I can remember back when the notion that gender, being sex stereotypes were something to be avoided or at least treated skeptically. The recent transgender ideology throws these notions out and fully embraces the toxicity that comes with gendered stereotypes.
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Dead Wild Roses: Fred Sargeant, Gay Rights Pioneer, Statement – Calling out the Clownshow OutRight Vermont
the courageous group of activists who are going to protest Outright Vermont today (October 1, 2022) Following up on my post from September 30, which includes a press release and detailed explanation about the reason for the October 1 protest being held by LGB Alliance’s Vermont chapter against Outright
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality | Helen Joyce
—Chapters— (0:00) – Coming Up (0:57) – Intro (2:22) – Writing “Trans” (9:46) – Women and Biological Reality (19:50) – Age Solidarity Among Women (24:57) – Narcissism, a Key Contributor (34:53) – Fetishes & the Unbalanced Psyche (36:57) – Breaking the Fantasy (42:25) – Freud & the Oedipal Complex (48:11)
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Sarah Zhang discusses the absurdity of treating the COVID pandemic as being over when it’s causing more death and illness than ever, while Shanoor Seervai interviews Bob Pratcher about the need for people to keep working on reducing risk even while being told
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: “Social Justice” Creeping into STEM is Problematic.
A short clip but interesting as the woman discusses that for her to continue fruitfully in her academic career she is going to have to “prove” she is a good person. How do you prove you are good person? You repeat the mantras – whether they are relevant to your
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: State of Monarchy in the Caribbean
Caribbean Realm Flags Not too long ago there was somecontroversy during the Cambridge’s tourof the Caribbean, although this was reallyabout some politicians and activists tryingto shake things up. Royal tourseverywhere spark debates all the time. In reality this tour was very successful.The Queen was evidently not seen as acolonial ruler
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Aria Bendix and Shannon Pettypiece report on the reality that due to a failure to contain it in its early stages, COVID-19 now stands to be a leading cause of death (and a factor in reduced lifespans) for decades to come. Erin Praiter
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Emily Alpert Reyes and Aida Ylanan discuss COVID’s continued toll in lives and health even as the people in power seek to pretend it’s over with, while Jamie Ducharme points out the growing spread of long COVID as an unprecedented mass disabling event. And
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Ontario Highschool Abandons Decency, Logic, and Rationality in Favour of Gender Identity
What the fuck is going on in Ontario education? Where are the professional standards and common sense? How is this even a thing? Score one for the kids on this one, they can tell that something abnormal is going on here. This is deviant behaviour has no fucking place in
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Which World Will You Choose?
The choice is quite stark, yet easy if you value a reality based society.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: CTV News – Supporting Female Erasure in the Name Gender Identity – RPOJ Revived!
Well here we be in 2022 and for some reason the news media seems to have forgotten some very basic facts about the human species. Humans are exclusively a sexually dimorphic species – that is males produce small motile gametes and have their physiology arranged around that aspect of reproduction
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Bruce Arthur laments the message being sent by Ontario’s government that there’s no need to care about other people in the face of an ongoing pandemic, while Norm Farrell discusses British Columbia’s sliding back into a neglect phase. Anne Flaherty reports on the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Let’s Not Destabilize Children with the Pronoun Religion – Featuring Colin Wright
Pronouns are simply parts of speech. No one owns any particular part of speech and thus, no one is under any obligation to use pronouns that are not congruent with the material reality we all share. Children often feel discomfort with themselves and their sense of self as they grow
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Martha Lincoln writes about the needless harm caused by public health messaging about being people being “tired” of pandemic precautions which many (if not most) are entirely willing to take. Rachel Gilmore reports on the WHO’s warnings about the continued human toll from
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Liz Szabo examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved – and the reality that the large number of infections in the Omicron wave is overwhelming the benefit of existing immunity. And Andre Picard highlights how counterproductive it is to be eliminating Ontario’s Science
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Wency Leung asks how much more of a human toll we’re willing to accept in order to operate in denial of a continuing pandemic. And Phil Tank discusses how the Moe government has chosen to frame the constant stream of preventable disease
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Should Trans Women Be Treated Legally as Women – The Discussions We Need to Have
Peter Boghossian can’t get left leaning student groups to sponsor his presentations. His crime? Asking people how they came to the position they hold and would they change their mind? This is the sort of activity that should be commonplace in our higher institutions. It isn’t, and you should be
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