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The $120 million anti-trans joke

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We used to call it ‘the one joke,’ but now they’ve gone and spent money on it. Two-thirds of voters want politicians to stop attacking trans people and just talk about the economy. Republicans are most likely to say they want this.

Secretamos la concha / We secrete the shell

La palabra lo encaja todo, atrapa posibilidades. Nos atrapa a nosotros. Image: inside a red box is a snail with a multicolored shell. its mouth is hanging open. inside its mouth is a tiny human figure.

Un ensayo ilustrado sobre el conocimiento / An illustrated essay on knowledge. Mini-illustrations about not grabbing too tight and instead growing that which we’ll carry with us. In English (plain text) and Spanish (in images).

Why do politicians ‘swear in to office’ on a Bible?

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Doing so is supposed to appear solemn, but it can’t really bind them to their promise. The politician may not believe God holds them accountable for promises on a Bible. Swearing in on a Bible only shows the cultural power of Christianity.

Two Duggar memoirs: Jill and Jinger as adults

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Neither their abusive older brother nor the IBLP Christian fundamentalist organization is part of their lives now. The IBLP not only opposes women’s rights and no-fault divorce, it also promotes the idea that husbands are the leaders of their wives and children.

Trans people need to ‘exist on our own terms’

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Jessie Gender talks to us about acknowledging our stories, setting the terms, and framing our success. In this YouTube video, Jessie Gender acknowledges that ‘we constantly fight under the terms set by systems that were never built to enable us.’