21 5 / 2013
Episode #768: Jamie is a language pioneer, the Chicago Board of Education considers closing 54 schools despite overwhelming evidence the closures won’t fix the city’s deficit, a Florida teen is expelled and charged with a felony for being in a lesbian relationship, labor deal emerges in aftermath of Bangladesh tragedy, day 100 passes of the Gitmo hunger strike, Abercrombie & Fitch’s fat-shaming CEO.
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20 5 / 2013
"I mean, you really can’t negotiate when someone gets up there and says ‘Hey feminists, shut up.’ That’s a really stark way to start things, where it’s like, ‘so you just told me to shut up, can I even participate in this conversation?’ Or are you to just be like ‘Oh another shrill feminist has a fucking opinion.’"
20 5 / 2013
Episode #767: Allison and Jamie discuss women in secularism, fast food workers unite, Chicago school closings protests, Judge says lesbian’s partner must leave house due to her “lifestyle,” Koch brothers dump toxic byproduct on Detroit, regulators back down on derivatives rule, the AP scoop that ran to DOJ probe only ran after CIA sign off, head of Fort Campbell harassment program arrested in domestic dispute.
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20 5 / 2013
Chicago Board of Education Votes This Week Whether To Shut Down 54 Schools | The Nation
Chicago is braced for a critical vote by the Board of Education this week to determine if 54 schools will be closed. […] The announced closings spurred a weekend of protests in which activists claimed children’s lives will be put at risk when they are transferred to new schools, some of which are located in neighborhoods infamous for gun violence.“There is no way (CPS) can keep people safe walking through this danger zone,” protester Jitu Brown shouted into a megaphone during a protest outside Overton Elementary School in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighbourhood — one of the schools slated for closure.
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16 5 / 2013
Glenn accidentally tweeted “thanks” instead of replying to a previous tweet.
16 5 / 2013
"If we were writing an encyclopedia of what rape culture is reddit would actually be like large part of it."
