Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Ahhh… BBC covering themselves in glory today… refusing to air an Attenborough documentary because it’s too political to save the planet, effectively suspending Lineker from MOTD (for speaking up for asylum seekers) and trying to spin it as him “stepping back”, silence on Bruce diminishing Stanley Johnson abuse allegations…

Yup, that’s the balance we’ve come to know and loathe…

If you live in Florida and want to do something to make the trans folks here feel better, send a letter to the committee members hearing about SB 254 criminalizing gender affirming care and classifying it as child abuse and tell them to stop it. You can sign and personalize a stock letter here! https://act.eqfl.org/a/oppose-criminalizing-gender-affirming-care-bill

@AlliFlowers I KNEW this would happen sooner or later. What I want to know is what happens if some #religion declares #abortion to be one of their sacred rites. Will the #courts decide that freedom of religion doesn't apply? What if they are in a state where simply providing assistance in getting an abortion in a legal manner (by going to a state where it's allowed) is illegal, but they include information on how to get one in their "holy" texts? Will the courts discriminate on which religions get to have rights and which don't?

Saw a post on a different platform saying states should vote on abortion.

My eyes rolled so hard I think they're stuck.

Full reproductive freedom should not depend on zip code.

Either people with a uterus are free like those without -- or we're not and that's a goddamn problem.

A group of lawyers have filed and ethics complaint on the Trump lawyer who tried to sway Cassity Hutchinson's J6 testimony. The group is seeking disbarment of Stefan Passantino.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/06/us/politics/trump-lawyer-ethics-jan-6.html?smid=url-share

Why student debt cancellation is reasonable, not radical - Boomers got government subsidizes for college so paid less than half in real dollars than today's students. Is it fair that boomer got a benefit not given today. https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/03/07/why-student-debt-cancellation-is-reasonable-not-radical/ via @NationofChange #Education

#Republicans accuse LGBT of being #pedophiles so that you don't notice who the real pedophiles are.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/child-marriage-ban-bill-defeated-in-west-virginia-house/ar-AA18o7L7?ocid=windirect&cvid=95adaf38389e46719f51de90ef58237a&ei=33

Gay Ex-Adult Film Star Sues University for Firing Him and Wins https://www.advocate.com/law/gay-porn-star-italian-lawsuit

The guy is a doctoral student. Good for him for standing up.

#LGBTQIA #rights #academia #HigherEd

Welcome to #Arkansas
#ChildLabor #GQP

Opinion | American Jews, You Have to Choose Sides on Israel - The New York Times

I choose America. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/opinion/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-protests.html

John Cleese on How "Stupid People Have No Idea How Stupid They Are" (Otherwise Known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect)

https://www.openculture.com/2023/03/john-cleese-on-the-dunning-kruger-effect.html

my department at NYU is now accepting applications for our 2023/2024 Project Fellowship: https://tisch.nyu.edu/itp/itp-ima-project-fellowship basically we'll pay you US$5K to come use our facilities to make a cool project over the course of a semester. pretty good deal if you ask me?

It’s really pathetic that the Republicans would rather run on a platform of hatred than actually trying to solve any problems.

Republicans need to stop meddling in peoples' personal lives. Full stop.

Transgender students at center of new bills in New Hampshire- https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/transgender-students-center-new-bills-new-hampshire-97692360

Photo of Republican Gov. Bill Lee in drag gets full-page ad in Tennessee newspaper

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2023/03/07/photo-of-republican-gov-bill-lee-in-drag-gets-full-page-ad-in-tennessee-newspaper.html

#republican