{"id":19967,"date":"2015-06-14T12:01:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T19:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=19967"},"modified":"2015-06-14T14:42:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T21:42:30","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-gerrymandered-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=19967","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread and Link Farm, Gerrymandered Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  1. “Atena Farghadani is a 28-year-old Iranian artist. <\/a> She was recently sentenced to 12 years and 9 months in prison for drawing a cartoon.”<\/li>\n
  2. How to make sense of Rachel Dolezal, the NAACP official accused of passing for black – Vox<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. There is no comparison between transgender people and Rachel Dolezal | Meredith Talusan | Comment is free | The Guardian<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. I pretty much never get tired of the cerulean sweater scene from The Devil Wears Prada<\/em>.<\/a> What scenes can you watch over and over? Provide a link, if you can.<\/li>\n
  5. Decoded | Are Fried Chicken & Watermelon Racist? | MTV News – YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. An Anti-Feminist Walks Into a Bar: A Play in Five Acts | Whatever<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Stop Trying to Make Conservative Feminism Happen – Amanda Marcotte<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Some people say that Hitler is never funny, but this cartoon<\/a> totally cracked me up.<\/li>\n
  9. Terminal Lance – Terminal Lance \u201cOffended II\u201d<\/a> A cartoon by a vet responding to the “Caitlyn Jenner isn’t brave, soldiers are brave” meme. The essay following the cartoon is great.<\/li>\n
  10. Comics Pro John Byrne Compares Transgender People to Pedophiles In Conversation With Fans On His Online Forum | The Mary Sue<\/a> Byrne’s approach is as pure an example of JAQing off<\/a> as I’ve ever seen.<\/li>\n
  11. DC Comics’ Batgirl writers are rewriting one of their issues to remove transphobic art<\/a>. I hope they did a good job of it.<\/li>\n
  12. Speaking of transgender characters in comics, one of my favorite webcomics right now is the wonderful As The Crow Flies<\/a>, by Melanie Gillman. Melanie has a Patreo<\/a>n to support this comic.<\/li>\n
  13. 9 questions about gender identity and being transgender you were too embarrassed to ask – Vox<\/a>“> This seems like a good basic FAQ to me, but of course, I’m cis, so there may be things I’m missing.<\/li>\n
  14. How a new generation of activists is trying to make abortion normal – The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. White Fragility and the Rules of Engagement –<\/a><\/li>\n
  16. I\u2019m in an Age-Gap Marriage, and Yes, Pairing Younger Actresses with Older Male Leads IS a Problem | The Mary Sue<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. Should the dragons on \u2018Game of Thrones\u2019 have feathers?<\/a><\/li>\n
  18. Caitlyn Jenner: transgender community has mixed reactions to Vanity Fair reveal <\/a><\/li>\n
  19. Anti-Gay Pastor Rick Scarborough Says 40,000 People Will Go To Jail To Defy SCOTUS Gay Marriage Ruling| Gay News | Towleroad<\/a> I think I’ve said this before, but I don’t understand how they think this will work – that is, how on earth does one get arrested in defiance of a pro-gay marriage ruling? Are they planning to trespass on same-sex wedding ceremonies until the cops drag them off the alter?<\/li>\n
  20. Time for a New Suitcase: Airlines Want to Make Your Carry-On Bag Even Smaller<\/a><\/li>\n
  21. On The Incident In McKinney, Texas, And The Black Girls Who Survive<\/a><\/li>\n
  22. Military’s transgender ban based on bad medical science, say medical scientists<\/a><\/li>\n
  23. Republican senator criticizes Obamacare on the grounds that Obamacare subsidies are awesome<\/a><\/li>\n
  24. Voluntary Intoxication and Responsibility<\/a><\/li>\n
  25. A Debate on Online Political Discourse \u2014 Medium<\/a> This exchange between Freddie deBoer and the excelent Jay Caspian Kang was excellent. It’s refreshing to see deBoer disagreeing with someone without holding them in contempt. Via Veronica<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  26. New Evidence That Voter ID Laws are Racially Biased<\/a>. The more white people in a state believe in racial stereotypes, the more likely that state is to have strict voter ID laws.<\/li>\n
  27. How Automatic Voter Registration Would Change America<\/a> The problem with this argument is that, even if people are automatically registered to vote, that doesn’t mean many of them will actually vote. I’m in favor of AVR, but I don’t think it’ll have large effects.<\/li>\n
  28. Caitlyn Jenner is High Femme, Get Over It \u2014 Medium<\/a> “The attacks on Jenner\u2019s femininity represent transmisogyny and femmephobia because there is a glaring double standard here. You won\u2019t hear a famous cisgender female movie actress accused of being too feminine or a stereotype for wearing a dress.”<\/li>\n
  29. Ban Noncompete Agreements. Do It Now.<\/a> Noncompete agreements being used to bully low-paid cashiers and the like – and that these agreements are in effect legal because no one expects them to be enforced with a lawsuit – is pretty disgusting.<\/li>\n
  30. Arizona mosque invites armed anti-Muslim protestors, including a dude in a “Fuck Islam,” shirt, to join them in prayer.<\/a><\/li>\n
  31. It’s Time To Bring Back Baby Cages: Gothamist<\/a> (Link Via<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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