#Cultures

I know this may hurt some feelings, but hearing people getting Deaf Studies degrees make me uncomfortable. I've been seeing more and more hearing people developing Deaf Studies scholarship and
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There is perhaps no greater friend to persons of lower rank in the military than reporters who cover the military, defense, and veterans beat. Reporters provide rare external accountability for
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What's the most regenerative, distributive, commons-based, feminist food you know of? For me it has to be sourdough bread. Why?.... 1. It's regenerative because the essential ingredient - starter -
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Today is international day of Romani, to celebrate Romani cultures and raise awareness on the issues modern Romas face today. So this is my monthly reminder to stop using the
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Sometimes I see threads where people will tweet in support of hiring more women or BIPOC or LGBTQ+ folks and the responses are "You should hire based on experience only
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i think a lot of us from cultures that weren’t affected by their actions are afraid of overstepping but i hope most of us can agree that what they did
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Day 10: #dodiemonthI’ve been experiencing a lot of anxiety + depersonalization lately and I just want say that you are not alone in this even though it may feel like
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So a while back I did this thread about how almost everything we "know" about the Minoans was made up by Arthur Evans to soothe a European inferiority complex about
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contrary to popular belief, (aka stan twitter) buddhism, like most religions, does not and has never belonged to any single country you can acknowledge facts like how buddhism obviously holds
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problematic things holland roden has said: a thread disclaimer: the purpose of this thread isn’t to cancel her; it’s to call her out. i’ve seen many people confused about what
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a few weeks after lisa’s box braids, and now in light of bang chan’s cornrows: a thread on cultural appropriation and why it’s wrong nyc JUST passed a law preventing
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Thread timeSomeone asked me not long ago if Ashkenazim self-identifying as Middle Eastern constitutes erasure of Sephardim/Mizrahim.I responded by pointing out that the entire question is absurd. Here's why... African-Americans
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Do you want to hear about one of the most excruciating, culture shock debacles I've ever experienced in my life Ok so I was moving into a new place in
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Simple observation that will make folks mad.There should be one standard for combat military soldiers, and one standard for on-the-street police officers. There should be no exceptions. Physical strength, mental
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This year I have been teaching Columbia's Contemporary Civilization (CC), which claims to be the oldest continuously offered general education course in the United States and is this year celebrating
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Autoriser par dérogation un usage des néonicotinoïdes n'est pas une décision facile. Mais cette dérogation - temporaire et très encadrée - est la seule solution possible à court terme pour
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