Being critical of your interests is sooooo fun when you have the critic gene & then you sound kind of insane to the average tv watcher when you're like "this is my favorite show, It's Racist" & then you try to clarify what you mean & get that [Speech (legendary) - FAILURE] "the racism is really interesting though"
[Speech (legendary) - SUCCESS] I find the sociopolitical context of pulpy old sci-fi born circa the civil rights movement really fascinating to analyze especially when it was progressive for its time but still reveals the writers' unexamined biases in the subtext
Now to the untrained eye you might be thinking. Wouldn't you rather watch a show that isn't racist? But that's the fuck of it all, nothing is free of The Context and The Subtext. Everything is lowkey racist. And I like star trek
Christians love doing stuff like this and making such a person the face of their religion then turn around and get mad when they're (correctly) seen as insufferable.
Some of the same people upset a Muslim man is poised to be the mayor of New York. But sure, they give AF about supposed "religious discrimination".
hey so i read part of the student's essay and i want to add a few things:
it was a 0 out of 25 points. that's not even a huge deal.
she only wrote 650 words.
the girl didn't do the actual assignment; she just wrote what she felt like and submitted it.
the class was a PSYCHOLOGY course yet her essay was about her religious beliefs and provided no citations or psychological basis. she simply insisted her argument was true because the bible supposedly says so.
her entire essay is a mindless rant about how strict gender roles must be upheld and trans people are "demonic"
her writing—and i cannot stress this enough—is on par with that of a child who doesn't want to do an assignment. it's so bad i genuinely thought i was reading a satire article.
the student is a fucking college JUNIOR writing like a 10-year-old. she is also a psychology MAJOR who thinks everything in the bible is literal and that her religion is the only source anyone needs. this is someone who intends to go into mental health care. she is dangerously bigoted and ignorant, and her professor saw this and was punished for grading accordingly.
here's a line from her essay:
"Women naturally want to do womanly things because God created us with those womanly desires in our hearts. The same goes for men. God created men in the image of His courage and strength, and He created women in the image of His beauty."
here's her teacher's reasoning for the grade:
“[I am] not deducting points because you have certain beliefs" but rather because the paper "does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class and is at times offensive."
the girl is a hate-filled bigot. she is a white christian girl who is now being championed by fox news and turning point usa while her professor sits on fucking forced leave. this is disgusting.
important edit: i have just learned the professor is trans. this hateful brat is actively trying to destroy a trans person's life.
Reading the feedback of the teacher as well as the co-teacher, they calmly explained their reasoning for the 0 grade in a way that repeatedly said this girl was allowed to think what she believed, but that this paper simply could not be considered a completion of the assignment.
The fact that this teacher was put on suspension for failing a student who did not even meet the assignment and went out of her way to say the girl was allowed to believe what she believed is absolutely galling. This is an educational institution, and the fact that they are even considering disciplinary action against this teacher for attempting to teach?? Appalling. Absolutely beyond parody that this is where we are in this country.
i think its also very important to note that samantha fulnecky made academic honor roll at OU last year. people keep saying how stupid she is, which based off the essay absolutely makes sense, but i think its important that more people know this was a conscious effort on her part to produce a piece of work well below the standards of the course, inserting hateful rhetoric, for the sole purpose of getting a failing grade and getting this professor fired. this is not her being ignorant or stupid, this is a specific strategy to ruin a trans womans life and gain public notoriety to launch a right wing grifting career.
as a person who uses either public bathroom on a toss of a coin i gottta say its kind of ridicuous that people are so attached to them being seperate facilities. youre not usually gonna see anyones dick at the urinal and youre not usually gonna be able to spy on any women. the stalls are the same except one has a little tampon bin. we would lose nothing if all bathrooms were unisex and i'll die on that hill.
my impression of the public bathroom experience is that nobody is actually looking at eachother and everyone just wants to pee and leave and to try not to touch the toilet seat directly. if youre worried about whats in other peoples pants i think that makes you the weirdo.
FDA Announces Shredded Cheese Recall in 31 States Over Metal Fragments
A recall has been initiated for shredded cheese sold at major retailers—including Walmart, Target, and Aldi—due to pieces of metal, which ca
A recall has been issued for shredded cheese sold at major retailers in 31 states and Puerto Rico.
The cheese may contain metal fragments, which can cause internal injuries if consumed.
Toss or return any affected cheese—the FDA gave the recall the second-highest risk level.
Shredded cheese sold at major retailers, including Target, Walmart, and Aldi, has been recalled in 31 states and Puerto Rico, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The cheese, produced by Great Lakes Cheese Co. Inc., was initially recalled on Oct. 3 for containing metal fragments, which pose the risk of internal injury if consumed. On Dec. 2, the FDA updated the risk level to Class II, the second-highest, meaning the chances of serious health consequences are "remote," but there is a possibility of temporary or reversible effects.
The recall impacts the following cheeses and brands:
Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Shredded Cheese
Always Save
Borden
Brookshire’s
Cache Valley Creamery
Chestnut Hill
Coburn Farms
Econo
Food Club
Food Lion
Gold Rush Creamery
Good & Gather
Great Lakes Cheese
Great Value
Happy Farms by Aldi
H-E-B
Hill Country Fare
Know & Love
Laura Lynn
Lucerne Dairy Farms
Nu Farm
Publix
Schnuck’s
Simply Go
Sprouts Farmers Market
Stater Bros. Markets
Sunnyside Farms
Italian Style Shredded Cheese Blend-
Happy Farms by Aldi
Brookshire’s
Cache Valley Creamery
Coburn Farms
Great Value
Know & Love
Laura Lynn
Publix
Simply Go
Pizza Style Shredded Cheese Blend
Food Club
Econo
Gold Rush Creamery
Great Value
Laura Lynn
Simply Go
Mozzarella and Provolone Shredded Cheese Blend
Freedom’s Choice
Good & Gather
Great Lakes Cheese
Great Value
Mozzarella and Parmesan Shredded Cheese Blend
Good & Gather
The recalled cheese was sold in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Puerto Rico.
The main foyer is in the middle of everything and also has an unnecessary wall. There are two bathtubs in "Mudroom & Laundry coat closet". The free-floating tables in the middle of a massive room where everything else is at the sides. 8 tiled rooms I hesitate to call bathrooms because one of them is just a room with a sink in it next to a room with THREE sinks in it. Bedroom 2 doesn't get a bed.
From the NYTimes article about the announcement of Cloud Dancer as the Pantone color of 2026.
[Alt Text: HOLTERMANN This white in particular, strikes me as a little flavorless. It’s the color of cottage cheese and dental floss, of marshmallows and AirPods. It reminds me of the clothes I put on when I’m in a rush and the foods I eat when I have a stomach ache.]
gentle reminder about the scam thats going around at the moment.
if someone messages you telling you they got scammed by someone with similar username to you and that they’ve accidentally reported your account, do not engage.
message will look something like this:
again, DO NOT ENGAGE.
a friend has just lost access to their account because of this, and the reason I didn’t fall for it is because I remembered seeing posts recently about it being a scam. so I too am spreading the word in the hope that maybe you will remember this post if you receive a similar dm.
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