#Voices

Hi, everyone. I have several friends south of the border who are dear to me. I hope that they are safe - that during these fucked up times, that they
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Q&A: “What’s the difference between Otaku and Weeaboo?” Otaku is a Japanese word.It refers to a very dedicated or often obsessed fan. Not just of anime or popular culture, but
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LRTs the reason I want transparency from short story markets on how much of what they publish is solicited versus slush is because submitting short fiction is already an at-times
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When I worked for the FL Dept. of Health, I worked Disease Control & covered Refugee Health from time to time. These patients were political prisoners, ppl who spoke up
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it is the obligation of non-pocs who have never had to undergo blantant racism and oppression in our country to fight for those who have experienced nothing but that under
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To the Autistic community,We as Autistic people need to support each other more than ever. We have to fight against injustices that are facing our community and society. Whatever it
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The inexorable march toward keeping Biden out of debates, led by Dem talking heads, influencers, and strategists, should be a big story. They know he can't hold it together for
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Friends, next week one of the most dangerous anti-abortion bills in the country will be voted on in the TX House. HB 1515 bans abortion at 6 wks (before most
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In response to the Lincoln protests this morning: Peaceful protests only work when they are listened to. Peaceful protests for #BlackLivesMatter have been going on for decades. And nothing
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Books by & about POC weren't *banned* in the school where I taught. BUT when I pushed for the 6th grade #ELA curriculum to include at least ONE author &
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I often observe academics, marginalized scholars, apologize for "self-promotion” of work focused on community empowerment. In contrast, straight white male able-bodied academics only interested in self-promotion as a way of
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today i'm wondering why TROS decided to try to answer a question that was already answered by TLJ: who rey's parents are.bec that was the supposed "dramatic question" posed by
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thread of minho live verses that never fail to calm me down or make me happy because of the emotions they hold i am you’s last verse is so warm
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If you’re a white editor or agent thinking about taking a social media break right now... please don’t. How can you possibly do your job as a cultural gatekeeper effectively
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Facebook's own civil rights audit is out today, and looks like its damning- including on how the platform's algorithms stoke hatred, racism and polarization.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/opinion/facebook-civil-rights-audit.html
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im alternating between working on my religion cpt and history cpt,, and im this close to fucking crying. for history im writing ab canada not truly being a just society,
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