{"id":9811,"date":"2010-03-25T19:30:44","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T02:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/?p=1405"},"modified":"2010-03-25T19:30:44","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T02:30:44","slug":"linkmistress-has-posts-that-she-doesn%e2%80%99t-want-to-lose-so-she-is-unleashing-them-on-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=9811","title":{"rendered":"Linkmistress has posts that she doesn\u2019t want to lose so she is unleashing them on the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Texas Tribune is tracking the catastrophic “only conservative white people matter in American History textbooks clusterfuck” that will soon be unleashed on the unsuspecting American child population here<\/a><\/p>\n

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In their January meeting,\u00a0State Board of Education<\/a> members came armed with more amendments to the state social studies curriculum than they could vote on \u2014 a process hardly helped by the\u00a0acrimony<\/a> between the board\u2019s socially conservative bloc and more moderate Republicans and liberal Democrats. And so the SBOE kicked the process of revising the standards down the road to this week\u2019s\u00a0meeting<\/a>, where social studies rewrites will resume today.<\/p>\n

Because of the flood of amendments under consideration, we\u2019ve produced this\u00a0annotated version<\/a> of the high school U.S. History standards, which have been the focus of controversy. You can see exactly what the board has added, deleted and rewritten, along with our analysis of the current arguments and historical context behind each change.MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A. And here I thought my American History class was a piece of shit. <\/p>\n

B. IF I ever do have kids I’ll have to homeschool them. <\/p>\n

C. And Texas is actually apparently majority POC. I suppose at some point there will be a grassroots movement to throw this shit out. Hopefully it won’t take too long. <\/p>\n

Hipster Racism<\/a> Because Amanda Palmer showed her ass<\/a>. AGAIN<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Closeted politicians and bi-invisibility<\/a><\/p>\n

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…Amanda Mennis recently wrote me with an interesting question: Does this story of a secretly gay public figure \u2014 and the absurdly long parade of stories like it \u2014 contribute in some way to bisexual invisibility?<\/p>\n

After all, most of the guys in these scandals (and it has just been guys so far) are married, or have some sort of sexual\/ romantic relationship with women. Many of them have children. They\u2019re clearly capable of having sex with women. Doesn\u2019t that make them bisexual, not gay? Or at least, doesn\u2019t it suggest the possibility that some of them are bisexual and not gay?<\/p>\n

An interesting question. And one that I\u2019m finding tricky to answer.<\/p>\n

Part of the problem is that we don\u2019t have a standard definition of what it means to be gay or lesbian or bisexual. It\u2019s not like there\u2019s a gay person in a vacuum in the Smithsonian, against whom we all measure ourselves to determine our own sexual orientation. Everyone defines these terms \u2014 gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, bi-curious, heteroflexible (that was a new one on me!), questioning, queer, \u201cbasically straight but wouldn\u2019t kick Jon Stewart out of bed,\u201d whatever \u2014 in subtly different ways. Or not so subtly different ways.<\/p>\n

So ultimately, it doesn\u2019t really make sense to talk about whether someone is \u201creally bisexual.\u201d There is no such thing as \u201creally bisexual.\u201d Within reason (and please don\u2019t ask me to define what \u201cwithin reason\u201d means), we get to decide for ourselves what sexual orientation we are, and what language we use to describe it.<\/p>\n

But what does that mean for someone who\u2019s closeted?MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Some of the downsides of the Health care bill in terms of women<\/a> Yes, its more than teh abortion executive order. Which is a Big Fucking. Deal.<\/p>\n

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<Fact: The bill permits age-rating, the practice of imposing higher premiums on older people. This practice has a disproportionate impact on women, whose incomes and savings are lower due to a lifetime of systematic wage discrimination.<\/p>\n

Fact: The bill also permits gender-rating, the practice of charging women higher premiums simply because they are women. Some are under the mistaken impression that gender-rating has been prohibited, but that is only true in the individual and small-group markets. Larger group plans (more than 100 employees) sold through the exchanges will be permitted to discriminate against women — having an especially harmful impact in workplaces where women predominate.<\/p>\n

We know why those gender- and age-rating provisions are in the bill: because insurers insisted on them, as they will generate billions of dollars in profits for the companies. Such discriminatory rating must be completely eliminated.MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He\u2019s a Terrorist. Just say it. Terrorist. For F*%k sake!<\/a><\/p>\n

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You see, the very definition of terrorism has changed, right beneath our feet. A man with strong idealogical beliefs against the government of the United States tries (and succeeds) to kill himself and take as many civilians (federal workers) as he can with him. But they don\u2019t call it terrorism. That sacrosanct term is now reserved only for non-white people with funny sounding names. Preferably Muslim. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Trans Murder Monitoring Project: 333 cases of reported murders of trans people in the last 2 years<\/a><\/p>\n

Integrating Primary and Mental Healthcare<\/a><\/p>\n

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Currently, primary care providers (PCPs), also called general practitioners, provide over half of mental health treatment in the United States \u2013 which results in up to 50% of mental health problems going unindentified, undiagnosed, and untreated through the primary care system. This is a wasted opportunity, as PCPs have significant opportunities to identify behavioral health problems early and provide interventions and treatments to prevent further deterioration.MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Videos: Dance party!<\/a><\/p>\n

The Male \u201cP\u201d Spot: Why het men are so afraid to discover their own bodies\u2019 capacities for pleasure, from a sex organ that ISN\u2019T a penis<\/a><\/p>\n

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Has anyone, anywhere, seen a medical illustration of the prostate gland and men’s other sexual organs depicted with the prostate being touched and the penis erect? Why not? And why do these diagrams only exist to promote “checking for cancer”? Talk about stigmatising an organ!MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Gemini Mini Documentary<\/a><\/p>\n

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TransGriot Note: Mini Documentary on Chicago drag queen Saya Naomi Diaz Deleon or Gemini. It includes commentary from Christina Kahrl, who was recently featured on HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And finally, Movie rec: Sleep Dealer\n<\/p>\n

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