#Human

A lot of number crunching, careful reporting, late nights and screen-based eye-strain have gone into this week's special issue - from the whole @NewStatesman team - so I'm excited to
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Here's a thread of 15 of the best books I read in 2020 You may find some favs in here!1. The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say
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1/ This thread, unfortunately going viral, is filled with privileged ignorance.The author, @smdiehl, is a software engineer in London.He's never had to deal with dictatorship, a collapsing currency, sanctions, financial
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Top 10 Hottest 12 oz Mouse characters (A thread) Number 10- Try this question on for size. Who is a fucking bee? Why it's Bubsy of course! Though more of
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The pandemic’s darkest hour is yet to come - a deceptively well written article. Usually I’m very fond of the FT and I think that their reporting on Covid has
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I can’t remember if I have ever talked about this on here but I thought I wouldWhen I was a baby and I got my pertussis vaccine I turned bright
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Nuance - Even as an ardent opponent of Leninism, I think this day should be less one of celebration than of reflection, in that the USSR's dissolution ultimately provides us
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Cochrane Review states:'We found insufficient evidence to determine the efficacy or safety of hormonal treatment approaches for transgender women in transition. This lack of studies shows a gap between current
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The #CEDAW General Recommendation on trafficking was adopted in November 2020. In this #GSWF2020 session, speakers from @GAATW_IS, @GlobalSexWork, @Ke_swa, @SexualRights, the Remedy Project and IWRAW Asia Pacific will reflect
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The gang rape of a Pakistani woman has outraged us, but the everyday rape culture fails to outrage us. Here are the things we need to stop doing in order
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I'm seeing alot of self proclaimed 'communists' praising the Islamic republic so here's a thread on the 1988 massacre of communist prisoners: During the 5 months that the massacre took
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Every year on this day we are confronted, as a nation, by the weight of our shared history 1/12 Every year it manifests through different but similar arguments - pulling
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In the past 25 years, I’ve had four major realizations about writing. These are the kinds of realizations that don’t just change the way you think about something, they reverse
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As a mom, I let Mikay talk back to me as long as:1. She doesn't hit me with anything, no throwing of toys or what not2. She doesn't say anything
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Hello there, and thanks for the quick reply. Well, if I may be perfectly honest here., my view on critical theory is.....complicated.https://twitter.com/goshofar/status/1323138019113795584 On one hand.....there *are* legitimate critiques of
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10 Ocean Plastic Pollution Facts1. At least 100 million marine animals die each year from plastic waste alone. 2. At least 100,000 marine animals die from getting entangled in plastic
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