{"id":17136,"date":"2013-04-19T03:10:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T10:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=17136"},"modified":"2013-04-19T03:10:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T10:10:19","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-ozick-pawns-mailer-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=17136","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread and Link Farm: Ozick Pawns Mailer Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/obaL0gRKw7k\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"595\" height=\"446\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/reporting\/2013\/04\/15\/130415fa_fact_faludi?currentPage=all\">Susan Faludi: How Shulamith Firestone Shaped Feminism : The New Yorker<\/a> This is a long and fascinating article about the late, great Firestone.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/news\/azliving\/articles\/2012\/07\/13\/20120713bikers-against-child-abuse-make-abuse-victims-feel-safe.html\">Bikers Against Child Abuse make abuse victims feel safe<\/a>. Another long read, and have a hanky handy. (Thanks, Dragon Snap.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/xx_factor\/2013\/04\/05\/the_politics_of_the_morning_after_pill_a_judge_blasts_the_fda_to_make_plan.html\">Judge rules that <\/a>Obama Admin&#8217;s anti-Plan B policy is &#8220;politically motivated, scientifically unjustified, and contrary to agency precedent.&#8221; Good! He&#8217;s better than Bush, but he&#8217;s still a politician, and he really deserved to be stepped on here.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-04-10\/immigrants-on-the-dole-let-s-debunk-that-myth-again.html\">Low-income immigrants help the economy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/04\/09\/police-shootings_n_3038938.html\">Why We Need To Stop Exaggerating The Threat To Cops<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamactivist.org\/niya-infiltrates-michigan-ice-calhoun-county-jail\/\">NIYA Infiltrates Michigan ICE: Calhoun County Jail<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2013\/04\/14-theories-for-why-kermit-gosnells-case-didnt-get-more-media-attention\/274966\/\">14 Theories for Why Kermit Gosnell&#8217;s Case Didn&#8217;t Get More Media Attention<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hisblackdress.com\/\">His Black Dress<\/a>. Terrific fashion site from a man who likes wearing feminine clothes. Makes me wonder where I could find affordable fun skirts in my size.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ordinary-gentlemen.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/in-which-the-city-of-portland-makes-me-seriously-consider-becoming-a-registered-libertarian\/\">In Which The City of Portland Makes Me Seriously Consider Becoming a Registered Libertarian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/every-language-needs-its-like-filler-words-466993943\">Every language needs its, like, filler words<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/balkin.blogspot.com\/2013\/04\/how-anti-racism-makes-you-stupid.html\">How Anti-Racism Makes You Stupid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2013\/04\/09\/why-are-people-changing-their-minds-about-same-sex-marriage\/\">Why Are People Changing Their Minds about Same-Sex Marriage?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Speaking of things wrong with Obama: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esquire.com\/blogs\/politics\/The_Wrong_Thing_To_Say\">The Worst Thing Obama Could Say On Climate Change<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/brutereason\/2013\/04\/03\/busting-myths-about-feminism-with-science\/\">Busting Myths About Feminism With SCIENCE!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/5994974\/the-most-deranged-sorority-girl-email-you-will-ever-read?post=58909373\">Stare-at-it-like-a-car-wreck: obscene email from sorority leader telling off her sisters<\/a>. This is the sort of thing that brings up the &#8220;is it offensive or is it funny?&#8221; false dichotomy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-tls.co.uk\/tls\/public\/article1243205.ece\">When Dickens met Dostoevsky.<\/a> Don&#8217;t click on this link unless you have time to spare for a fascinating and disturbing story of the most over-the-top sock puppeteer since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalfen.net\/community\/bad_penny\/1074.html\">Msscribe<\/a>. (John Lott is such an amateur).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/03\/24\/my_inappropriate_relationship\/\">I was 12, and he was my 20-year-old camp counselor. For years, I thought I was asking for it &#8212; but not anymore.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nielsenhayden.com\/makinglight\/archives\/013217.html\">The emotionally abusive stepmother in<\/a> Disney&#8217;s <em>Tangled <\/em>was written by someone who knew what real emotional abuse looks like.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/creativegood.com\/blog\/the-google-glass-feature-no-one-is-talking-about\/\">How Google Glass could end privacy. It&#8217;s worse than you imagine!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popehat.com\/2013\/03\/24\/three-things-you-may-not-get-about-the-aaron-swartz-case\/\">Three Things You May Not Get About the Aaron Swartz Case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/millman\/whats-natural-about-natural-law\/\">What\u2019s Natural About Natural Law?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/kevin-drum\/2013\/04\/cdc-reports-lots-kids-still-suffer-lead-poisoning\">CDC Reports That Lots of Kids Still Suffer From Lead Poisoning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/justice\/2013\/04\/05\/1829601\/ohio-debtors-prison\/\">Report: Ohio Is Illegally Throwing Poor People In Jail For Owing Money<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/prospect.org\/article\/how-fix-social-security-make-it-bigger\">How to Fix Social Security? Make it Bigger<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Photographer Sara Byrne does <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2013\/04\/double-exposure-portraits-by-sara-k-byrne\/\">amazing portraits with double exposure<\/a>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2013\/04\/double-exposure-portraits-by-sara-k-byrne\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17139\" title=\"double-exposure\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/double-exposure-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/double-exposure-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/double-exposure-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/double-exposure.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Susan Faludi: How Shulamith Firestone Shaped Feminism : The New Yorker This is a long and fascinating article about the late, great Firestone. 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