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• Yes and no. I should have added that I had a graduate degree and plenty of journalism experience, so I should not have felt so unbelievably insecure. The treatment I endured *increased* my feeling of insecurity and I ended up
  (posted to Imposter Syndrome )
• cheap visual shortcut to indicate a female? So how do they indicate birds and other animals as female in animated movies exactly? There are other ways of doing it.
  (posted to Asshat Interview of the Day, with Director James Cameron)
• Yeah, it sounds really clunky and hateful. I suppose it's a mirror to misogyny. However, it's true that the money economy is based on power and illusion more than so-called "effort" and "merit". And women pay the price a lot
  (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
• A feminist issue is one that highlights unfairness towards women. If climate change affects women disproportionately, then a discussion of this, in particular, is a feminist discussion. Otherwise, no. There's no reason a feminist can't discuss every other conceivable issue
  (posted to What Is a Feminist Issue?)
• About the New York subway harassment situation: box-cutters. If we faced that kind of thing in Toronto I would carry box-cutters, use them, and definitely claim self-defence. They're not "really" weapons but I bet they work pretty damned well.
  (posted to What We Missed.)

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• adag87, i totally understand your feeling of thinking you "probably should have said something to the guy"-- i live in san francisco and am harassed/cat-called on the street daily, and often find myself wondering why i didn't respond more quickly (posted to What We Missed.)
• Oh, it seems pretty likely that we've executed innocent people. See, for example: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/07/090907fa_fact_grann?currentPage=all And this is a solid overview of the subject, though about 5 years old now: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence-and-crisis-american-death-penalty (posted to What We Missed.)
• Re: Kid who won't say the pledge - what an inspiration! And in Arkansas! That takes definite guts. He seems like such a unique and brave kid, I hope that he can get through the inevitable teasing and keep it (posted to What We Missed.)
• A small note, but I would like to point out that UCLA and UC Davis students have also been striking this week. (posted to What We Missed.)
• And UC Santa Cruz! (posted to What We Missed.)

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