writing professors will tell you “completely evil characters are unrealistic” and then you meet people who are like “children should work in the mines for a crust of bread” or “we could lower the marginal tax rate if we burned down the libraries”
Just got off a 15 hr flight (am still in transit to YYZ at SFO) and during security was subject to a full body pat down because my hijab had a "chemical" in it. Security does not know what chemical - I asked. Nor do they have a file or incident number that I can inquire about.
And if you need further proof of just how important libraries are, consider that the largest school district in Texas is replacing a third of its libraries with “discipline centers.” Well-informed children who enjoy reading are a fascist’s worst nightmare.
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Good on @BookPeople. Let's all buy a book from them as a show of support. Not everyone has the guts to stand up to injustice. Happy to see that my favorite local bookstore has the chutzpah to do it. #BansOffOurBooks
Philippines, Morocco, Panama, Vietnam, Haiti, Ireland, Zambia and Portugal are a win for women's football. Ecosystems of sport were not meant to be restricted. They need to grow, be paid, supported and thrive.
New teams create precedent for other countries dreaming of competing.
When Texas A&M announced that Kathleen McElroy, a respected journalist with a long career, would spearhead the revival of the journalism program, there was fanfare. But, within days, McElroy said she was told there was a target on her back. https://t.co/Dg7CcD7p8O
“You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, ‘you are free to compete with all the others,’ and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.”—LBJ, 1965