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a new social services team dedicated to finding young men at risk of making a podcast or video essay and giving them an electric guitar instead

I was scrolling through the notes after I posted something similar, and absolutely agree! Additionally whatever point is attempted to be made, if you overstate an issue you end up undercutting the actual problems at hand, as instead ppl want to focus on "larger problems" (whether these bigger problems are actually reflective of reality, it grabs attention more easily as it alarms the reader).

Approximately 130,000 - 260,000 Americans have been forced to flee their homes because of legislation criminalizing trans existence.

open.substack.com

US Internal Refugee Crisis: 130-260k Trans People Have Already Fled

A growing refugee crisis is occurring in the United States, and it is getting very little coverage. I highlight the growing migration crisis

That’s 8% of transgender Americans. An additional 43% of transgender Americans are seriously considering moving due to laws criminalizing our existence and healthcare.

“So many people are completely helpless to get out, even with all the bumps and roadblocks, the fact is I'm still one of the lucky ones.” Said Sheena, a trans woman who fled from from Florida.

“it's evident that the United States is in the throes of a swelling crisis of internally displaced political refugees. Over a million people, themselves contemplating relocation in the coming months, remain in a state of apprehensive vigilance, awaiting the potential signal that they too must bid farewell to their homes.”

Via Erin Reed, a professional policy tracker of transgender legislation. June 13, 2023.

Not related to the issue of legislation, but this write up is done poorly (if I'm reading it correctly) the data was taken from a survey of a total of n=1,036 respondents, and the data related to who answered they actually moved states can be seen below. As we can see these numbers are actually very very small. I don't think you can "blow up" that data to then reflect the larger population. The headline gives an extremely large number, which is an extrapolation of data from a relatively small pool of the estimated hundreds of thousands, as the respondents (as can be seen below) who valued that choice aren't even the size of an average college class. I'd need to run more statistical analysis for how bad the skew is in moving from this sample size, but it's quite problematic at least in my research experience. The main issue comes when we break down the raw numbers, with it being only a few respondents who have actually verified indeed they have moved, while the title of the article implies we have reports indicating hundreds of thousands.

I think it is always helpful to make sure we frame headlines in ways that are truthful, a much better claim would be to see this is the number that "may have fled/will flee", as the original wording makes it sound like they actually tracked that count which doesn't seem to be the case.

Approximately 130,000 - 260,000 Americans have been forced to flee their homes because of legislation criminalizing trans existence.

open.substack.com

US Internal Refugee Crisis: 130-260k Trans People Have Already Fled

A growing refugee crisis is occurring in the United States, and it is getting very little coverage. I highlight the growing migration crisis

That’s 8% of transgender Americans. An additional 43% of transgender Americans are seriously considering moving due to laws criminalizing our existence and healthcare.

“So many people are completely helpless to get out, even with all the bumps and roadblocks, the fact is I'm still one of the lucky ones.” Said Sheena, a trans woman who fled from from Florida.

“it's evident that the United States is in the throes of a swelling crisis of internally displaced political refugees. Over a million people, themselves contemplating relocation in the coming months, remain in a state of apprehensive vigilance, awaiting the potential signal that they too must bid farewell to their homes.”

Via Erin Reed, a professional policy tracker of transgender legislation. June 13, 2023.

I think you might be confused, OP is speaking about the link which is talking about the sex of the perpetrator, your image is of the sex of the victim. Your link never talks about the perpetrators of sexual violence, as they probably wanted a different page dedicated to it (which OP links).

It is actually quite disturbing as while theoretically we know that most sexual violence against women is perpetrated by men unto women, missing that stat limits our analysis if we are only looking out the outcome of a crime rather than a class perpetuating it.

As an example I'd also turn to a study I read on sexual assault/harassment in a lab workplace. One large survey only took the victim's sex, and the sex of the boss at the workplace, but not the perpetrator. Another survey of the same style did indicate the sex of the perpetrator. What was found from the latter survey was that while women were quite significantly victimized by men, the most common perpetrator for sexual violence against men was also men (in this case). It also found that vertical harassment was more common for female victims (i.e., by a person in higher authority) vs Lateral for male victims (i.e., by one's peers). Though of course, both can and did occur. It also shows another dynamic in that, it is likely that men were more likely to be elevated in status above women career wise and so can benefit both fiscally and socially from the power of said positions.

This analysis would not be there at all had the sex of perpetrator not been recorded.

The absolute insanity of RAINN’s stats on perpetrators of sexual violence never once mentioning sex even though they analyze age, ethnicity, relationship to the victim (of ambiguous sex, apparently), and the types of violence used….the largest anti-sexual violence organization in the USA simply avoiding the statistics of sex-based offending and victimization…they are literally ignoring the epidemic of male violence against women in order to ????? why?????

I'm pretty sure the "man wearing a kippah is about to enter a temple, but covers his wheelchair wheels with a cover to keep the inside of the temple as clean as possible." Is probably man actually entering a mosque, and it's quite common for men to wear a headcap of some kind for prayer. The architecture also implies it's a mosque (though you may have a synagogue in that style, especially if you are looking in the MENA region), the collective connotation I see is of a Muslim individual.

There is also not to my knowledge a concept you can't specifically bring dirt with you into a synagogue (i.e., walking with shoes/wheeling in a chair), though I suppose you shouldn't come caked in mud. However, you might see this concept of not tracking dirt specifically in a mosque both for practical reasons (carpeting) or generally as a sign of respect.

Cuno Amiet (Swiss, 1868-1961), Sonnenblume - Blumengarten mit Sonnenblume [Sunflower - Flower Garden with Sunflower], 1945. Oil on canvas, 92 x 60 cm.

Julie Curtiss (French, 1982) - Hollow Man (2016)

Fish, ca. 1390-1336 B.C.E., Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Painted pottery fish, interior hollow and fitted with six unpainted pottery pellets. Face area, tail, dorsal and anus fins and underbody painted light blue. Scales painted with black outline on tan background, in part colored blue and red. Eyes, mouth and gills incised. Anus in raised relief. Possibly a rattle but more probably a food offering intended to furnish supply of fish to deceased. Condition: Minor chips on tail and fins. Tail assembled from two pieces. Pellets probably represent eggs. Size: 2 9/16 x 4 7/16 x 1 ¼ in. (6.5 x 11.2 x 3.2 cm) Medium: Clay, pigment

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3520

An Art Nouveau silver-plated fairy lamp by Moritz Hacker, circa 1905. From here.

“Kill V. Maim” is written from the perspective of Al Pacino in The Godfather Pt II. Except he’s a vampire who can switch gender and travel through space.

the care bears always make fun of bedtime bear bc hes tired all the time and accidentally falls asleep but its only bc he stays up all night to make sure that everyone else sleeps well and to banish nightmares and protect people

“Let us simply say that once there was a place. A place where the universe had... cracked.”

a series : sanctus [pt 3]

prints available here! 

from top to bottom: st. demetrius; st. michael vanquishing satan; requiescat in pace; lucifer

fans of characters that hate vulnerability will be like “i cant wait until they cry 😍 cant wait until the weight of their emotions breaks them 😍”

Freshwater fish of Vietnam

ok but have you ever seen a parked blimp?

why is this so goddamn funny

wuthering heights is so fucked up. there isnt a single character thats likeable yet the book still slaps..... at least in jane eyre jane is likeable even if annoying sometimes. but cathy??? i mean both cathys. they are annoying as hell all through the book. heathcliff is sexy but for all the wrong reasons and i kinda hate him

strawberry hill house in london, england

everyone who hates more than me has problems and everyone who hates less than me is faking positivity

sweet citrus

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Discreet yet baroque: I love the mixed mood of this capture by @studio.sheridansart showcasing wearable art by Pioro Blue… . . . #beautifulbizarremagazine #fineartphotography #photography #wearableart #headdress #laurasheridan #pioroblue

plum trees

Akiya Kageichi.