#CULTURE

1electricpirate

1electricpirate

Okay, hear me out. I agree with this but I also think there is value in the differentiated terms. Not all immigrant experience is equal, and “expat” encapsulates a specific

Jen

jennafurk

I don’t normally keep up with drama and I unfollowed Emma so I was completely unaware of what is happening but it is an ugly example of how truly disgusting

SamuelGoldman

SWGoldman

The idea that the SAT is the unfair part of college admissions is deeply strange.https://twitter.com/RichardvReeves/status/1258754979818622976 It actually tells you a lot about American culture that so many people think sports

Kelly Wickham Hurst

mochamomma

So, more hate than heritage, eh? Huh. No surprises there.https://twitter.com/liviabellona/status/1254138329626554369 If I were to pull this thread further (SEE WHAT I DID THERE?) I would apply the analysis of racism

An Angry Feminist

zarascomics

It's so hilarious to me when men say feminism is too 'extreme'. You know what's really extreme? Disproportionate violence against women, unpaid labor and rape culture. THAT'S what's extreme. I

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meethiroti

A reason why a lot of Desi trans women hold characters like Umrao Jaan, Anarkali etc. In high regard and idolise popular depictions of femininity in their culture...(a thread) It's

Isabella Grace

izzyghizzy

I know there are other reasons but I hate that people act like our generation's hookup culture and distortion of love (the idea it's just a feeling and not a

Jeffrey Sachs

JeffreyASachs

I have a theory about takes like this. @olivertraldi and @DouthatNYT, I'd love some feedback.Basically, it's a story of elite overproduction. The job market for journalists and writers has collapsed,

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AnvikshikiTrayi

How many women engage in any of these kind of work today? In rural areas or villages we can still find them. Some of it like grinding and cleaning rice,

🦋Miri🦋

jskierandmerlin

Recently I've been encountered constant complaints about the fact that in the Witcher series, unlike the books and the video games, many characters are not white. Between them, one of

Alexis | Astrologer

ayyriestrology

describing pisces risings through the houses! (a thread) ♓︎ 1H: With Pisces Risings, you can never really quite pin them. One person may say one thing about them, and

Dan Hind

danhind

One (?) more thing about the Labour revelations. The culture of sniggering insincerity, backscratching and contempt for people outside the loop is *normal* in British public life. For a sizeable

Jessica Kirkland

jkirk___

Hey teacher friends, it is THANKSGIVING week. If you’re looking for a text to share with your kids about Thanksgiving, I suggest the prologue to There There by @thommyorange. I

min(char** argv) 민

problem_halting

i think the entire interaction is perfectly reasonable: tone-deaf professor teaching a class he's not qualified to teach, a dedicated and bright student pushing back, hopefully leading to a productive

bisayang maldita 📿 glenabel

HELLAPASAWAY

thinking about the variety of Philippine languages and how even in Bisaya, there's a class division. when really in the eyes of the dominant Tagalog culture, we're all considered lower

jes skolnik

modernistwitch

the reason that people think a perfectly ordinary charcuterie plate (which can be purchased for $20 or less at Aldi) is bourgeois is because rich people attempt to make poor