This started out as a response to @colinwalker, but grew beyond that. Some thoughts on interesting blogs to follow in 2018: Letters and Sodas—Great book reviews on a wide range of topics. Balkinization—Looking at politics through a legal lens. Love, Joy, Feminism—A woman who grew up in a Quiverfull family and her journey towards a more liberal view of family, sexuality and the world. Putting the Life Back Into Science Fiction—Looks at the possible consequences of climate change through imagining the future. Tits and Sass—A blog by and about Sex Workers. Field Negro—Politics from an African American Man’s perspective. Warren Throckmorton—An evangelical preacher/psychologist who used to believe you could pray away the gay, but absorbed research and experience that it’s impossible to do so. An important conservative religious voice on the disjunction between evangelicals and the modern world. Feministe—Feminist perspectives on the world today. Looks like I certainly side on the liberal end of things. Perhaps I need more conservative voices in my feeds, but it’s pretty hard today to find ones that engage with reality.
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From Balkinization: ORR [Office of Refugee Resettlement] has determined, according to its DOJ lawyer, that it is not in Poe’s own interest to have the abortion, even though she has decided otherwise. (emphasis in the original) They really believe women don’t have ownership over their own bodies.
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Right in the middle of a piece about Trumps inflammation of racism, @NYTimes drops a graph about how there have also been anti-Trump harassment & assault. Without any examples. ‘Cause we must leave the impression that “Both Sides Do It”.
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Rebecca Thompson is doing good work supporting and mentoring women of color who run for office.
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With all the talk of African American women in Alabama saving the country, we need to support them and elect many more to local, state, and national governments.
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Well, hell, looks like everyone is calling it for Jones in Alabama. Happy Chanukah everyone!
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Healthcare in this country is a total wreck. Volunteers providing free care is heartwarming, but our society should be providing this care directly. It’s unconscionable that people have to camp out 14 hours ahead of time for a chance to see a doctor or dentist.
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Granted Loomis links to a member and not the DSA, but any Democrat is universes better than a Republican. Even if Jones doesn’t support a $15 wage and Medicare-For-All, the only way to get them involves a Democratic Senate. Why sacrifice the goals for purity of politicians?
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A couple posts re-blogging Lawyers, Guns, & Money coming up!
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Oh, poor, put-upon, Dave. Women, of all creatures, judging men. Perhaps, in finding the path to equality, those who have been oppressed have something to teach those of us who have benefited from their oppression. The Vox article he links to is great, too bad he can’t appreciate it.
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