I originally wrote this as science fiction. Given how many of us seem ready to give our consciousness over and become unthinking zombies… well, I’m not sure how fictional it is anymore.
bigot / social justice / sociology
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Words and History
Etymology was never so fraught before.
politics / sociology
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You Can Fight Back And Keep Your Soul
You don’t have to always give in or fight as dirty as they do. There is another way to deal with narcissists in relationships and in politics.
sociology / structural discrimination
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Inequality In The Work Week
The work week was a great progressive triumph. It’s also an example of structural inequality.
music / neurospicy / society / sociology
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Illustrating The Empathy Gap With Music
There are so many examples where the “majority” (or at least, the group with the majority of the power) simply don’t bother to consider that other people might be different from them. Even in ways as trivial as one’s taste in music.