Friday Blogaround

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Recommended Reading:

David: Redistribution for Me But Not for Thee

Benny: Not a Funny Joke [Content Note: The post at this link contains descriptions of confronting a sexual harasser.]

Jessica: Proof [Content Note: The post at this link includes discussion of misogyny.]

Brie: Evaluating Game Groups–Member Roles and Norms

Maya: Native American Students Protest Racist Anti-Choice Posters in New Mexico

Andrea: What Is Transphobia? [Content Note: The post at this link, in answering the titular question, includes some examples of transphobia.]

Andy: Seattle Archbishop Says 'Society Would Be Harmed Beyond Repair' if Gay People Can Marry

refresh_daemon: PSY and the Acceptable Asian Man [Content Note: The post at this link includes discussion of racism.]

Helen: Trans Students' Resource

Remember awhile ago I wrote about the curious casting (ahem) of the Nina Simone biopic? Shaker jmegan tweeted me this morning the link to an audio interview (without transcript that I can find; my apologies) with Simone Kelly, Nina Simone's daughter, who shares her thoughts on the casting decision, as well as the choice to make the film without the input of Nina Simone's estate.

And Megan's got more on the subject of the Nina Simone biopic here.

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