#Western

Modern feminism has programmed women to think that looking after a husband and children who adore them is 'backwards' and 'oppressive', but working 50+ hours a week for a soulless
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Time for another stream-of-consciousness thread that feels right now as random thoughts but I think will coalesce into something as I go on "If your cause is moral, and your
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Last comment before getting out of election mode and back to music.The biggest worry for me from Brexit was always that a bitter, recalcitrant, UK looking for someone to blame
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1/10 The @irishexaminer has published an article on my research on why men from the Baluba tribe killed 9 Irish peacekeepers at Niemba in the Congo in 1960. It involves
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In a discussion around the merits of diversity in the university education, @GlennLoury defends teaching the Western canon to @JohnHMcWhorter. "You don't see anybody who looks like you? Are you
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I don't know who needs to hear this but if you are a Christian planning on homeschooling your kids next year and are struggling to find curriculum, stay far away
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Okay, so I get a lot of internet atheists being like "how can you say atheism has a white supremacy problem? it's just science!" so, thread. A related argument is
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Yes, your journalist did speak to me but the article does not reflect the conversation and uses an arbitrary two word "quote". Would you like to hear the conversation? I
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An investigation was carried out about the young girl who was shot in #Taiz, either hit by stray bullets or as result of common clashes between mercenaries in the city.
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Mamiwata: The West African Goddess:Mami Wata is a water-spirit, sometimes described as a mermaid figure, who can be found throughout the western coastal regions, and into central Africa. Mami Wata
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1/WAR ON WOMENLast week, Loujain al-Hathloul, imprisoned since 2018, a young activist who fought for the right of women to drive in Saudi Arabia, appeared in court. Her "crime" was
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Why are people discouraging politicians and journalists for comparing what happened at the Capitol to riots in the “Global South” or “developing countries,” or using regions like the Middle East
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Today in pulp I look back at the world of Soviet women's fashion!It's not all berets, but it mostly is... #TuesdayThoughts Now you may think that fashion and the Soviet
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Several things coming up:1. Ignoring fascists is a failing tactic and there's a reason why we don't do it. Unopposed fascists win. They live to fight in the streets and
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On the centenary of the interment of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey, a photograph of the Rev. David Railton MC, who conceived of the memorial while serving as an
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One more thread on the proper baseline for thinking about the US death toll, because I hadn't seen this from @germanrlopez when I wrote yesterday's thread.https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/9/9/21428769/covid-19-coronavirus-dea
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