Holy sh*t....what twisted soul came up with the crucifixion cookies?!?! That’s DARK.
Yup. The movement predates Wakefield. Glad you brought it up. Antisemitism is rampant in the anti-vaccine community, and it goes a long, long way back. In 1932, an antisemitic magazine published a drawing of a smug-looking Jewish doctor immunizing a baby in a cartoon labeled, “Die Impfung,” or “The Vaccination,” with…
Great post. If I can add a corroboration, I was born before the MMR was available, and my mom caught rubella while she was pregnant with me. I am what happens when you avoid the MMR vaccine.
So you think that we Autistic women don’t exist?
Anti-vaxx movement stands against Autistic people by pushing harmful propaganda that promotes fear and prejudice towards Autistic people, the anti-vaxx movement has also seen a sea of money being used to disprove the myth of a connection between vaccines and autism -…
wow and yes.
I think it was very well written.
A.men.
I’m going to just repost what I said yesterday over on Gawker’s article. I’ve highlighted the part that any anti-vaxxer reading this should pay close attention to.
Why the fuck is Chris Jenner in there? Can’t the daughters have friends without her becoming involved?
The answer to your questions are:
You know, this one of my new fears. I’m minding my own business out in public, giving everyone the stinkeye they richly deserve. I’m in the background of some random photo and end up as an internet meme.
Don’t be too bummed. Kids at his stage of development are sorting their world out and putting things into categories. While he’s figuring out why some people are girls and others are boys, he’ll have more trouble with the idea that boys and girls can like the same things. He’ll also have trouble with the concept that…
my co-worker saw him on the street the other day (I work in downtown Ottawa), said he was greeting people (and posing for their selfies) until his own security people moved him on. She said he was quite tall and slim. Lucky girl, she’s also seen our Minister of National Defense, Harjit Sajjan, in person.
That sucks :( I babysit several boys between the ages of 5 and 10 and I’ve watched most of them start picking up sexist ideas as they get older. I try to gently counter the things they say and sometimes they listen, other times they don’t, but I know a few instances of the babysitter trying to combat sexist ideas is…
Embarrassingly, this sort of turns me on a little bit.
I’m a straight male, and even I’m crushing on this dude.