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more evidence that Lisa Marchiano invented "transgender social contagion"
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It’s not about “protecting the children.” Anti-trans bills now increasingly target adults
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Safer Schools Means Better Mental Health Outcomes for LGBTQ+ Students
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Yeah, we probably are fascists now…
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[This post is by Kip Manley, and cross-posted from his blog Long Story; Short Pier with his kind permission.] The crew is unisex and all parts are interchangeable for men or women. —Dan O’Bannon, Alien (née Starbeast) FOOM! FOOM! FOOM! … Continue reading
Why Austerity is Bullshit
This is a guest post by Ben Lehman. I’ve seen the phrase “austerity” getting floated a lot in political discussions lately. In all the languages in all of human history, never has there been a word that crammed more bullshit … Continue reading
Guest Repost: Tansy Rayner Roberts–Joanna Russ's How to Suppress Women's Writing Is a Book that Must Not Be Forgotten
The following is a response to Joanna Russ’s How to Suppress Women’s Writing, reposted with permission from Tansy Rayner Roberts. Roberts is a Tasmanian writer with a fantasy trilogy called The Creature Court coming out from HarperVoyager starting June 2010, … Continue reading
Convenient Double Standard on Drug Use
(This post by Kevin Keith is crossposted, with Kevin’s kind permission, from Sufficient Scruples.) USAToday reports a study of the high rate of suicide and drug-related deaths in the military. The report concludes that such deaths have increased because soldiers, particularly … Continue reading