#SOCIETY

1. My NYT piece on QAnon compared the current conspiracy to the John Birch Society in the '60s but argued the GOP & conservative movement condemned the latter while Trump
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The self-harm of Trump voters should concern us all. They are fellow human beings. And because their self-harm also drives them to dangerous political extremes, their self-harm is also an
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Probably more appropriate to put here Plot twist: The ‘stupid’ names of Retribution are a way to reflect how society judges people by their name and labels before even getting
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Today marks what would have been my second wedding anniversary. For the entirety of summer, and really, this whole year, I've had a very difficult time grappling with not having
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How many People have heard of Imbangala? They were perhaps the most terrifying & at once fascinating People in Africa's illustrious history. Tragically, they were also unwittingly involved in the
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Please help us welcome @DrLee_Malukay. Dr Lee is a postdoctoral researcher in Pediatric Epidemiology. Her background is in nutritional epidemiology, with a specific focus on breast milk research, observational and
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Montañez/Guillermo on the 1973 National Artist Awards. Something to keep in mind each time we read F. Sionil Jose. The National Artist Award was an invention of Marcos’s martial law,
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There's a lot that's wrong-headed in the recent Integralist hit-piece, but the conclusion has really stuck in my craw. This sort of political vision of "just be faithful and things
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Alien is a Christmas movie., a brief thread.It starts with Mother demanding everyone visit, regardless of other plans. /1 There's a huge blizzard & everyone has to bundle up. /2
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dear fandom: feminine men ARE NOT WOMEN.STOP WRITING US LIKE WE ARE. cis women do not have a monopoly on femininity!!! men (and men-shaped humans like me) are feminine in
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Thread:If the Scottish Government's Hate Crime and Public Order bill is passed, an actor can be prosecuted for playing a character with bigoted views.A script containing language that is "likely
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her storyline lives in my mind rent free like the fact that she always was like a perfect image of Motherhood in dean’s head but turned out to be a
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I want to tweet about some body image things I’ve been dealing with, but it’s awkward for me because society is constantly validating my appearance. I am very aware that
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wild where ppl draw the line of when they send that 'curious and yet you participate in society' meme like yall will meme the shit out of 'there is no
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a thread on book recs (mostly accountability):yesterday, I retweeted and shared a friend’s thread about How to Be An Antiracist: https://twitter.com/b_tynes/status/1277412194867650569?s=20I agree with every part of it. It echoes many
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MAP Pride - a short thread.Generally speaking, I'm not a big fan of "MAP Pride" or the flag. A couple reasons for this:1) I see the value in rejecting shame,
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