Category: Culture (Page 18 of 22)

Peter Dinklage is not a dark elf.

New Snow White Movie

Dinklage said. “You’re still telling the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there. It makes no sense to me. You’re progressive in one way and you’re still making that f–king backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together, what the f–k are you doing man? Have I done nothing to advance the cause from my soapbox? I guess I’m not loud enough.“

I need some clarification. 

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BBC: Racist Birds to be renamed.

BBC: Bird names will be changed

Several bird species in the US and Canada will receive new names based on their habitats and traits rather than people’s names, the American Ornithological Society has announced.

“Exclusionary naming conventions developed in the 1800s, clouded by racism and misogyny, don’t work for us today, and the time has come for us to transform this process and redirect the focus to the birds, where it belongs,” the society’s CEO, Judith Scarl, said in a statement.

How do these people keep sneaking in?

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Washington Free Press: Deviants run the State Department

Washington Free Press: State Department Intersex Announcement

Today in celebration and recognition of Intersex Awareness Day, we affirm the United States’ commitment to promoting and protecting the human rights of Intersex persons globally.

With the war in Ukraine, the war in the Gaza Strip, and the rest of the world feeling shaky, the State Department must have something more important to do.

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The New Yorker: Idle Black People

The New Yorker: Black People at Rest

It’s not clear what to make of this article and art exhibit showing Black women resting (h/t Althouse)

If you can’t be arsed to click over, the article talks about a photography exhibit at N.Y.U. and illustrates it with three photos of Black women idle in bed and one getting her hair washed.  The article tries to make it sound like a broad social movement.

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