{"id":20122,"date":"2015-07-21T04:30:22","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T11:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=20122"},"modified":"2015-07-23T11:19:20","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T18:19:20","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-the-scream-in-context-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=20122","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread and Link Farm: The Scream In Context Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  1. A gallery of surreal paintings by Polish artist Igor Morski<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. How One Law Banning Ethnic Studies Led to Its Rise<\/a>. In your face, Arizona censors!<\/li>\n
  3. Reflections on Our Obsession with “Calling Out” Cultural Appropriation<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES: Why Women “Prefer” Less Or Should Accept Less<\/a> There’s some really sharp discussion here of the difference between an abstract personal preference and a preference in the context of available choices.<\/li>\n
  5. FilmOn can use cable systems\u2019 copyright license to stream broadcast TV on the internet | Electronic Frontier Foundation<\/a>. This is a sensible and logical decision which might still be overturned.<\/li>\n
  6. New Documentary “The Mask You Live In” Dissects Modern Masculinity | Bitch Media<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Another Troubling Police Encounter with a Black Motorist<\/a>. A good summary of the arrest of Sandra Bland, and then her death by (alleged) suicide in jail.<\/li>\n
  8. #BernieSoBlack: Why progressives are fighting about Bernie Sanders and race – Vox<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. The Earthquake That Will Devastate Seattle – The New Yorker<\/a> And Portland too, alas poor me. Not a short article, but very well-written – a page-turner, honestly. Living in Portland, of course, I had three people helpfully point this article out to me, starting with Grace, because it is apparently necessary that I live in terror. :-p<\/li>\n
  10. “It\u2019s important to note<\/a> that there is no substantive difference between Walker and Bush on the nuclear deal.” | The American Conservative<\/li>\n
  11. Oregon Sensibly Votes to Make Oral Contraceptives Available Without a Prescription | Mother Jones<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Shifts and living history | Comics212<\/a> Both in best-seller lists and in Eisner Awards, women in comics are a very big deal.<\/li>\n
  13. Beyond the Model Minority Myth | Jacobin<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. A.E.Brain: Gender Identity and the Brain – a Round-Table<\/a> I haven’t watched this video yet, but it looks interesting.<\/li>\n
  15. High schooler proves \u201cNo Irish Need Apply\u201d signs existed despite denials – IrishCentral.com<\/a> The best part is the extremely civil debate in the comments between Rebecca A. Fried (the high schooler) and Richard Jenson, the professor whose work she’s disputing.<\/li>\n
  16. \u201cI did indeed f*ck up\u201d: How an online campaign against a transphobic comic completely changed the tenor of the debate – Salon.com<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. Anita Sarkeesian On Why Women Don’t Talk About Online Sexual Harassment<\/a><\/li>\n
  18. Paintings of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian In Ascending Order Of Sexiness and Descending Order of Actual Martyring<\/a><\/li>\n
  19. How 3-D printed arms are changing kids’ lives around the world – YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n
  20. Scientists have discovered whether being a first, second or third child makes a difference – The Washington Post<\/a> The answer: Nope.<\/li>\n
  21. There’s a simple way to end gerrymandering. Too bad Congress made it illegal. – Vox<\/a><\/li>\n
  22. ‘Hobby Lobby’ Is About Blocking Contraception Access, Not Religious Liberty<\/a><\/li>\n
  23. The Unit of Caring<\/a> discusses consent and the moral justification for statutory rape laws. There’s a followup post, <\/a>too.<\/li>\n
  24. Gardena Shows Why Police Can’t Be Trusted to Decide If Video Should Be Public – The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n
  25. Don’t blame your expensive lunch on minimum wage increases | Joseph Mayton | Comment is free | The Guardian<\/a><\/li>\n
  26. The Struggle of Female Carpenters – Lawyers, Guns & Money<\/a><\/li>\n
  27. Labels, Not Identities | Thing of Things<\/a><\/li>\n
  28. Sentencing Law and Policy: In praise of GOP Rep. Sensenbrenner making the moral case for sentencing reform<\/a><\/li>\n
  29. Abigail Fisher, Please Stop Blaming People of Color for Your Mediocrity<\/a><\/li>\n
  30. Fannie’s Room: Workplace Rule #3: White Male Privilege Is Real, and Yet Denied Against All Evidence<\/a><\/li>\n
  31. How did he manage it?<\/a> A man’s secret to a successful career, revealed.<\/li>\n
  32. Link: Every Single Word | Consistent Panda Bear Shape<\/a> A series of Youtube videos in which “every single word” spoken by a character of color in a popular movie is cut together into a single appallingly short video.<\/li>\n
  33. The Debate Link: Executions and Their Alternatives<\/a><\/li>\n
  34. The Debate Link: Aly Raisman’s Muscles<\/a> “I was struck by this statement by [Olympic gymnast] Raisman, though, which is a stark commentary on how (female) bodies are viewed normally…”<\/li>\n
  35. The Outrageous U.S. Role in the War on Yemen | The American Conservative<\/a><\/li>\n
  36. Sentencing Law and Policy: Former US District Judge Nancy Gertner talks about drug war casualties she had to create<\/a><\/li>\n
  37. Where the health care money is, in charts | The Incidental Economist<\/a><\/li>\n
  38. Petition – Georgia: Add Outkast to Stone Mountain!<\/a> How to improve “the confederate Mount Rushmore.” I signed the petition.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n