analysis
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Alternate Worlds: Against Capitalist Realism
Serbal Vidrio #analysis
Many words walk in the world. … There are words and worlds which are lies and injustices. There are words and worlds which are truths and truthful. … In the world of the powerful there is no space for anyone but themselves and their servants. In the world we want everyone fits. In the world we want many worlds to fit. — EZLN, “Fourth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle,” 1996.
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The End of Roe: The Birth of Post-Liberalism
Red Harris #analysis #abortion #feminism
The end of the protections enshrined by Roe v. Wade appears imminent. After 49 years of precedent, the Supreme Court is poised to roll back the constitutional right to abortion. In the coming weeks, the ruling will be officially issued by the highest court in America, leading to a spate of drastic abortion bans across broad swathes of America. While Roe is already effectively dead and has been since the Texas abortion ban last summer, the official end of a national right to abortion will have grave consequences.
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The UO 'Demonstration Team'
Solidarity News #analysis #surveillance #declassified
Surveillance of Students Integrated Across Dozens of Administration offices and UOPD ----Original Message---- From: Rick Haught <rickh@uoregon.edu> Sent: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 12:22 PM To: Tina Haynes <thaynes@uoregon.edu> Cc: Krista Dillon <kristam@uoregon.edu>; Paul Timmins <ptimmins@uoregon.edu> Subject: UO Statement on Freedom of Speech “Hi Tina, Welcome to the messy world of Freedom of Expression.” The UO Demonstration Team is a quiet circle of administration employees and University of Oregon Police who work together to surveil social media and spy on community protests.
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We Need to Think Deeper About Who Will Be Affected If Roe v Wade Is Overturned
Alexa Wright #analysis #opinion
The draft opinion threatening to overturn Roe vs Wade is not simply an attack on women. Before tackling this nuanced subject it is important to understand the precedent set by the 1973 decision. Norma McCorvey, known under the pseudonym Jane Roe, was five months pregnant in 1970 when she desired an abortion. Henry Wade, the Dallas County district attorney at the time, served as the defendant in this case hence the name “Roe vs Wade.
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Come for the Boobs, Stay for the Conversation
Paige Hale #analysis
Art by Sim Four years ago, I worked briefly as a camgirl on a porn site, and this experience gave me a new perspective on the idea of intimacy. A camgirl, for those who don’t know, is someone who livestreams themselves for the purpose of sexual entertainment. These shows span a range of nudity, content, and interactivity, with many—including mine—containing full nudity, solo sex acts, and text chat with viewers.
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“Aquí no hay negros”: Black Historical Erasure in Argentina
Rowan F. F. Glass #analysis #historyContent Warning: Racism
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Keeping Things White: The Problem with Theory
Strawberry Jello #analysis #opinion
If you want to keep an organization white, do these things: Demand a production level that doesn’t take into account the individual circumstance and stressors a person might be facing Prioritize the outcome over the process Assume you have shared beliefs and experiences Value reason over emotion, masculine over feminine Establish the Truth From Hegel to Marx, to Engels, to Lenin. How do we decide what is true? Why theory?
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Lesbian Languor: Queerness, Vampirism, & the Erotic
Dorian Blue #analysis #art #book review
“I felt rather unaccountably towards the beautiful stranger. I did feel, as she said ‘drawn towards her’ but there was also something of repulsion. In this ambiguous feeling, however, the sense of attraction immensely prevailed. She interested and won me; she was so beautiful and so indescribably engaging.” Twenty-six years before Dracula was published, there was Carmilla. The novella, written by French author Sheridan Le Fanu, chronicles the story of a noblewoman named Laura living in Germany who receives a mysterious yet beautiful countess named Carmilla as her guest.
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Scratching the Surface of Medical Racism
Rosie #analysis #anti-racismContent Warning: Racism
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Book Review: University of Nike
Eric Howanietz #analysis #book review
Old News, Same Nike Joshua Hunt’s University of Nike is not a new story, but a legacy of corruption that shows no sign of changing or even slowing down. It can be difficult to come to grips with the reality that the students of UO are immersed in an active model for the privatization of public universities. So much of the institution that UO students have invested in is built upon the sweatshop labor of women and children trapped in perpetual poverty.
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Medical Elitism in America
Rosie #analysis #anti-racismContent Warning: Misogyny, Racism, Medical abuse
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Scratching the Surface of Medical Misogyny
Rosie #analysis #feminismContent Warning: Misogyny