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.
Around FtB
- Ben Affleck’s new Batman costume…revealed!–“But I have to agree with Smith. I have seen the costume, and it is awesome. It’s going to make the movie for sure.”
- Some Musings on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy–“Guys, I want to be a therapist, and I still have to work on suspending my initial, irritated reaction to CBT techniques.”
- Issue Organizations Versus Community Groups — At Last, A Legitimate Question About Atheism, Social Justice, and “Mission Drift”–“It’s important to make a distinction between what community-based groups are doing, and what issues-based organizations are doing.”
- “It’s Hard”: The Crux (Apparently) of the Atheism, Social Justice, and “Mission Drift” Question–“Yes. It is hard. And I want to take a look, for a moment, at why it’s hard.”
- Why are you a feminist?–“And then, my mother got a job to help out. And my parents argued.”
- Bisexuality’s supposed ease: another letter to Dan Savage–“I’ll let Dan Savage in on a secret here: bisexuals call themselves gay all the time – or at least, allow people to call them gay.”
- RGA Launches Vile Attack on SC Gov. Candidate–“Seriously, every person accused of a crime has the right to an attorney. It’s in that pesky constitution thingy that the Republicans always claim to revere so much but spend so much energy trying to undermine.”
- On Demanding Solutions To Social Problems–“Talking is doing, not only because it educates others, but because that’s how the doing ultimately gets done.”
- Promoting isn’t starting–“It’s really pretty insulting to say they did – insulting to all the other people who contributed to starting that discourse long before Dawkins and Harris played any part, and with more inside knowledge about it.”
- The worst assimilation of all: How modern-day drag hurts trans women and achieves little or nothing of value–“So does it really seem like such a good idea to go ahead and start using “transgender” to refer to people who actually are cis men in dresses?”
The Wider Web
- Creators Of WonderCon’s “I Hate Fangirls” Shirt Defend It, Double Down On “Fake Geek” Bullcrap–“Fangirls/boys are like those creepy fedora wearing neckbearded bronies, or hetalia fanfiction shippers, who make us all collectively cringe in pain at what they do to the things we love.”
- Babies cry at night to prevent siblings, scientist suggests–As the anthropologist who tweeted this said, probably wrong, but hella funny.
- FCC, in ‘Net Neutrality’ Turnaround, Plans to Allow Fast Lane–“‘The answer is yes,’ Obama replied. ‘I am a strong supporter of Net neutrality.'”
- Sterilization and infertility–“Why is the above important to know? Because every local doctor employed by Gemini/now St. John Clinic has signed a contract that he/she shall comply with the Directives.”
- Another Post about Hashtags. No, Seriously.–“Because capitalism is based on centralized ownership and perceived scarcity, communal ideas about hashtags ‘belonging’ to everyone are ignored in favor of placing a face on the movement.”
- Conservatives begin backing away after Cliven Bundy’s remarks disparaging ‘the Negro’–“Bundy’s speech also seemingly derailed Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s (R) apparent attempt to link his gubernatorial campaign to the Bunkerville camp”
- No, Doc, you are NOT a hero for telling my daddy I’m a virgin–“It’s a humiliating and traumatizing thing to go through, and it is a form of assault. Why are these people not discussing the assault and non-consent aspect of this at all?”
- When Diversity Doesn’t Come Easy–“According to Francis, the trooper responded by saying that he didn’t care that she was a professor.”
- What the anti-Semite missed–“Horribly misguided by his hatred for Jews, he thought that a place labeled ‘Jewish’ would be a place where he would find only Jews.”
- Fear–“I have been afraid many times, both in this business and in my daily life. I am not fearless.”
- Screw the Rules; I’ve Got Jesus!!–“Just think about it. Liberal protests get tons of cops attending. Occupy encampments got busted by the cops for trespassing.”
- Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Outraged by Joe Paterno Plans–“Recently, a group of alumni announced it intends to place a new statue of Paterno in downtown State College to make up for the statue the university removed.”
- Bringing Tenure to a Gun Fight–“At the last three faculty meetings I attended at the University of Southern Maine, armed guards hovered outside the door or circulated through the rooms, hands moving to their hip holsters whenever faculty members raised their voices.”
- 23 Students File Complaint Against Columbia for Mishandling Rape–“Columbia’s ineptitude at handling its student’s mental health issues is hardly exceptional — colleges nationwide have an abysmal track record at doing so — however, the decision to file a Title II complaint alongside Title IX and the Clery Act is.”
- How Christian Purity Culture Enabled My Step Dad to Sexually Abuse Me–“To this day, I am not sure that my step-father understands that what he did was wrong.”
- Parent calls cops on teen for giving books away at a book giveaway–“Boise news station KBOI reported that even the cops were baffled about why they’d been asked to police a book giveaway.”
- Laverne Cox Left Off Time “Most Influential” List, Despite Nabbing Top Votes–“Who did make the list? The Fault in Our Stars author John Green, with a paltry 8,400 votes—almost half of which were ‘no.'”