Yes! All of this. And honestly, I’d be truly delighted to have either Sanders or Warren as president. But I agree that it’s really important to be aware of these underlying ideological differences, because those make a much bigger difference, ultimately, than who had snappier comebacks in the debates or whatever else.
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This is why the US desperately needs a new labor movement. It’s near-impossible for individual employees to effectively advocate for better treatment under conditions like this. People’s finances are too precarious, and most cannot risk their health coverage, and their housing, their family’s wellbeing, etc., and even…
This is not a new job for any of these employees, though. Vacation time and benefits are not fun extras given out of generosity. They are part of an employee’s earned compensation for the work they do. Putting established employees into a probationary period like this counts as cutting their compensation, and it is…
TIME TO UNIONIZE!
This is exactly my feeling on this dude. He talks like a Democratic Socialist, but walks like a centrist. The Current Affairs piece on him really persuaded me. I kind of hate that he’s so charismatic.
This is super interesting! I had the impression that Trianon was all about Marie Antoinette idealizing peasant life. Do you have any links about this? I’d like to know more.
That is a spectacular quilt, wow.
This is a stupid, dangerous lie. More Bernie supporters went on to vote for Clinton in 2016 than Clinton supporters voted for Obama in 2008. There are a lot of reasons why the election was lost, but “Bernie bros ruined the election and voted for Trump/voted for Stein/didn’t vote at all” is a myth.
“drug users aren’t only victims of addiction; they’re people who have made the unwise choice to develop a drug habit and the continued choice to not rectify it”
It also buys into the myth that more traditional, centrist candidates actually ARE more electable, which I don’t think is true at all. Nobody gets inspired and excited by a safe, third-way, corporate, Republican-Lite candidate whose message boils down to “I will compromise my ideals and save up my political capital…
“another 2016 where the Bernie stans can’t get behind whoever gets the nomination and go for the Green party”
No, it’s not just the product that’s sexist. It’s also the reinforcement of the idea that a woman’s appearance is, but virtue of existing, up for critique.
I think she kind of IS saying that, though. This part sounds to me a whole lot like MRAs who think feminists in the west are a bunch of hysterical bitches who should quit their complaining because REAL oppression is burqas and driving bans:
Munn is a terrible person to be making this criticism, for sure, but her own shitty comments are a separate issue from the misogynistic aspects of this kind of fashion criticism. The author didn’t really even touch on the awful shit Munn has said in the past. Her take seemed more like “ughhh, don’t we have BIGGER…
I certainly don’t think it’s helping, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with talking about the problematic aspects of this kind of thing.
It’s mostly just entertainment. That’s the purpose. But that doesn’t mean it’s exempt from criticism.
Munn’s essay may be misguided, but that doesn’t mean that this kind of fashion criticism isn’t problematic.
I’m aware. It’s still disproportionate, even on those sites, let alone the rest of the blogo/tabloidosphere.