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Yeah. Women are afraid of thunder.

Ho ho ho

Shriver on healthcare costs

from “In Defense of Death,” in Abominations, Lionel Shriver “In the United Kingdom, 40 percent of the government’s budget goes to the National Health Service …” (p222) “Alas, for many patients, we don’t extend life but drag out death …” (p225) Among the recommendations attributed to Daniel Callahan (Taming the Beloved Beast) … “Return to …

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The Frightening Cluelessness of PoliSci Students

“I was studying political science at the time, so I had never thought about social processes like misogyny and sexism.”  What?  What? (from https://narratively.com/i-was-an-angry-mens-rights-activist-now-im-a-fierce-feminist/)

good bit from Graeber’s “Bullshit Jobs”

“If 1% of the population controls most of its disposable wealth, what we call ‘the market’ reflects what THEY think is useful or important, not anybody else.” “Bullshit Jobs,” David Graeber (p.xx)

A woman was raped. A man raped a woman.

A woman was raped.  A man raped a woman. He got her pregnant.  She made him a father. Submit your additions via comment.

“The Fragile Male” – interesting reading

Here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1119278/

Fuck you very much Utne Reader

Yeah. What she said.

Inferior, Angela Saini

Just a few quotes and notes – “… the perennial problem of childcare, which lifts women out of their jobs at precisely the moment that their male colleagues are putting in more hours and being promoted” (p6)—yeah, to avoid childcare “It was also thought that merely having women around might disrupt the serious intellectual work …

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John Mulaney on Drag Queens

Some excellent lines, for example: “What is your notion of a woman based on?” “[re mean and rude drag queens] You could’ve stayed a guy if you were going to be an asshole about it.”   <

When you support trans rights …

Check L. Harris out: The Real Meaning of “trans-rights”