The US had an attempted coup on Wednesday.
Read MoreTag: social inequality
Can I have a woke Thanksgiving?
As a progressive in 2020, you’d have to be willfully ignorant to think that there are no problems with Thanksgiving. But unlike, say, the former Columbus Day, this holiday isn’t just a day off. For a lot of Americans, myself included, this day has been one of the most important yearly events of family gathering for their entire lives. Is there a way to keep that going, or should we let Thanksgiving retire?
Read MoreOn normalcy
God, I wish things would just go back to normal.
Read MoreThe Complicated Status of Being Jewish in America
The recent synagogue shooting has prompted me to be more open about my thoughts and feelings on being Jewish* in today’s America. We’re caught somewhere between whiteness and historical disenfranchisement, a simultaneous well-known and invisible minority. Read More
In breast milk vs. formula, science is a red herring
http://groundedparents.com/2018/08/01/how-breast-became-best/
This “Robin reads the internet” comes courtesy of a colleague of mine whose MO is promoting science with a slavish religiosity, which in my opinion leads to making loud arguments about complex social issues at the expense of those who are actually affected by them. The “breast is best” debate is his latest shout into the void, and while this article he shared isn’t incorrect, to my mind it misses the point. Read More
