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Why don't you know, Ampersand? If 99.5% or even just 85% of the detentions were reported to be female, you'd…
Seriously? Your only response to the fact that 99.5%* of ICE detainees are male is that it’s going to make…
While Bob Hope was indeed an immigrant, white anglo saxon protestant male immigrants are explicitly welcomed by the current shitocracy…
Being all male wasn’t a problem... Seriously? Your only response to the fact that 99.5%* of ICE detainees are male…
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Category Archives: Anti-Semitism
Reading Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen”
From page 49: “Not long ago you are in a room where someone asks the philosopher Judith Butler what makes language hurtful…Our very being exposes us to the address of others, she answers. We suffer from the condition of being … Continue reading
Posted in anti-racism, Anti-Semitism, Race, Racism
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A Blood Libel Against Muslims? It’s Not as Far Fetched as You Might Think
The blood libel, the myth that Jews ritually sacrifice and use the blood of Christian children as part of our religious practice, has been one of the most consistent tropes of antisemitism since the earliest known accusation was lodged in … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Islamaphobia
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Cartoon: Farrakhan in the Nest
If you enjoy these cartoons, and can spare it, please support my patreon. A $1 pledge really matters. Like many progressives – especially Jewish and queer progressives – I’ve been pretty unhappy with the Women’s March organization this week. For … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Cartooning & comics
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Thinking Some More About Antisemitism
(Note: The image above was taken by Naomi Ellis, the mother of the family discussed in the Washington Post article I discuss briefly below.) In the context of a discussion we’re having about an essay I published recently on Unlikely Stories called … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism
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I don’t think Nick Spencer’s Captain America story is anti-semitic
So far, Nick Spencer’s Captain American run is not my favorite work of his – I don’t think it’s nearly as interesting as Superior Foes of Spider-Man. But I don’t see it as antisemitic. (A quick recap for those of … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Comics other than Hereville!
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from “In Defense of Shaatnez: A Politics for Jews in a Multicultural America,” by Mitchell Cohen
Shaatnez refers to the prohibition in Jewish law against mixing wool and linen in the same garment. Such mixing is considered, as Cohen puts it, “an inappropriate bringing together of opposites” (35). His article is an exploration of the value that multiculturalism … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Jews and Judaism
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Why isn't Andrew Tate (and the many mini-Tates) making a fuss about this? Anti-feminists like Tate and Rogen are extremely…