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#gatekeeping

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"Puriteens" - Just saw this term used by a prof in an online forum to describe young students (e.g., college freshmen) policing their teachers' speech and media choices--"You can't teach Huckleberry Finn because it has the N-word", "This book is inappropriate because of the casual sex and drug use", etc.

#highered#teaching#professor
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Alexander Ondu

Ich habe zu Weihnachten "Fluch des Strahd" geschenkt bekommen, richtig als Buch - alles andere zu DnD lese ich entweder online oder als PDF.

Jetzt versuche ich, mich intensiver mit dem Band zu befassen. Das Buch ist ja komplett unlesbar.
Also nicht wegen der Sprache oder des Inhaltes, aber diese Schriftgröße!

Ja, ich werde alt, aber das ist ja schon #Gatekeeping gegenüber Menschen mit #Sehschwäche

Sind andere #dnd5e Publikationen auch so schlimm?

#pnpde#ravenloft
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

btw: The leadership entry fee for the Conservative Party of Canada when they elected Poillievre was $300,000 according to wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Con

Edit: a reply has mentioned they believe the last NDP leadership race fee may have been $30,000. This would be expected to rise.

en.wikipedia.org2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election - Wikipedia
#canpoli#cdnpoli#politics
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Please read this post by @VayLarkin@disabled.social about Black users on Mastodon, and the replies by @futurebird

disabled.social/@VaylLarkinPoe

[Edit: Just saw that OP is asking for responses from #BlackMastodon users only, so FYI]

This is some great thinking (I think, anyway), going beyond easy categorizations and "oh well" responses.

The fediverse is currently a certain shape and flavor. It could be a different shape and flavor--I think this is laudable and possibly even a moral imperative--but it won't get there with the way we currently do things (obviously?).

I don't know what changes need to be made, how big they need to be, or even whether the big ones are about fedi (vs. the outside world/context). It just feels like we have limitations and I'd prefer we work on that.

disabled.socialVayl Larkin (they/them) (@VaylLarkinPoet@disabled.social)I'm hearing some conflicting things about on-platform #Racism and I'm hoping to get a more comprehensive picture. Black Users Only: Why do you still use Mastodon? Would you recommend it to a Black friend and if so, are there resources to help them safely navigate? If you're on your way out, would you feel comfortable sharing where, so I can share? Mostly folks exiting Bsky Hesitant to ask for free labor and will not be offended if you choose to respond just with hashtags to follow. Thank you.
#fediverse#mastodon#diversity
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I've eventually learned that my adolescent desire to be special through uniqueness is not the only thing or always the best thing.

Being late to the game for a band or genre, or a movie or TV series, I don't get the same experience the early adopters did, but I get my experience and it is honestly pretty great, most of the time. As a researcher I find originality is overvalued; incremental improvement is most of research. As a songwriter I don't need myxolidian-mode traditional Azerbaijani folk throat singing with eight jazz chords to make a song I like.

That inb4 feeling is great, but so is not having to constantly chase it.

There is honestly nothing more tedious than people who judge others for not being into things before they were famous. | don't care if you only heard of Terry Pratchett after his death, or got into comic books because you fancied Tom Hiddleston or discovered wild swimming because of the hundreds of slightly self indulgent think pieces in the Guardian. More people liking The Thing | Like means more people to talk about The Thing with and do The Thing with and, in the case of wild swimming, to campaign against having to do The Thing in raw sewage. | don't care how you got here, I'm glad you're here now.
#originality#gatekeeping#happiness
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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

#Dangerous #psychologiser #SimonWessely now targets #trans #kids.

#NHS appointed Wessely, #infamous for #mistreating those with #myalgicencephalomyelitis (#ME / #CFS), as #chair of the #Children and #YoungPeople’s #GenderDysphoria #Research #OversightBoard. His #oversight risks #harm to the #vulnerable #transgender #community, and we must oppose it.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Labour #NHS #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Discrimination #Transphobia #GateKeeping

thecanary.co/uk/news/2024/10/2

Canary · Dangerous psychologiser Simon Wessely has a new patient group in his sights: trans kidsThe NHS has appointed psychiatrist Simon Wessely as chair of the new Children and Young People’s Gender Dysphoria Research Oversight Board
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