Behind the scenes in Central African Republic is horrific.
Behind the scenes in Sochi is not pretty (for straight locals, too).
It's hard to pick the most meaningful tributes to the memory of Nelson Mandela. Charles Blow's is worth it for the Zora Neale Hurston quote and his analysis thereof:
Behind the scenes in Sochi is not pretty (for straight locals, too).
It's hard to pick the most meaningful tributes to the memory of Nelson Mandela. Charles Blow's is worth it for the Zora Neale Hurston quote and his analysis thereof:
“Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.” The person consumed by discrimination morally subjugates himself or herself, as a matter of principle, to the person free of it, leaving the person free of it with the moral high ground.
Zakes Mda's is also worth reading, as is this piece on the next--less traumatized, more hopeful, but also more frustrated--generation.
Egypt, too, lost a great dissident this week.
Have you been wondering how The Pivot has been going?
Egypt, too, lost a great dissident this week.
Have you been wondering how The Pivot has been going?
If I were SAIS, I would ask Max Fisher to drop its name from his columns; his sloppy, sloppy journalism--how does one manage two significant factual errors in a single sentence--threaten the credibility of SAIS as well as that of the Post (seriously, guys: have you heard of fact-checking?) I would like to think that no SFSer would be sloppy enough to conflate radioactive source materials with "nuclear" materials, whatever that means ("fissile," "fissionable," and "fertile" all mean something to me, as does "special nuclear," but what the f* is "nuclear"?). And this is part of the reason that SFS always comes out ahead in the rankings. If this is the Post's point person for explaining nuclear issues, they might want to send him back for some additional schooling on the subject matter.
Update: I'm aware that others--including those who really know what they're talking about--use "nuclear materials" as a descriptive catch-all, but they are still careful to distinguish between the two in the content.
Also, here's another piece slamming the generally sloppy journalism about the Mexican cobalt-60 truck.
Appearance is a not insignificant component of identity (see also Nora Ephron's thoughts on the matter, which made me think about privilege: you don't dwell on what you don't lack, and it can surprise you when others want for it). But it's also true (back to the first link) that we manipulate our appearance in many ways (some of us more than others), so the question of where you draw the line--where enhancement becomes false advertising--is an interesting one.
This is a long, rambling post about body image that essentially ends in the writer's being able to accept herself because her bf's approval. For no less social-interest value but much more entertainment value per word, read this instead.
This is a long, rambling post about body image that essentially ends in the writer's being able to accept herself because her bf's approval. For no less social-interest value but much more entertainment value per word, read this instead.
Check out Dr. Bellati's tweets on phytic acid (so you can better tell the paleos in your life that they're full of shit):
Phytic acid -- found in beans and whole grains -- can slightly inhibit absorption of minerals like calcium and magnesium. #wellnesschat
— Andy Bellatti MS, RD (@andybellatti) December 6, 2013
FYI number 1: soaking beans reduces phytic acid content. #wellnesschat
— Andy Bellatti MS, RD (@andybellatti) December 6, 2013
Eating a well-rounded diet that includes beans and legumes is no cause for concern re: mineral deficiencies. #wellnesschat
— Andy Bellatti MS, RD (@andybellatti) December 6, 2013
Also, some research points to certain phytates actually conferring health benefits: http://t.co/EU2DpOzzet #wellnesschat
— Andy Bellatti MS, RD (@andybellatti) December 6, 2013
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