{"id":18293,"date":"2014-02-06T19:35:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T03:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=18293"},"modified":"2014-02-07T00:38:14","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T08:38:14","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-rainy-day-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=18293","title":{"rendered":"Open thread and link farm: Rainy Day Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/84802749\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com\/2014\/02\/christine-hoff-sommers-nope-women-dont.html\">Echidne does a wonderful (and lengthy) job responding to Christina Hoff Sommers on the gender wage gap.<\/a> I can&#8217;t wait till part 2.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/178140\/feminisms-toxic-twitter-wars\">Feminism\u2019s Toxic Twitter Wars | The Nation<\/a> This is certainly the most talked-about article within online feminism this month.<\/li>\n<li>There were many, many responses to Michelle Goldberg&#8217;s &#8220;Toxic Twitter&#8221; articles, but my favorite was a three-post series on the blog Nuclear Unicorn (written by someone who was quoted in, but still critical of, Goldberg&#8217;s article): <a href=\"http:\/\/quinnae.com\/2014\/01\/03\/words-words-words-on-toxicity-and-abuse-in-online-activism\/\">Words, Words, Words: On Toxicity and Abuse in Online Activism<\/a>, followed by <a href=\"http:\/\/quinnae.com\/2014\/01\/07\/beyond-niceness-further-thoughts-on-rage\/\">Beyond Niceness: Further Thoughts on Rage<\/a> and then the longest and (for me, at least) most interesting one, <a href=\"http:\/\/quinnae.com\/2014\/02\/06\/the-chapel-perilous-on-the-quiet-narratives-in-the-shadows\/\">The Chapel Perilous: On the Quiet Narratives in the Shadows.\/a&gt;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I also really liked this post by Ver\u00f3nica Bayetti Flores: <a href=\"http:\/\/feministing.com\/2013\/12\/20\/on-cynicism-calling-out-and-creating-movements-that-dont-leave-our-people-behind\/\">On cynicism, calling out, and creating movements that don\u2019t leave our people behind.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/she-was-harassed-by-a-games-reporter-now-shes-speakin-1510714971\">She Was Harassed By A Games Reporter. Now She&#8217;s Speaking Out.<\/a> Excellent article about harassment in tech\/gaming industries &#8211; although frankly the lessons apply just as well to many other industries (comics comes to mind).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.simplejustice.us\/2014\/02\/01\/a-failure-to-communicate-2\/\">Judge sentences woman for 300 days for talking back to him.<\/a> Did the judge, watching <em>Breakfast Club<\/em>, think Paul Gleason&#8217;s character was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ivaDOIN2Hyg\">supposed to be a role model?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xojane.com\/it-happened-to-me\/it-happened-to-me-working-at-a-plus-size-clothing-retailer-taught-me-to-love-my-body\">Confessions of a Former Lane Bryant Employee: What I Learned From Selling Clothes to Other Fat Women | xoJane<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/kevin-drum\/2014\/01\/chart-day-everyone-agrees-iraq-was-disaster\">Chart of the Day: Everyone Agrees That Iraq Was a Disaster | Mother Jones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefword.org.uk\/blog\/2014\/01\/no_no_no_pick-up_artists_rape\">No, no, no: pick-up artists and rape manuals &#8211; Blog &#8211; The F-Word<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/business\/moneybox\/2014\/01\/equality_versus_opportunity_opportunity_isn_t_a_good_enough_goal.html\">an opportunity to climb is<\/a> no real answer for people at the bottom. A perfectly fair race is, in at least one important way, the same as a rigged race: Both have a first-place finisher and a last-place finisher. The question of what happens to the person at the bottom genuinely matters.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/fox-news-boogeyman-of-the-liberals\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=fox-news-boogeyman-of-the-liberals&amp;utm_reader=feedly\">Fox News: Boogeyman Of The Liberals<\/a>. A right-wing writer thinks FOX has stopped mattering. I thought his point about how his kids haven&#8217;t learned to be okay with commercial breaks on TV is perhaps even more true of laugh tracks, which are now becoming unwatchable. Except then I realized that one of the few places you&#8217;ll still find laugh tracks is on Disney Channel sitcoms.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/danceswithfat.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/06\/what-the-biggest-loser-is-really-about\/\">What The Biggest Loser is Really About | Dances With Fat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bodylovewellness.com\/2014\/02\/05\/freaked-out-by-rachel-fredricksons-biggest-loser-win-read-this\/\">Freaked Out By Rachel Fredrickson\u2019s Biggest Loser Win? Read This. \u2014 Body Love Wellness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prosecutorialaccountability.com\/fl-11th-circuit-throws-out-death-sentence-after-prosecutor-cites-biblical-references-in-sentencing-phase\/\">FL: 11th Circuit Throws Out Death Sentence After Prosecutor Cites Biblical References in Sentencing Phase | The Open File<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/skepchick.org\/2014\/01\/creep-and-other-ways-to-oppress-men\/\">In defense of the word &#8220;Creep,&#8221; with gifs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/apublicdefender.com\/2014\/02\/04\/virginia-prosecutors-will-do-just-about-anything-to-execute-justin-wolfe\/\">Virginia prosecutors lie and cover up evidence to execute Justin Wolfe | a public defender<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2014\/02\/05\/the-grand-jury-voting-on-one-case-every-52-seconds.html\">The Grand Jury Voting on One Case Every 52 Seconds &#8211; The Daily Beast<\/a> Oddly, the author seems to be calling for doing away with the Grand Jury system, rather than reforming it so it can serve its intended function. (<a href=\"http:\/\/apublicdefender.com\/2014\/02\/06\/hang-on-a-minute-i-need-to-indict-someone\/\">Via<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/national\/archive\/2014\/01\/when-victims-speak-up-in-court-in-defense-of-the-criminals\/283345\/\">&#8220;Victim&#8217;s Rights&#8221; are only respected by prosecutors when the victim and his loved ones are pro-death penalty.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jessicalprice.tumblr.com\/post\/67545044825\/privilege-doesnt-mean-easy\">&#8220;Privilege&#8221; doesn&#8217;t mean having it easy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatesciencewatch.org\/2014\/01\/23\/dc-judge-denies-motion-to-dismiss-mann-defamation-complaint\/\">DC judge denies defendants\u2019 motion to dismiss Michael Mann\u2019s defamation complaint | Climate Science Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.metrotrends.org\/2014\/02\/cost-keeping-prisoners-hundreds-miles-home\/\">The cost of keeping prisoners hundreds of miles from home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaunceydevega.com\/2014\/02\/pedagogical-failures-pleasing-customer.html\">We are respectable negroes: Pedagogical Failures: Would You Show a &#8220;Satirical&#8221; Film as a Way of Encouraging High School Students to Discuss Racism and Slavery?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.feministe.us\/blog\/archives\/2014\/02\/03\/which-woody-allen-movie-is-your-favorite\/\">Which Woody Allen movie is your favorite?<\/a> Dylan Farrow&#8217;s story of being sexually abused by Woody Allen.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2014\/01\/how-color-shapes-our-lives\/283376\/\">Certain primates, though, have<\/a> evolved to see a third: red. It turns out that these primates\u2014humans, chimps, gorillas, and orangutans, to name some\u2014all have one thing in common: bare-skinned faces.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2014\/01\/how-dianne-feinstein-exaggerates-global-terrorism\/283461\/\">How Dianne Feinstein Exaggerates Global Terrorism &#8211; Conor Friedersdorf &#8211; The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shakesville.com\/2014\/01\/judging-jewell.html\">In the same week it was announced that one of the actual Boston bombers will face the death penalty if convicted, ESPN has released a mini-documentary about Richard Jewell, a man who actually saved lives on that fateful day, and then had his life utterly ruined.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economonitor.com\/dolanecon\/2014\/01\/13\/could-we-afford-a-universal-basic-income\/\">EconoMonitor : Ed Dolan&#8217;s Econ Blog \u00bb Could We Afford a Universal Basic Income? (Part 2 of a Series)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/health\/2014\/01\/16\/3175831\/myth-absent-black-father\/\">The Myth Of The Absent Black Father | ThinkProgress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2014\/01\/a-trove-of-history-as-1970s-housewives-lived-it\/283307\/\">A Trove of History As 1970s Housewives Lived It &#8211; Conor Friedersdorf &#8211; The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/moneybox\/2014\/01\/25\/progressive_kristallnacht_tom_kleiner_is_nuts.html\">Taxing Or Criticizing The Rich Is Just Like The Holocaust<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2014\/01\/24\/dirty-energy-job-numbers-don-t-add\">Dirty Energy Job Numbers Don&#8217;t Add Up | DeSmogBlog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/digbysblog.blogspot.com\/2014\/01\/get-off-my-lawn-or-ill-shoot-you-dead.html\">Fleeing man shot to death for trespassing on someone&#8217;s lawn. 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