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Breivik’s Emasculation Paranoia Fueled Vision for Patriarchal “Reforms”

By Julie Ingersoll

…as “whores,” he includes in his final plans his intentions to “rent” two “high class models” before his attack. As for women he suspects would oppose his views of Islam in Europe, he explores several possible explanations before seemingly settling on the view that women have a deep-seated desire to be dominated: Why is this (that women do not oppose Muslim immigration), considering that there is hardly a single Muslim majority area in the world w…

Stephen King Appeals to Gun Advocates’ Individual Responsibility

By Elizabeth Drescher

…holds his class hostage, was named as among sources of inspiration in four high school gun violence cases between 1988 and 1997. After the last case, King pulled the novel from publication. Although he insists that he never apologized for writing it, “and never would,” King does acknowledge that the four psychologically troubled youths who cited Rage, “found something in my book that spoke to them because the were already broken.” He continues: …I…

Chocolate Will Make You Thin! Or: How Should We Trust Science?

By Michael Schulson

…ng a couple more blatant issues. The first is that the incentive to accept high-profile or flashy findings tends to be high, while the incentive to challenge them is generally low. This is especially true for journalists, for whom a dramatic, surprising result—chocolate aids weight loss!—is excellent copy. The relationship can also be mutually beneficial for researchers and journalists, who get good press and good stories, respectively (Bohannon s…

What Good Is It for Union to Gain the World, But Forfeit Its Soul?

By Yazmine Nichols

…story has shown me that as long as some white middle-class people can live high on the hog, take vacations to Europe, send their children to private schools, and reap the benefits of their white skin privilege, then they are ‘liberal’. But when times get hard and money gets tight, they pull off that liberal mask […]. They feel sorry for the so-called underprivileged just as long as they can maintain their own privileges. Last week, Chris Hedges wr…

2023 in Review: Year One Without Roe, GOP Code Red, SCOTUS Gone Wild… and a Ray of Hope

By Annika Brockschmidt

…an “ethics code” was published, even more details on the corruption at the highest court of the land have come to light, with ProPublica reporting that Clarence Thomas was threatening to retire in order to move GOP politicians to lobby for higher wages for SCOTUS justices. In 2024, we will also find out how the Supreme Court reacts to the recent ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court excluding Trump from the primary ballot under Section 3 of the 14t…

More Bleak Times For Indonesian LGBTs; South Africa Bans Extremist Anti-Gay US Pastor; Mexican Marriage Struggle Heats Up; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…new group would likely launch in a Dublin city centre hotel and would have high profile patrons. It would lobby for orthodox Catholic teaching within the church and in politics and would run a daily blog, he added. “We certainly have some high profile patrons and it’s important to state that our group will not act in opposition to the church, but in obedience to the bishops and the magisterium of the church,” he said. Catholic Voice describes itse…

As Transition Looms, Jewish Studies is Mired in Controversy

By Shaul Magid

…s positions are situated in departments in the secular university––and the highly competitive market for academic positions requires scholars to meet the often high standards of their academic home. And when Chabad attempts to make its way into university teaching by offering courses in Chabad Houses on Judaism for college credit, there’s often strong resistance from many Jewish Studies faculty. And yet, for some, “continuity” remains a stated goa…

Despite Reversal on Hillary and Hellen Keller, ‘Christian Americanist’ Bias Remains in Texas Curriculum

By David R. Brockman

…on. After the board finished amending the streamlined TEKS this month, the number of Christian references stands at 11, though Hinduism is mentioned only twice, while Buddhism, Confucianism, and Sikhism receive only one mention apiece. And the revised standards still require students to learn about Christianity’s major divisions (Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Protestantism), but not those of other major religions such as Islam (where the Sunni-Shia divi…

AR-15 Lapel Pins are More Than Political Provocation — They’re Symbols of the Violence at the Heart of White Christian Nationalism

By Annika Brockschmidt

…ook Elementary School shooting in 2012 to the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018, to name two of the most high profile. These latest AR-15-themed antics by elected Republicans also highlight one of the few things the modern GOP stands for: performative cruelty. Anything to “trigger the libs” will do, including re-traumatizing the victims of school shootings. Remember Marjorie Taylor Greene harassing Stoneman Doug…

A Theology of Anger: Forgiveness For White Supremacy Derails Action and Alienates Young Black Activists

By Joshua L. Lazard

…hristian, society requires it of you. The hurdle for forgiveness is pretty high and the road is paved with hurt and pain. While forgiveness may be the final resting place after an emotional roller coaster, Christians should not be taking a shortcut around anger to get there. James Cone, the founder of black liberation theology, once said that his first book, Black Theology, Black Power, was written in the five weeks immediately following the assas…