The Washington Times
Students berate professor who refused to participate in no-whites ‘Day of Absence’
4 min · · A mob of students at a Washington state liberal-arts college confronted a professor and demanded his resignation for writing an email questioning the propriety of a race demonstration in which white… · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
The Atlantic
The Miseducation of the American Boy
20+ min · · Why boys crack up at rape jokes, think having a girlfriend is “gay,” and still can’t cry—and why we need to give them new and better models of masculinity · Shared by 378, including Jane, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Lee Keyes, Reshma Saujani, Dorlee Michaeli, MBA, LCSW, Scott Galloway, Desmond Williams, Carly, Pedro Noguera, Mark Isero, Alexandra Wong, Rick Powell, Jonathan Kogan, David E. Kirkland
The Intercept
The Condemned — An Investigative Series by The Intercept
1 min · · Forty-three years after the Supreme Court reversed course and reinstated the death penalty, reliable data on the individuals sent to death row is maddeningly difficult to obtain. The Intercept set out… · Shared by 15, including Rick Powell, Lluís Codina, Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈🗽🌹, publici
Boston Review
The Long History of Debt Cancellation
16+ min · · Moral thinking about debt has fluctuated throughout U.S. history. Today’s calls for cancellation suggest it may be poised for transformation once again. · Shared by 14, including Paul Kedrosky, Rick Powell
vqronline.org
The Male Glance
20+ min · · In the spring of 2013, HBO conducted a sly experiment on the “elite” TV-viewing public. It aired two new shows—both buddy dramas—back to back. Each was conceived as a short self-contained season,… · Shared by 14, including nicolatwilley, Rick Powell
gaystarnews.com
Instagram deletes account of world famous photographer Tom Bianchi
2 min · · Bianchi is famous for his shots of naked men · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
New York Magazine
The Hard Questions About Young People and Gender Transitions
14+ min · · The ideological campaign to affirm trans kids and teens, while admirable and often essential, also risks overreach. · Shared by 12, including Rick Powell
VANITY FAIR
“Stand Down”: Ronan Farrow’s Producer on How NBC Killed Its Weinstein Story
2 min · · Rich McHugh recounts how top NBC brass, including news chairman Andrew Lack and news president Noah Oppenheim, bowed to Harvey Weinstein to quash the truth. · Shared by 30, including Richard Deitsch, Mathew Ingram, Rick Powell, Connie Ragen Green
Aeon+Psyche
How we think about beauty and blackness can save lives
15+ min · · We need a radical new paradigm for thinking about blackness that recognises beauty’s potential to save lives · Shared by 29, including Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Rick Powell
The Intercept
Stark Lessons From Wall Street’s #MeToo Moment
20+ min · · On Wall Street, most men accused of sexual harassment continue to pursue their careers — even after paying large judgements. · Shared by 12, including Luis Roig | @darum@indieweb.social, Rick Powell
The New Statesman
The enduring relevance of George Orwell’s 1984
7 min · · Dorian Lynskey’s The Ministry of Truth appears at a time when George Orwell is getting an unusual amount of attention. This year is, of course, an anniversary year: 1984 turned 70 in June. But it is… · Shared by 6, including Rick Powell
Granta
The Last Rite of the Body
9 min · · ‘My ex-boyfriend dies, and we all gather to put our hands into his body.’ · Shared by 8, including Rick Powell
The New York Times
The 1619 Project
1 min · · American slavery began 400 years ago this month. This is referred to as the country’s original sin, but it is more than that: It is the country’s true origin. · Shared by 231, including Phin Barnes, Monica Burns #EdTech #Education, Jane, Berrak Sarikaya, Minda Harts, Amy Cuddy, PhD, joe mcnally, ACLU, Katie Benner, Ida Bae Wells, Stewart Alsop, Matt Brennan, Brian Stelter, Amy Jo Kim, Rep. Suzan DelBene, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Sam Sifton, Mathew Ingram, Alice Wong 王美華, Aníbal M. Astobiza
Mother Jones
This is what it's really like to survive a gunshot
8 min · · Eight victims share their harrowing stories. · Shared by 8, including Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Rick Powell
Aeon+Psyche
A magical mystery trip through the complex connections in women’s bodies
2 min · · Shared by 8, including Rick Powell
Literary Hub
In Patriarchy No One Can Hear You Scream: Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein and the Silencing Machine
8 min · · One of my favorite books when I was young was T. H. White’s The Once and Future King, and one of its central themes is the attempt of King Arthur to replace an ethos of “might is right” with someth… · Shared by 20, including Rick Powell, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr