I share a lot of links on Twitter and Facebook that I don’t blog about because I don’t have much to add. The reading list is a periodic feature where I share those links with my blog audience too. Of course, you’re still welcome to follow me on Twitter.
- “Men Explain Lolita to Me”–“Saying this upset some men. Many among that curious gender are easy to upset, and when they are upset they don’t know it (see: privelobliviousness). They just think you’re wrong and sometimes also evil.”
- “How secular Americans are reshaping funeral rituals”–“To be sure, burial need not incorporate a religious ceremony. So why is it then that the nonreligious are increasingly drawn to cremation?”
- “Discussing Sam Harris and Transantagonism”–“Further, when his guest finally finished his verbal onslaught that declared having to recognize the humanity of those who don’t conform to gender norms and stereotypes as ‘a breakdown of our society,’ Harris had only one reply: ‘That’s hilarious.'”
- “Bellydancing Wookiee causes TV anchors to completely lose it. Live!”–“It’s a hilarious and fun performance, but… but you have to watch to the end when they cut back to the anchors.”
- “The Phrase I Dread Most as an Artist”–“Sometimes I don’t have the energy after a long day talking to the public to pretend to coo over your opinion and say how lovely and smart it is.”
- “A Social Justice Argument For Spoiler Warnings”–“I know you’re a mega-fan who got to see Long Awaited Movie on opening day, but I have to wait until payday.”
- “Florida Atlantic Wants to Fire a Professor Who Teaches About Conspiracy Theories and Is a Sandy Hook Truther”–“Tracy even sent us a certified letter demanding proof that Noah once lived, that we were his parents, and that we were the rightful owner of his photographic image.”
- “When Teachers Abuse Disabled Children”–“Neither fear nor pain can force a child to be less disabled or to suddenly become neurotypical. Unfortunately, in many school districts and institutions, the use of restraint, seclusion, and, too often, pain and trauma, have become the default response to disabled children who don’t perfectly obey commands.”
- “Restart search for Minneapolis schools superintendent”–“But just 48 hours after the announcement, a report by the Disability Law Center alleged that students in a Holyoke special education program were abused by school staff members while Paez was superintendent.”
- “12-Year-Old Sikh Boy Arrested After Classmate Falsely Accuses Him of Carrying a Bomb”–“Despite that fact, Armaan was detained for three days at a juvenile detention facility. Neither police nor the school informed Armaan’s parents where he was being held.”
- “The Notoriously Anti-Choice Media Outlet Co-Sponsoring the Next Democratic Debate”–“The removal of WMUR-TV from the agreement left just ABC News and the New Hampshire Union Leader as sponsors of the debate, raising the question: Why is the Democratic Party partnering with a notoriously anti-choice publication if it seeks to only work with media outlets whose principles are in line with the ‘key principle[s]’ of the party?”
- “Metro Transit admits massive racial disparities in fare enforcement”–“For first-time fare evasions, black people were 26 percent more likely to be cited than warned compared to whites, and Native Americans were 152 percent more likely to be ticketed.”
- “Al Jazeera Blocks Anti-Saudi Arabia Article”–“A few days after publication, Sethi’s Twitter feed was flooded with attacks from pro-Saudi accounts. David Johnson, senior opinion editor at Al Jazeera America, retweeted many of the attacks.”
- “Harvard Law Professors Put the Chill on Campus Sexual Assault Victims”–“But it gets worse. In an effort to defend their involvement in a flawed process and protect their reputation, the 19 professors continue to litigate the case in public, even going so far as assisting in building a very slick website for Brandon Winston, complete with his baby picture in an obvious ploy for sympathy.”
- “The Girl Who Was Assaulted By A Cop On Camera At Spring Valley High Is Now Facing Charges”–“Officer Ben Fields was fired. But the charges filed against Shakara and Niya Kenny, a classmate arrested for filming the incident, still stand.”
- “23 Easy Ways To Fix The Way Women Talk”–“If you feel a desire to talk over your female boss, imagine she has the power to fire you.”
- “Something Odd is Happening at the Las Vegas Review-Journal”–“If this wasn’t strange enough, the article lists as the author Edward Clarkin, who is basically a ghost.”
- “What was fake on the Internet this week: Why this is the final column”–“Paul Horner, the proprietor of Nbc.com.co and a string of other very profitable fake-news sites, once told me he specifically tries to invent stories that will provoke strong reactions in middle-aged conservatives. They share a lot on Facebook, he explained; they’re the ideal audience.”
- “A Different Kind of Courage”–“There is a twisted way in which our culture often associates courage with the kind of chest-thumping we saw on the Republican debate stage Tuesday night. But that dismisses the kind that it takes to look into the eyes of a mother/father/son/daughter/husband/wife who has lost a loved one to senseless violence and embrace their grief.”
- “Why Does Newsweek’s ‘Abortion Wars’ Cover Show a Cartoon Fetus Instead of a Woman?”–“By focusing exclusively on fetuses, and promoting the imagery of endangered, persecuted ‘babies’ in the womb, people who oppose abortion are able to totally avoid talking about the ways in which their positions endanger and persecute the actual people carrying those fetuses around.”
- “Luminous Beings Are We”–“Standing there, humiliated and hurting, I felt the acrid sting of tears along my lash line. Despite my self-advocacy, I had been completely forgotten – relegated to invisibility and not worth the effort of inclusion because of Cinema West’s lack of disability training and policy.”
- “Mother Teresa: anything but a saint…”–“As a result, the three researchers collected 502 documents on the life and work of Mother Teresa. After eliminating 195 duplicates, they consulted 287 documents to conduct their analysis, representing 96% of the literature on the founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity (OMC).”
- “Polish military police raid Nato centre in Warsaw”–“The former Polish defence minister Tomasz Siemoniak told reporters: ‘Nothing like this has happened in the history of Nato, that a member state attacks a Nato facility.'”
- “Poles protest government moves to neutralize top court”–“The Law and Justice party, which took power last month, controls both houses of parliament and the presidency, leaving the constitutional court as the only effective check on its power.”