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Trigger warning: graphic bodily violenceOf course not, thought Katniss as she stood in silence with the rest of district twelve. The sun was beating down from above and the crudely baked brick of the town square radiated heat around the listless crowd's feet. The shudder she'd been trying to suppress since ( Read more... )

Lo and Li crouched on opposite sides to the enormous platform overlooking the central forum of Coalfire City. Azula paused on the outside of the structure, waiting to be announced. The introduction should preface her appearance and remind the officials, the locals, and even the slaves of what this day was before she told them what it meant ( Read more... )

In case you've missed the news elsewhere, Mohamed Morsi has been officially announced as the winner of the 2012 democratic Presidential elections in Egypt. As the candidate officially supported by and affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, this has far reaching rhetorical ramifications. Of course, it's important to always keep these sorts of ( Read more... )

So, for those of you not following Rick Scarborough's and the New York Times' current spat, here's a summary - Scarborough claimed that the New York Times was covering Romney's wealth, while they were silent about Kerry's. The New York Times pointed out four stories they did specifically focusing on Kerry's wealth. Scarborough's response thus far ( Read more... )

The Lorax isn't really that good, and in fact it's pretty bad, but most tellingly it's also not The Lorax. Let me explain.

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...or "Bryan Fischer: neo-eugenicist?"
TW: Bry- oh you read the title!

You can read the introduction to this series here, which explains my reasons for starting this group of posts.

Fischer: on his biological view of race

TW: dehumanizing racial metaphors, slut shaming, (physical and mental) abilism, eugenics, coerced sterilizationBryan Fischer ( Read more... )

...or "Bryan Fischer: neo-imperialist?"
TW: Bry- oh you read the title!

You can read the introduction to this series here, which explains my reasons for starting this group of posts.

Fischer: on coerced and forced assimilation
TW: Islamophobia, eliminationism, ethno-religious cleansing, second class citizenshipThis has been a windfall decade for ( Read more... )

TW: Bry- oh you read the title!

So, once every three months or so I'll get into a conversation somewhere (Facebook, real life, anywhere really) about Bryan Fischer. Maybe this is because I read Right Wing Watch too much for my own good, but for me, Bryan Fischer is a giant blob of awful that ruins all the things. His sexism, cissexism, homophobia ( Read more... )

Things that need to happen tonight:

*Finish annotated bibliography for "The Digital Divide: A Broad View"
*Design survey for "The Digital Divide: A Broad View"
*Outline or something the introduction to "The Digital Divide: A Broad View"
*Reread rehearsal scene from "Иван Василевич"
*Write essay on "Иван Василевич"
*Type up proverbs and youtube ( Read more... )