I think the key word in O'Brien's quote is sometimes.
But the question is "who gets to decide?" I mean, if we're saying that sometimes made up shit is truer than research, why can't I just say "la la, I bet there were tons... [
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That, clearly, is very much a minority view and should be of no more interest to those of us who admire those buildings than would be the view of whatever minority dislikes the buildings you, personally, happen to like. No one can make... [
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I loved Olive Garden as a child. I had my first-ever slice of cheesecake there, for one thing. Plus there were various pasta dishes that my parents never served - manicotti, that sort of thing. And if you're under the illusion that back in my... [
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Also, the parallel to the fussy-routines-with-too-much-wacky-theory that he's complaining about is oversimplified-routines-ideologized-as-macho-common-sense. Surprisingly enough, the universe seems no more amenable to single-etiology when it's... [
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Sandman: A Game of You by Neil Gaiman?
That particular comic makes me
so angry, because it's really, really clear that Gaiman thinks he's being
super progressive in his treatment of the trans and lesbian characters. But... [
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When I was growing up in the suburbs, I knew that I was queer and left wing, and back in the day before the internet when you had no connections to anything, ACT-UP and Queer Nation were all the activist stuff you'd ever see in the papers. AIDS... [
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Definitely very utopian about how science fiction works...I mean, there have been positive "messages" in science fiction since there has
been science fiction, and with the possible exception of
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I have never really understood Habermas, because all the things he wants seem to rely on this "public sphere" of rational, equal, rather cookie-cutter citizens (the kind of citizens who are implicitly figured as white, male, middle-class,... [
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I'm not sure I'm comfortable with some groups being available for opt out by students and others not. I can't opt out of paying the university president's pay cheque, Nothing in any university is really self sustainable.
I don't like... [
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If there is tacit agreement that individuals as old as 18 are still "half-formed," careless babes, we should up the age of majority rather than extend a special understanding to a particular few. What I see developing is a strange,... [
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Pretty broad brush you've got there, good luck with fitting the irish-scots diaspora of trainspotting into that.
See, it's really interesting that simply
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Pushing the moral burden of action upon those who would likely suffer the most and are already among the most marginalized and victimized among us isn't a solution.
I think y'all are missing a point about organizing. One of the best ways... [
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(To clarify - the media is far more interested when white people are abused, not that white people deserve abuse less by virtue of being white) [
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You can make a substitute "buttermilk" for vegan baking by adding about 3/4 T vinegar to 1 cup of soy or almond milk! This is not especially drinkable, lord knows, but it's pretty convenient for certain biscuits and cakes. The proteins in... [
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I'm really interested in the idea that videos like this are intended to "start a dialogue" or "help build awareness" and all that jazz. I love the videos, but I find it really jarring that the majority is so quick to take... [
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What the hell,
Nature? Of course, the
New Scientist is full of bullshit like this only dressed up as actual research, so I suppose at least
Nature grasps that this is fundamentally
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Has there ever actually been good fantasy literature with well-crafted prose but a constructed, compellingly real world?
Everyone should at once read Samuel Delany's
Neveryon books, which have the additional advantage of being a... [
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And yes, if you're poly, how do you explain your relationship to the mainstream world? I can't imagine trying to explain it to my mother, for instance, and even for people who have no issues with non-straight sexuality and probably wouldn't freak... [
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Many of these dealbreakers make me think "but that wouldn't bother me if I liked the person enough"...but perhaps that's because I tend to know people fairly well before we actually progress to dating.
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Asking $13 million in donations to pay off the state...I'm not sure Bakunin would approve.
Being extorted $14 million by the state in order not to displace a large and important community - that's what I see going on here. Of course, I'm... [
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