Actually, I remember reading a study several years ago that showed the opposite. White children expected to see representations of themselves in media, black children only expected to see themselves portrayed in certain character tropes (I think "thug" and "athlete" were two of those tropes) and Asian kids didn't…

I'm actually surprised that some clause about senior management (i.e. marginalizing Dov, if not outright kicking him out) hasn't been part of any of the debt covenants. At least from an outside perspective, he definitely seems like the source of a lot of AA's ongoing problems.

Why are you so sure it won't pass? This IS Arizona after all. And the United States of Fuck You if You've got Ovaries.

Serial numbers correspond to individual items, like VINs trace one car (or a S# will trace to exactly one Fendi bag). Barcodes correspond to products, so all 16oz bottles of Tide Fresh Scent (no idea if that's a real product) will have the same barcode, but no individual serial number. Most commodities don't have…

You've hit the nail on the head - "awareness activism" is about cycles and what's fashionable at the time. So, exactly as you said, in a few weeks/months, everyone will forget about this viral video because it's about helping a lost continent - but wait, it's lost and invisible anyway so it's not our fault that a few…

"If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together." -Lilla Watson, Indigenous Australian activist.

even homicides get the same treatment. The shooting of a Latino man in the neighborhood near me gets buried on page 2; but OMG one of the private university kids gets hit by a car? Stop the presses, the mayor offers a reward, special task force time! It was actually shocking to see this happen in real time in my area…

I really appreciate Jezebel's coverage of missing children of color. I think the original commenter was more talking about mainstream media ("prime time billing").

I was stunned when a friend asked me about a pair of fraternal twins we both knew, asking if I thought they were lovers. I think people just can't get their minds wrapped around two people being that close without sex being a factor. Maybe because I have sisters who I'm really close to, it never even crossed my mind.

Upon reading your comment my first thought was, "Wait, I don't remember commenting on this article." In other words, we are twins.

I'm having a really horrible day and I would never in a million years have guessed that the thing that would make me smile and chuckle today would be a Republican talking about gay marriage. I'm not watching the second video so that I can pretend for a moment that I live in a decent world.

Between the PP and stem cell research debacles, I hadn't even considered the hospitals/abortions angle! BTW, does your friend have any insight on what SGK grant recipients are saying (internally) about what's been going on? I have a friend who does cancer research and they say that people have been avoiding talking…

Thanks! I'm so provincial I thought you were referring to the LA Times. ::embarassed::

Maybe I missed it in the LA Times story, but I didn't see anything about the staff removals being done to help with the investigation - only an attempt to calm parent's fears. I can see why a staff removal would help (investigators can interview people faster and not have to worry about disrupting the school schedule)…

The researchers were using the ICD-9 codes, which is how hospitals code diseases/symptoms for reimbursement purposes whenever a patient is admitted. It's not 100% clear from abstract whether they classify abuse as an ICD-9 injury code AND a 995.5x abuse code, assault code, or battering code (versus an injury code…

I actually think it's awesome that she's calling them out on it. SGK's strategy with this debacle seems to be to throw her under the bus so that they can regain credibility ("Nothing to see, No more right-wingers here!"). But she's right - the organization at its highest levels approved this move (and hired her, so…

That's just enraging. I spent a good part of the past several years working on patient advocacy issues, trying to get medical experts and caregivers heard over business people, and it makes me so angry that public health folks were excluded - they are often the most passionate and articulate caregivers and advocates…

I'm always in such respect of people who quit their jobs to stand by what they believe in! It's a good reminder to always try to have something squirreled away in case I'm ever in a similar situation in the future (as I've been in the past.)

Thanks for this data! My friend does cancer research and he told me something similar, and explained some of the sociological things underpinning the funding issues: Lung cancer gets very little funding b/c people feel that those patients are at fault for getting the disease. Colorectal is hard to market (b00bs is…

I am stealing this as my official response to the epithet "political correct."