
The c___ word
My favorite word in the English language: CUNT It has been my favorite for a long time. I remember watching a VHS cassette of Boys on the Side when I was a teenager. It probably wasn’t the first time I heard the word, but that moment was the first time “cunt” resonated with me. I …
Mar 10
Does context matter?
I am not perfect. Privileged yes, but not perfect. To be perfect first you must be able to describe the ideal. Societies are in a perpetual cycle of trying to define the ideal and all they really describe is the privilege. I am lucky to have some societal perfections privileges. I am white. I am …
Mar 07
When shame is not wrong
Ok deep breath before we get started on this one. Yesterday I read 300+ comments on CFI’s Facebook wall under the discussion of whether Jesus was a hermaphrodite. As of right now it is up to 429 comments and still going strong. Personally I wouldn’t think the topic is interesting enough to warrant such a …
Feb 29
How dare they call themselves educators
I caught wind of this story a few minutes ago reading twitter. Man did it piss me off. Here’s the ground work: A city school in Rochester, New York gave essentially an extra-credit assignment to its students. One that I think was actually a fantastic assignment. When school officials handed out copies of The Narrative …
Feb 25
A Rant and a Resolution
For centuries people have resisted the tyranny of the superstitious and irrational. Early on we began to forge the tools to overcome these influences within ourselves. For most of our history those tools were dull and largely ineffectual in the face of a biological need to conform. Then, in different places and in different times, …
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