Random links
- An Oil Town Where Men Are Many, and Women Are Hounded
- Sometimes uncomfortable, maybe awkward, but despite Jezebel arguing that it was unsafe, the area's crime rate appears to be significantly lower than the national average.
- The Great Migration
- "... half of the jobs in university political science programs went to graduates of the top 11 schools. That is to say, if you have a Ph.D. from Harvard, Stanford, Princeton and so on, your odds of getting a job are very good. If you earned your degree from one of the other 100 degree-granting universities, your odds are not. These other 100 schools don’t even want to hire the sort of graduates they themselves produce. They want the elite credential."
- Lego accused of racism with Star Wars set
- "The Turkish Cultural Community of Austria released a statement calling for Lego to apologise for affronting religious and cultural feelings." - This is based on the [Jabba the Hutt] set's supposed derivation from the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul. Incidentally as far as religious offense goes that particular building was originally constructed as a church until being plundered and seized for use as a mosque - i.e. it's actually an example of Byzantine architecture.
- God, Man, and Marriage
- "There is a certain segment of the Manosophere that is both nominally Christian and participates in the Men’s Rights Movement (MRM). I generally make a point of avoiding these people since, as far as I can tell based on what I’ve read, they generally make a point of blaming women for everything that’s wrong with the world."