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amaditalks, 6 months ago to random

What does anti-trans bias in media look like?

It looks like an article about complaints over the mere existence of a transgender character in a TV show that came from less than 0.0001895% of the show’s viewers, needlessly amplifying the bigotry of an infinitesimal number of complainers and granting them unwarranted attention.

Worsened by a headline that treats the number of complaints as significant and worded as though they hold some validity.

BigAngBlack, 7 months ago to blackmastodon

#LennyKravitz Believes Black Media Has Ignored His Contributions To Music

https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/740134-lenny-kravitz-bet-media-ignored-black-music

> Do you agree with the rock star that Black media hasn't given him his due flowers, or is this a blown-out proportion on his behalf?

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For example, many pointed out that Prince did not have this issue despite falling into the rock realm that Lenny Kravitz inhabits. In addition, folks debated whether rock music is considered a Black art form in the 21st century, with many rightfully pointing out that the genre owes its existence to African Americans. Furthermore, they posited this as a reason as to why maybe these outlets haven't given him his due recognition, even with his recent work that can fall on the shoulders of his legacy. Others called into question the 59-year-old's quality of output over the years, and the theory that he never really presented himself as an artist for Black media to celebrate in the first place.
Lenny Kravitz

amaditalks, 8 months ago to random

Apparently the next battle I’m going to have to fight (and will probably lose) with fellow leftists is that Univeral Basic Income programs cannot replace disability income programs, disabled people must be able to augment UBI with additional disability income because of the costs of support needs. And this is true even if the UBI amount is larger than any existing disability benefit. Whatever anyone thinks it costs to live with disability, it’s probably double that. Or more.

amaditalks, 11 months ago to random

#Linguistics #Language #EnglishScholars a question: is there a specific name for abbreviations that use a letter or letters that are not present in the fully spelled out version of the word e.g. oz. for ounce, no. for number or pp. for pages?