LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A student group demanded reparations for slavery and the creation of an African american studies department in an article published in early June and first reported Monday. Reparations at UChicago Working Group, a student group at the University of Chicago, made these demands and others in a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Loveshe On June 9th, 2017, Harry Potter novelist J.K. Rowling began a 14-tweet rant expressing her disgust for liberal men, “whose mask slips every time a woman displeases them.” Her fury was sparked after a man she previously followed on Twitter described United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Theresa May as…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A university is hosting a workshop Friday where students will learn and practice using gender-neutral pronouns like “xe/xem/xyr” and “ey/em/eir.” The University of Maryland, Baltimore is hosting “Gender Neutral Pronoun Lunch & Learn,” a workshop that, along with an extensive LGBT Terminology dictionary on its website, marks the university’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock An Evergreen State professor called school president George Bridges an “absolute coward” in an email to the school’s faculty that was published Wednesday. Mike Paros, a biology and agriculture professor at Evergreen State, urged other faculty members to “walk toward the fire,” saying that the only thing they…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton used a commencement speech at Medgar Evers College Thursday as a platform to criticize the Trump administration and share her concern about hate crimes with the graduates. “The work of justice is never finished. We have seen that and been reminded of it…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grace Carr Some feminists have reinvigorated the call to ostracize prominent fellow feminist Laci Green for dating a so-called anti-LGBTQ YouTuber. “Injured” feminists began a public harassment campaign and compiled a dossier exposing Green’s private information roughly a year ago, after it came out that Green, famous for her educational videos on sex, was dating…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grace Carr Massachusetts lawmakers presented a bill in a public hearing Tuesday that would ban American Indian mascots in public schools. The bill, filed by Democratic state Sen. Barbara A. L’Italien, was proposed after the town of Tewksbury refused to change the name of its “Redmen” high school mascot. If the bill gets…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Paul Meekin According to the Daily Mail, two people, a 45 year old man and woman, were arrested “on suspicion of racial hatred” for videos they produced that depicted the burning of the Koran. The Daily Mail describes the video as a man looking for kindling to start a fire, ‘happens…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A New York Times article published Friday received a torrent of ridicule as it trended on Twitter, with users bashing the concept of raising feminist sons. Titled “How to Raise a Feminist Son,” the article, authored by Claire Cain Miller, argues against gender stereotypes, urging parents to teach…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin Several years and half an ideology ago, I gave the ACLU $35 dollars. In return I received their e-mails and a fancy title I can’t remember. ‘Champion of Justice’, ‘Freedom Knight’ or some other name that was fun to say but really meant nothing. The last five e-mails…