#Society

abstractica

abstractica

It is no shock to me that sports teams use certain names such as those that infringe on the dignity of Indigenous persons... I mean, Edmtn OILERS? I wrote an

Ashley Woodfolk

AshWrites

I was talking to a couple white friends about the tiny ways white supremacy snakes its way into normalcy and I realized how invisible some of it has become to

Dr. Nels Lindahl

nelslindahl

This is a weblog post called "Catching up on some writing"A thread https://new.nelslindahl.com/2021/05/01/catching-up-on-some-writing/ This week I sat down and completed the draft of the week 15 edition of The Lindahl

Michael McFaul

McFaul

The deployment of the Cold War as a historical metaphor to explain our new "cold war" with China today needs to move beyond over-simplistic, black & white slogans. Its complex.

maybe: annie

annie_areu_okay

seen a few ppl tweeting asking for recs on radical texts on race, gender, sexuality, and borders to read over the summer and i wanted to start a thread of

Elli Fischer

Adderabbi

I have so little patience for this sort of garbage. Jews are indigenous to Eretz Yisrael by any reasonable definition of the term. But let's take UN criteria, to which

newthoughtcrime

newthoughtcrime

i just don't know what to think when i see trans activists discuss trans suicide rates. it's a failure of our government and society that anyone dies to suicide -

Vote Out Democrats in 2020

DemoOut

WHO is Brock Chisholm? (LONG THREAD)Brock Chisholm (18 May 1896 - 4 February 1971) was a Canadian psychiatrist, medical practitioner, and the first director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO). Brock

Black Together Again

KProtein19

THREAD. Gender Dysphoria (GD) is in the 5th Ed., Diagnostic & Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-V), the definitive U.S. medical source for diagnosing/treating mental disorders. The GD diagnostic critera/discussion are

Let's Go Zero

LetsGo_Zero

(1/5) An #EarthDay thread Schools are one crucial part of a growing global movement to #RestoreOurEarth - one that’s reaching from Glasgow to Kenya, Yorkshire to Brazil. Here’s how

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

1/ This week woke academics dedicated themselves to arguing that 2+2=5 (they're still going, see screenshots)As that played out, a Medical Doctor had his life ripped apart and his job

🌍 Scott Newgent 🌍

ScottNewgent

Mr. Biden, I do not know you personally & forgive me for my harsh tweet, but as a transman, I am terrified at the idea you will be elected president.

Anti-Fascism & Far Right 🥤

FFRAFAction

THREAD Varieties of FascismSee definitions of fascism in our pinned TweetCommon theme is classic interwar regime fascism was *syncretic* - it borrowed from both left & right.Postwar fascism has

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

Thread@DanCrenshawTX is why I tell people to NEVER personalize politics.Yes, I'm a fanatical supporter of @realDonaldTrump, but I love what he DOES. I don't know HIM.Crenshaw is the author of

Snoopy 💜⚡ Plz don't QRT my art

joulesira

Thread about Ganyu's lines and the poor localization/mistranslation. Cuz she's a gentle, socially awkward soul and the world deserves to know This is a summary from when I called w/

Steve Faktor

ideafaktory

Interesting lesson today on how our society works. Having always lived in the city, I never needed a car, until my Great Escape into the burbs. Today, I drove out