That’s not relevant here. The paper states that the heads were still fleshed when they were affixed to the dead infants. There is no evidence that they’d been mummified intentionally, or preserved by naturally occurring chemical processes, exhumed, cut, and placed on the infants.

So, when I said skull cap I was making a little bit of a joke — it was definitely more...comprehensive than that. Also, they were not wearing skulls, strictly speaking, they were wearing heads, and in one case, the infant was looking through the orbital sockets of the head it was wearing. Really quite grotesque.

“So a society having bizarre rituals surrounding infant/child funerals doesn’t necessarily implicate them in child murder per se.”

I don’t entirely disagree with you here. But, in fact, archaeologists and historians speculate and posit hypotheticals based on partial or circumstantial evidence all the time, something that is almost a requirement if you’re studying the ancient past. Also, note that the article doesn’t say “no direct evidence” it…

Lol, indeed

Genuinely curious how we come to the conclusion that there is “no evidence” for child sacrifice in these cases, in spite of this: “Both of the juvenile skulls were “still fleshed” when secured to the infants’ heads, according to the paper.” I can understand that there’s no evidence in the sense that the rest of these…

Those books were chosen in different years, and I haven’t seen any indication that this woman was part of the committee in 2014. Multiple and diverse female perspectives are reflected among the authors chosen for this list, but that’s not the point because this is controversy is centered not on the committee and its…

As I’ve laid out elsewhere, we cannot make that assumption based on the information we have available. 

So I’ve done some (very easy, simple) research on this. The committee picks one book each year. Was this young woman on the committee in 2014 when Ready Player One was chosen? Seems unlikely (though, for all of the other reasons I’ve pointed out, even if she was part of that selection, we don’t know her individual…

Good context, but not enough to form a logical basis for the argument - internalized misogyny expressed through an affinity for “male” video game culture - or explain away the extraordinary vitriol; we can’t extrapolate this woman’s opinions on another book based on her dislike of Dessen’s work.

It seems likely that she was not, though I do not know. She does not express that support in this article. Further, disliking Dessen’s work doesn’t mean that this person likes Ready Player One or video game culture, whatever that means; it’s a criticism based on gender stereotypes and baseless leaps of logic. 

Thanks for that context, which I did not see in this article.

Thank you. Such a strangely hysterical reaction, not just on the part of Dessen herself, but on the part of these other authors.

Come on...not “cucked.” Not trying to jump your shit, but let’s leave that terminology to the assholes who created it. 

Tulsi Gabbard is mixed race and Andrew Yang is, well, of Asian descent. These aren’t great examples of the media pushing non-white candidates out of the picture, though you may not agree with their policy platforms. Kamala Harris is still firmly in the running, and while the nomination is unlikely, Cory Booker is…

He’s a left-leaning centrist who supports an expanded regulatory regime, expansive government spending, and a commitment to gender, racial, and religious equality. There’s nothing Reagan-esque about that. You’re showing your ignorance now.

Not sure anyone is advocating for “capitulating to republicans.” Obama is talking about being realistic and pragmatic, and his larger purpose is to get liberals, progressives, and moderate democrats on the same page, as opposed to lambasting one another on the internet. Beyond this, he’s calling people out for talking…

I think he’s entirely right, and I think you pulled perhaps the best example of why. Predictably, the people who are most upset by this spend their time waging progressive revolution on corporate platforms like Facebook and Twitter while obsessing over a carefully manicured persona cultivated to gain maximum…

In what way did he fuck up?

Yep. People just can’t abide nuance or pragmatism.