#dreger

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So then the intellectual dark web are the people who want to be able to talk about certain topics without getting hate mail? That is tough in today's internet. You can get hate messages for tweets about marvel movies, hate messages for not liking certain entertainers. Hate messages for thinking bitcoin is goofy. Social media trolling and social media mobs are a problem but we shouldn't conflate it with a free speech issue I guess.

I mean, “the dark web” is kind of underspecified, which is part of the problem.

I should confess that I refuse to read the original article on principle.  (I try not to read clickbait.  Even if it’s published in the New York Times).  But I can comment on the commentary somewhat.

I enjoyed Alice Dreger’s piece on why she asked to be left out of the article even though it would have been fantastic publicity.  She certainly fits in the theme: she describes herself as having resigned from Northwestern after her work was censored by her dean.  In that sense she seems to fit right in.

But one of the points she makes is that she’s not entirely sure what the people in the piece have in common, other than some complaint about the way people respond to their controversial opinions.  So it’s really hard to actually explain what they have in common.

But yeah, “we should be able to not get tons of hate mail” is at least a reasonable request, if not really an actionable one.  Though I do sort of think we have an ethical obligation not to feed trolls, and that might help somewhat on the margin.

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Dave Naylor and Bruce Arthur are joined by Darren Dreger to chat Leafs future, Matt Duchene's injury and Montreal's chances against Boston.

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It is so awesome that an intersex activist is speaking at this level, on this type of platform. Dreger is an historian of anatomy and patient advocate… and here she very concisely deals with some very important questions that are intrinsic to transgender and interex studies, critical race theory, and activism, and she’s friggin’ slick about it — it’s soo accessible.

She illustrates what happens when bodies violate the cultural norms of anatomy, discussing the coverage of the Castor Semenya case (coverage of that was SO PROBLEMATIC AMG), when the African runner:



”had her sex called into question at the international games in Berlin. I had a lot of journalists calling me, asking me, “Which is the test that they are going to run that will tell us whether or not Castor Semenya is male or female?” And I had to explain to the journalists, “there isn’t such a test”. In fact, we now know that sex is complicated enough that we have to admit… nature doesn’t draw the line for us between male and female, or between male and intersex, and female and interest. We actually draw that line on nature.”



Yeah, wow. This historian knows what time it is. Fuck yeah. 

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-Alice Dreger. See her Ted Talk:

http://www.ted.com/talks/alice_dreger_is_anatomy_destiny.html

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Dreger Punking Eklund

First round:

Hockey Buzz Eklund ‏@Eklund

Ws just told by a VERY good source that JVR may have been the last piece Leafs Needed to Make Run at Nash?Remember the Jackets wanted him.

12:20 PM - 2 Jul 12 via TweetDeck · Details

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger

Not sure who's reporting...maybe @Eklund , but Brian Burke couldn't be more emphatic in saying Toronto is NOT in on Nash. As you were...

12:55 PM - 2 Jul 12 via Twitter for BlackBerry® · Details

Second round:

Hockey Buzz Eklund ‏@Eklund

Was just told Florida is OUT on Luongo. They had interest but grew tired of the Canucks demands and are moving on. (e4)

2:29 PM - 2 Jul 12 via TweetDeck · Details

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger

@Eklund. Sorry pal. Just talked to Dale Tallon and he says nothing has changed. Still talking with Van. Nothing imminent. High price.

2:42 PM - 2 Jul 12 via Twitter for BlackBerry® · Details

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Is anatomy destiny? (Good vid)

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Alice Dreger: Is anatomy destiny?

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 See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/a14xq3

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TSN reporters, I don't always agree with you.

Each week, the NHL on TSN panel voices their opinions on the hot topics of the day in the Wednesday Night Hockey Quiz. As a follow-up, TSN.ca offers you the opportunity to chime in on all the big issues with our insiders. Read up on all the questions and answers from TSN's hockey experts, and put in your own two cents on our popular Your Call feature.

Question No. 1: In as much as nobody is untouchable on the Toronto Maple Leafs, should the Leafs consider Mikhail Grabovski virtually untouchable because of his play this season? Untouchable or tradeable?

Darren Pang: You can't have an untouchable on the Toronto Maple Leafs. He's a tradeable commodity. He's got 24 goals, I respect that. I respect the fact he came back after that head injury and he looked like Glenn Anderson on that great move, but I do believe he's a tweener, and when the Toronto Maple Leafs become a playoff contender, he doesn't fit into the top two (lines).

Darren Dreger: He's tradeable. The Toronto Maple Leafs require multiple assets. They need help in virtually every area of their game. Yes, it's hard to imagine trading your leading goal-scorer but there are no untouchables with the exception of maybe Luke Schenn, Keith Aulie, and throw Nazem Kadri onto that list for the Leafs.

Bob McKenzie: He's virtually untradeable from the sense that, as Panger just said, he's not going to be a big factor when they make the playoffs. Well that's good, which could be five years from now. In the meantime, he's got a $2.9 million cap hit; he's arguably the best player on their hockey team; 24 goals; what's not to like? He's under contract for one more year. What are you going to trade him for? A bunch of draft picks and kids that can't play? Keep him in the lineup, let him play.

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Uhm. What the hell. "but I do believe he's a tweener, and when the Toronto Maple Leafs become a playoff contender, he doesn't fit into the top two (lines)." Darren Pang, I respectfully disagree. I think he could fit into the top two lines. He's great at everything he does. He has the drive, the ambition and the talent to score goals. And while goals aren't the only part of a hockey game, they are a pretty important aspect, especially when it comes to winning.

Dreger says he's tradeable. The Leafs are notorious for bad trades. Trading Grabo would be another of such bad trades. DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT BURKE.

Bob McKenzie says the Leafs probably won't be in the playoffs for five more years. I would love to prove him wrong. Even if we are out Round 1, it'd be nice just to see the blue and white in the playoffs again.

Grabo forever.