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Recommended Reading:
Emi: [Content Note: Violence, abuse, bullying, self-harm] The Uses of Negativity: Survival and Coping Strategies for Those of Us Who Are Exasperated by the Empty Promise of "It" Getting "Better"
Flavia: [CN: Racism; imperialism, violence] An Intersectional Feminist Approximation to Aesthetics around Zwarte Piet
Robert: [CN: Drones, violence, PTSD] Psychologists Propose Horrifying Solution to PTSD in Drone Operators
Libby Anne: [CN: Homophobia, abuse, emotional auditing] Can We Not Tell Gay Christians What to Do Please?
Angry Asian Man: [CN: Racist Halloween] The Guys Who Dressed Up as Bloody Asiana Flight Attendants
Summer: [CN: Racist Halloween] Today in Post-Race History: The Halloween Press Release
Marisa: [CN: Disordered eating Halloween] Part One: That 'Anna Rexia' Halloween Costume Is Back. Part Two: Sketchy Halloween Site Selling Anna Rexia Costume Taunts Us Via Text. (I love how no one ever gives two shits about what fat women think about anything except when it comes time to defend the Anna Rexia costume.)
And Trudy's got Janelle Monáe's excellent performances on SNL (video of one; link to the other), in case you missed 'em. SHE WAS SO GREAT.
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