Friday roundup

I didn't know about the Freedom Seder.

Klein on Murray on race.

The Onion nails it.

Roxane Gay on Roseanne Barr. See also,

It's disturbing to see Roseanne going on all these talk shows and having everyone pretend like she's just a normal, slightly conservative now lady when she's on the internet accusing Parkland survivors of being Nazis, saying garbage about trans folks and engaging in conspiracy bs

— Robyn Pennacchia (@RobynElyse) March 29, 2018

and,

I don't actually think it touches any of the ways in which politics affects people's lives. It treats politics like a separable, irrelevant disagreement that doesn't actually have any consequences. And in the three episodes I saw, I don't think racism is acknowledged even once.

— Linda Holmes (@lindaholmes) March 29, 2018

This, on feminism.

“If our movement is not serious about building power,” Garza explains, “then we are just engaged in a futile exercise of who can be the most radical.”

Dairy means dead animals.

These poor, unfortunately named people.

Stay strong Lauren, we are a special group! pic.twitter.com/pRtolOduYQ

— George Papadopoulos (@feeonlyplanner) March 29, 2018

Tuesday roundup (brought to you by my cold)

On Stephon Clark and Anthony Stephan House, both of whom should be alive today.

Can’t stop thinking about how the Austin police initially downplayed the first bombing and publicly implied that the victim, Anthony Stephan House, might have constructed the bomb himself and it self-detonated, killing him. https://t.co/x5VxBonHTY pic.twitter.com/naOEVjWAyv

— 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚎 (@resisterhood) March 22, 2018

RIP Linda Brown (and her father). And Blois Hundley.

This girl is phenomenal.

When a student finds their voice, we celebrate. Today I want to recognize Naomi and her opportunity to influence a topic she is passionate about. @ACPSk12
(Photo credit: Getty Images) pic.twitter.com/nxMfw275ba

— GeorgeMasonPrincipal (@GMasonPrincipal) March 24, 2018

Read this whole thread about gun control.

As we feel the high of today, remember these important nuances as we pursue gun control:

1. Gun control must not lead to the additional disproportionate jailing of black and brown people.

Put proposed legislation through racial justice tests before you advocate.

— Brittany Packnett (@MsPackyetti) March 25, 2018

A tweet in a thread about satellite marches.

From Fairbanks: "In Alaska, many people use guns for hunting and subsistence living, but they also use them for violence against women, esp Alaska Native women and girls. Yesterday our March was structured around an art/poetry exhibit honoring victims and survivors of violence." pic.twitter.com/gqKZXatnjl

— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) March 25, 2018

Dude wakes up to anti-Semitism in America, writes a book that assumes everyone else was asleep as well. The book, nonetheless, appears worth reading.

On science.

It's fine when science can't answer questions. That's what the humanities are for.

— Eve Forster 👩🏼‍🔬🧠 (@EveForster) March 23, 2018

I have such a problem with fetishizing all things Soviet, and this piece kind-of gets to that. Beauty and fashion can be either chore or release or some combination (see the Sady Doyle piece I linked to a few weeks ago on skincare). I will say this: I've been to some extremely poor places where very poor women take enormous pride in their dress. Clothing is one way to express individuality; individuality and Sovietism are natural enemies. Also, it's flaunting privilege to look like shit and get away with it.

All-male panels are far too common, but Stanford's Hoover Institution truly outdid itself.

Mean Girls aren't really a thing.

The Pacific garbage patch is out of control.

Eat plants, help feed people. And no, you don't need to drink milk.

Mmm, pho.

A photon is the smallest discrete amount or quantum of phở.

— Bad Science (@baaaadscience) March 26, 2018

Wednesday Snow Day Roundup

Well, Ghouta is hell.

Trayon White's apology is a good one.

Massive Poultry is exploiting Small Business loans. And killing millions of fish.

Stanford had an all-male conference.

ALL-MALE HISTORY CONFERENCE. This goes for the GUINNESS BOOK of the century! A team of 30 white male historians will discuss Applied History at @Stanford . What a shame. https://t.co/IXFQqi2eN2 pic.twitter.com/GBRNzIFMvP

— Ana Lucia Araujo (@analuciaraujo_) March 14, 2018

The Times is better late than never with obituaries of extraordinary women.

Mixed feelings about the inspiring Barbies (not just the absurd Frida Kahlo one), but in this day and age when Old Navy still only markets NASA shirts to men, I guess I'll take the win.

Sady Doyle's thread on women getting ahead in "problematic" professions.

It's also clear that we (men and women) hold subtle double standards around whether women are allowed to have or want power. And it's clear that women are kept out of power by structural means, and that shunning power leaves them without leverage to change structures.

— Sady Doyle (@sadydoyle) March 14, 2018

Here's another:

You know, if you believe the US government must be dismantled, and that any position within it corrupts the holder, sure, there's no value in electing women. But the same people who argued women shouldn't want that form of power backed male candidates for the same positions!

— Sady Doyle (@sadydoyle) March 13, 2018

The first tweet in my thread about when appearance matters on stage (and in movies).

Allow me one more potentially unpopular but nuanced opinion tonight, but let me preface by saying that the dickhead agony over the new Lara Croft’s chest is BS but tragi-hilarious to observe. The controversial/nuanced part is that sometimes, that kind of thing matters.

— 🙀 (@rgbrb) March 15, 2018

If this isn't every other dude trying to date in DC...

Lol men

Date Lab: She was funny and talkative. He was put off. https://t.co/wn77olRvhD pic.twitter.com/qm1RWtLeTZ

— 🙀 (@rgbrb) March 12, 2018

You shouldn't need gimmicks to refrain from taking your relationship for granted.

John Oliver is a national treasure, and I'm so glad his book is doing well.

I love the story about the girl who snapped her retainer over Michael B. Jordan.

Friday roundup

Poland is emboldened in bullshit because it's gotten away with it for too long.

An Afghan refugee plots about giving back.

How do you watch old movies and TV with freshly woke eyes? Or, the Donna Problem.

The Donna Problem is that it would be easy to excuse her interactions with Josh because he’s a lovable goof who doesn’t mean any harm. Their relationship is played as sweet. We’re supposed to root for him.

Except that excusing powerful men because they didn’t mean any harm is exactly how we got in this situation. Realizing that powerful men were getting away with things — getting our new glasses prescription, to use Lippman’s metaphor — is exactly why we have a Donna Problem.

Nothing in the Donna-Josh relationship is overtly bad. But it’s a little bad. We can no longer ignore that a lot of little-bad things together are what normalize a toxic culture.

Use coral-friendly sunscreen.

Screening sunscreen for environmental friendliness requires getting familiar with chemicals including oxybenzone, octinoxate and methyl paraben. Haereticus Environmental Lab publishes a list of chemicals to avoid. Mineral sunblocks including zinc oxide and titanium dioxide that are “non-nano” in size are considered safe. Formulations below 100 nanometers are considered nano and can be ingested by corals.

Watch Surya Bonaly's mind-blowing illegal backflip.

Read this phenomenal thread about The Book Lady, aka inimitable Dolly Parton.

When fires ravaged parts of Tenn in 2016, Dolly Parton gave $1k/month to every homeless family until they could get back on their feet. She has used her fame to spread a message of love/acceptance.

Today, she donated her 100 millionth book

Dolly Parton is an American treasure pic.twitter.com/Ad91pP1cgz

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) February 28, 2018

Watch Wayne Brady's awesome interview.

Look at this Turkish classroom cat.