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hanging an American flag
Request: Whether it’s an American flag at a school, dealership, or home. What is the LoC of the red, white and blue?
microaggressions (concept)
a term used for commonplace daily verbal, behavioral or environmental slights, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative attitudes toward stigmatized or culturally marginalized groups -- wikipedia
Terence McKenna
"American ethnobotanist, mystic, psychonaut, lecturer, author, and an advocate for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants." --wikipedia
John Money (sexologist)
known for his research into sexual identity and biology of gender. He was one of the first researchers to publish theories on the influence of societal constructs of gender on individual formation of gender identity -- wikipedia
"sorry for your loss"
used when you are telling someone that you feel sympathy for them because someone close to them has recently died -- dictionary.cambridge.org
Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs, by Josh Hawley
Request: Nationally best-selling author (The Tyranny of Big Tech), constitutional lawyer, and U.S. senator for the state of Missouri argues that the character of men and the male virtue that goes along with it is a necessary ingredient to a functioning society and a healthy, free republic.
“Women aren’t supposed to work and pay taxes”
Request: I enjoy not being property and not being a 2nd class citizen, I just think maybe we lost the plot somewhere 😝
Woke: past, present, and future (video)
Dr. James Lindsay on Marxism: The definition of Equity - Woke is Maoism with western characteristics - They see themselves as nations, evolved to attack the west - The Goal is to make us global citizens (YouTube)
This Book is Gay, by Juno Dawson
Published in 2014, it is a "manual to all areas of life as an LGBT person." The American Library Association named it the tenth-most banned book of 2022 --Wikipedia. (The book is banned in some grade school libraries but is otherwise available).
Death-positive movement
The movement seeks to eliminate the silence around death-related topics, decrease anxiety surrounding death, and encourages more diversity in end-of-life care options available to the public --wikipedia
lawfare
use of legal systems and institutions to damage or delegitimize an opponent, or to deter individual's usage of their legal rights --wikipedia
Drag Queen Story Hour
The events, usually geared for children aged 3–11, are hosted by drag queens who read children’s books... The program strives to "capture the imagination and play of gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models" --wikipedia
In God We Trust
the official motto of the United States as well as the motto of the U.S. state of Florida. Also, motto on U.S. currency --wikipedia
Fat acceptance movement
"fat pride, fat empowerment, and fat activism, is a social movement which seeks to eliminate the social stigma of obesity from social attitudes by pointing out the obstacles which are faced by fat people to those who are less fat" --wikipedia