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NYT Op-Ed: Asian Salad is ‘Racist’
by Shifra on May 1, 2017No, this is not from ‘The Onion.” And I don’t think Asian salad actually has onions in it, but, yep, it’s racist. Via Free Beacon. A New York Times op-ed published Thursday night denounced the existence of Asian salad and called on restaurants to remove the “racist” dish from their menus. “Why Is Asian Salad Still on the Menu?” asked Bonnie Tsui, complaining that the common offering was “something created in the name of Asians by non-Asians [and] has become a touchstone for non-Asians.” The impetus for the piece was when Tsui came across an “Asian Emperor Salad” on the menu at a San Francisco bar…. Tsui admits that other cultures–like the Greeks–have a salad named after them. “And yet...
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California Father-Daughter Dance Renamed ‘The Family Dance’
by naga5 on March 13, 2017**Bumped Up From TAM Wire. Posted by naga5** Crocker/Riverside Elementary School will be eliminating their PTA sponsored Father-Daughter Dance and changing it to a Family Dance. This caught my attention, but not for the reason one might imagine. I attended Riverside School. Back in the Sixties, the neighborhood was very mixed. The neighborhood houses were built in the 1930s and housed a fair number of Asian families at that time. Consequently, the ethnic makeup of the school was actually quite diverse. Over the decades, the neighborhood gentrified. My mom finally moved out last year and she was probably the last one of the families I grew up with to leave. The place is now populated by families in their first...
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CoverGirl Cosmetics Announces New Spokesperson: CoverBoy
by Shifra on October 13, 2016James does not identify as transgender, so no one can get in trouble for asking: What’s with the eyebrows, dude? Via IJR. ….The cosmetics giant announced its latest spokesperson — a 17-year-old teenage boy…. Charles, who started his beauty Instagram just one year ago to “inspire others” and challenge himself creatively, said he hopes to prove that “everyone can wear makeup.”…. It’s official: so excited to welcome @JCharlesBeauty to the COVERGIRL family. ❤️ #COVERGIRLJames! pic.twitter.com/088HlYBjQI — COVERGIRL (@COVERGIRL) October 11, 2016 However, not everyone was impressed: @COVERGIRL @jcharlesbeauty I don't care if men wear make up but are you going to change your name to CoverPerson? — Mama P. (@anniebeans59) October 11, 2016 @COVERGIRL @jcharlesbeauty Can't ever let women have...
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Prof Says U. of Iowa Mascot Is Too Scary For Special Snowflakes, Er, Students
by Shifra on August 28, 2016The really scary part of this story is that the professor is an M.D. and teaches pediatric medicine in medical school. I would have been less concerned if she had been a professor of Third World Underwater Basket Weaving. Or something. Via Washington Times. A University of Iowa professor is asking the athletics department to make the university’s mascot, Herky the Hawk, display friendlier facial expressions, arguing that his angry grimace is traumatizing students. “I believe incoming students should be met with welcoming, nurturing, calm, accepting and happy messages, ”Resmiye Oral, a clinical professor of pediatrics, wrote Tuesday in an email to athletic department officials, obtained by the Iowa City Press-Citizen…. “As we strive to tackle depression, suicide, violence, and...
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DNC Women’s Restroom Is Now ‘All-Gender’ Bathroom
by Shifra on July 25, 2016Please alert me when Hillary uses this bathroom. Wasn’t she late on stage during one of the Dem debate bathroom breaks, because she would not use the facility until everyone else left the room? Via Free Beacon. The Democratic National Convention has turned a women’s restroom into an “all-gender” bathroom at the Wells Fargo Arena. The all-gender bathroom is one of the ways the DNC is infusing its party platform into the arena accommodations. The arena also has a “gluten-free zone” and garbage cans are categorized by landfill, recycling, and compost…. No transgender individuals were spotted using the restroom, but it was being used by both male and female reporters, as well as some cameramen…. .@BrentScher uses "All-Gender" bathroom at...
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CT Dept for Children & Families: Believing There Are Only Two Genders Is ‘Genderism’
by Shifra on July 17, 2016Yes, believing that there are only two genders – male and female – is “gender oppression.” Or something… Via Daily Caller. According the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF), which published an LGBT glossary of more than 250 terms, the belief that there are only two genders — male and female — should be treated as “genderism.” The guide, which was published as part of the DCF’s Safe Harbors Project and was last updated July 7, defines “genderism” as: “The system of belief that there are only two genders (men and women) and that gender is inherently tied to one’s sex assigned at birth. It holds cisgender people as superior to transgender people, and punishes or excludes those who...
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Top U.S. Colleges Do Not Require U.S. History Majors to Take Courses… in U.S. History
by Shifra on July 1, 2016“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana Via WSJ. A new report by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a nonprofit group that advocates for accountability at schools, found that just 23 of the institutions among the 76 deemed to be the “best” by U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 rankings require history majors to take at least one U.S. history course. Many elite schools, including Rice University and Johns Hopkins University, may require students to take courses about events from before 1750, or on East Asian and sub-Saharan African politics, without also demanding that they study the creation of the U.S. Constitution or the civil-rights movement. The association said in its...
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Obama Gives Planned Parenthood $5M Grant Targeting Kids as Young as 5
by Tammy on May 17, 2016Of course he does. The bureaucracy will always award Planned Parenthood for funneling money to them through their PAC. It’s bureaucracy as Candyman, redistributing our tax dollars to their friends. And in this case, they get to help fund the indoctrination of your kids. One thing that we must influence Donald Trump on is his belief that PP deserves federal funding. The arguments against this are so persuasive, we must make a point of turning him on that issue. Via LifeNews. HT Weasel Zippers. The Obama Administration has put forth more than $5 million towards Planned Parenthood providing sex education to the children, some as young as 5, but pro-lifers and concerned parents are working to keep the abortion giant...
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Egyptian Official: Tom And Jerry Cartoons To Blame For Middle East Violence
by Pat_S on May 5, 2016If you’ve been wondering why barbaric violence is rampant in the Middle East, the head of Egypt’s Information Service can explain it. Tom and Jerry cartoons. The 1940’s American cartoon characters leave the impression violence is funny and it’s OK to blow up others. So there you have it. Egypt official blames ‘Tom and Jerry’ cartoons for violence in the Middle East “Tom and Jerry” portrays “the violence in a funny manner and sends the message that, yes, I can hit him … and I can blow him up with explosives. It becomes set in [the viewer’s] mind that this is natural,” SIS head Salah Abdel Sadek told the audience, according to a translation by the website EgyptianStreets.com And the...
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Germany: City Installs In-Ground Traffic Lights For Pedestrians Using Cellphones
by Pat_S on April 25, 2016No need to yell “heads up” in Augsburg, Germany. After two near misses and one fatality, the city installed traffic lights in the ground for “smombies”—smartphone zombies. City installs traffic lights in the floor for people constantly glued to their phones They have been in operation since last week, and flash red when a tram is approaching, or when the normal traffic light turns red – because craning your neck is [sic] check for a brief moment is a very obvious inconvenience. Related: Heads-up technology puts data on car windshields at CES **************************************************** //
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UK School Asks Parents To Help Their 4-year-olds Pick Gender ID From 23 Options
by Pat_S on April 21, 2016A British city council sent a letter to parents of children entering the school system asking them to support the gender their children “most identify with”. It’s a multiple choice. Another city council in Brighton sent home a gender survey with 23 options. But the children will have only two options for uniforms, a full tweed blazer, tie and trousers or a skirt, bolero jaket and blouse. Parents asked to help their 4-year-olds choose their gender Brighton & Hove City Council’s lead member for equalities, Councillor Emma Daniel defended the move, saying that the additional text about gender identity was “in response to calls from families, young people and schools to show an inclusive approach to gender”. Perhaps 23 options...
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Happy Sexually Transmitted Infection Awareness Month
by Pat_S on April 15, 2016And happy it should be according to the twitter hashtag campaign #ShoutYourStatus. There’s too much STI and STD stigmatizing according to these devotees. As one person put it, many people are living happily with genital herpes and the world should embrace them. This is the amazing reason women are telling the world they have STIs. “So much of STI Awareness Month has focused on alarming statistics about the prevalence of STIs and fear-mongering discussion of symptoms,” Dawson told Revelist. “Meanwhile, the millions of us who live with STIs aren’t a part of that conversation.” So she and her proudly-positive friends inserted themselves into that conversation, using #ShoutYourStatus. They encourage others with STIs to proudly declare their status, in whatever way...
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J.K. Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ Writing Chair Sells for Nearly $400,000 at Auction
by Tammy on April 7, 2016Wow. Just wow. Via People Magazine. The chair that Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling sat in while writing the first two books of the wizardry series was sold at a New York City auction on Wednesday for $394,000, the Associated Press reports. Rowling, 50, used the chair – which is reportedly one of four mismatched seats that were given to the writer – as she wrote Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. According to the AP, an anonymous buyer made the bid, which far surpassed the seller, Gerald Gray’s, expectations. On the chair are etched in words from Rowling herself, who wrote “Gryffindor,” “I wrote Harry Potter in this chair,” and signed...
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Surveillance And The Culture Of Self-Censorship
by Pat_S on April 3, 2016The internet and social media have been touted as democratizing forces. A recent study suggests that knowing there is government and private cyber surveillance results in self-censorship of minority opinions and creating a dominant voice online. Under Surveillance: Examining Facebook’s Spiral of Silence Effects in the Wake of NSA Internet Monitoring Since Edward Snowden exposed the National Security Agency’s use of controversial online surveillance programs in 2013, there has been widespread speculation about the potentially deleterious effects of online government monitoring. This study explores how perceptions and justification of surveillance practices may create a chilling effect on democratic discourse by stifling the expression of minority political views. Using a spiral of silence theoretical framework, knowing one is subject to surveillance...
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Air France Female Attendants Say No To Headscarf Order
by Pat_S on April 2, 2016Air France will be resuming flights to Tehran later this month after an eight year ban. The airline ordered female flight attendants to wear headscarves while in Tehran but the women say they would rather refuse to be part of those flights. Iranian women have been required to wear headscarves since 1979. Air France stewardesses mutiny over order to wear headscarves Female members of flight crews have been ordered to cover their hair once they disembark in Tehran and unions are demanding that the flights be made voluntary for women. French women see Islamic headscarves and veils as an affront to their dignity. Headscarves are banned in French state schools and offices, and it is illegal to wear the full-face...
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