Category Archives: Link farms

“I’m not transphobic, but…”: A feminist case against the feminist case against trans inclusivity–Verso Jet Li says he rejected The Matrix because he didn’t want his kung fu moves digitally recorded | Abacus “They could own [my moves] as an … Continue reading →

Who Decides When Pain is “Intolerable”? – Brute Reason “‘Not all pain is intolerable’ means acknowledging the fact that some pain is intolerable, and any way you slice it, you have people other than the patient determining if their pain … Continue reading →

Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship – Areo This trio of writers wrote twenty deliberately bad hoax papers to submit to prestigious “grievance studies” journals, and were able to get seven papers published, or accepted for publication, before … Continue reading →

I Am Part of the Resistance Inside Nyarlathotep’s Death Cult – McSweeney’s Internet TendencyThanks to Grace for the link! Demanding an End to ‘Modern Day Slavery,’ Prisoners Launch Multi-Day Nationwide Strike | Portside Includes a list of the prisoners’ demands. … Continue reading →

Crossing the Line – The Nib – Medium A well-done short comic about Americans being racially profiled by the Border Patrol while returning to the USA. The Pros and Cons of Kink-Shaming | Noah Berlatsky on Patreon The problem with … Continue reading →

CMV: Most fat people are better off not trying to become “normal” weight. Instead, we should pursue fat acceptance and other ways of improving our health. : changemyview I did a “Change My View.” Spoiler alert: My view wasn’t changed. … Continue reading →

This game contains absolutely no triggering material | Ben on Patreon This small game (written by the Ben who leaves comments on “Alas”) is fantastic. And searing. Anthony Kennedy, the Trump Court and Minority Rule “The House has a massive … Continue reading →

Amia Srinivasan · Does anyone have the right to sex? · London Review of Books A long read, but interesting. “The question, then, is how to dwell in the ambivalent place where we acknowledge that no one is obligated to … Continue reading →

“Given my way, we wouldn’t talk about toxic masculinity, we’d talk about toxic masculinisation.” Thread by Ally Fogg. A record 4.5 percent of U.S. adults identify as LGBT, Gallup estimates The change is driven by millennials, 8% of whom identify … Continue reading →

Why it’s as hard to escape an echo chamber as it is to flee a cult | Aeon Essays “Where an epistemic bubble merely omits contrary views, an echo chamber brings its members to actively distrust outsiders. … They are … Continue reading →