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Really a lot of thoughts on racism: A links round-up

Well, we have come to the end of another week, and as such we must read some links and think about the world. I am writing this post whilst finally watching WandaVision, and you may expect that my next links round-up will contain lots of links about WandaVision, because I am enjoying it tremendously thus far. Also Teyonah Parris is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. I gasp every time she smiles. Anyway, have some links! “It’s disingenuous to say their race doesn’t matter in this world, when the most prominent and numerous people are white.” On the…

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A Links Round-Up for the Long Weekend

If you are in America, I hope that you have today off in which to read plenty of awesome things, and a quiet weekend where people for God’s sake get their act together and stop shooting off every single firework. I plan to read a bunch of nonsense and hopefully write a book review post for Monday. I probably remember how to write posts of this kind. And maybe I will do something pretend-productive like enter old reviews into Storygraph. Relatedly, I’m on Storygraph! Follow me! “At your best, a companion. At your worst, a danger.” Linda Holmes examines white/black…

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The Westing Game and Other Matters: A Links Round-Up

We did it, friends! We made it through another week! I hope we all have wonderful, soothing, unstressful plans for this weekend, with all our favorite foods and drinks. We deserve it like crazy. Garbage in, garbage out: A really straightforward and helpful look at the ways algorithms become biased. Jia Tolentino is one of my all-time faves, and this is a piece about The Westing Game, so I am about as happy as it is possible for a person to be. Remember that thing where Sherrilyn Kenyon said her husband was poisoning her? Lila Shapiro has been reporting it…

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FRANZEN: A Links Round-Up

It’s Friday. If you’re reading this, you’ve survived another fucking week. I’m coping the same way I always do, by following the advice of the wonderful Celeste Pewter: I’ve adopted two Democratic Senate candidates as my own, and I plan to do an action for one of them each week, even if it’s something small. Bill Nelson’s seat in Florida is in a dead heat, and we have to hold the seats we have in the Senate (more Democrats than Republicans are up for reelection); and if y’all donate now, your donation will be double-matched, so you’re effectively donating $15…

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