Wednesday Blogaround

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Recommended Reading:

The latest entry in the Naming & Identity series: Britni.

Jon: Wellness at the Workplace—The Safeway Debacle [Content Note: The post at this link includes discussion of fat bias and behavioral policing and shaming in the guise of healthfulness.]

ILR: Why Do Men Keep Putting Me in the Girlfriend-Zone? [Content Note: This is a satirical send-up of the NiceGuyTM Friend Zone complaint.]

Seth: Deported Parents Who Return Found Dead in Desert or Locked up in Prison [Content Note: The post at this link includes discussion of racism, xenophobia, abuse, injury/death.]

Maya: New Favorite Tumblr: Flip the News

Fannie: Salon Piece on Ego and Revenge in Wikipedia Editing

Dani: Social Justice Theory Has Totally Destroyed Star Trek for Me [Content Note: The post at this link includes discussion of colonialist narratives/language.]

Renee: Special K, The Fat Shaming Cereal [Content Note: The post at this link includes discussion of fat bias, bullying, body policing.]

CeCe: Fatkinis! [Take that, Special K!]

Remember the 17 abandoned puppies found near where I live? All of them have found homes! Yay! (And, no, we are not one of them!)

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