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My Most-Read Posts of 2015

I published 72 posts in 2015, with the first on January 1 and the last on November 18, for an average of 1.6 posts/week on that interval, up 70% from 2014's 0.9 posts/week. These 72 posts accounted for about 47% of the 152 posts

December in Review

Now that we're back and I'm finally caught up on my blog-feed reading from 2015, I figured I'd link to selected posts from some of the blogs I really enjoyed getting caught up on. This is not all of the posts from all of

If I Ran the Zoo

content warning: Brief anecdote about inadvertent and nonmalicious -- but repeated -- misgendering. Discussion of moral-obligation-heavy social justice messaging. While we were on finals-induced break... (if you wish, skip over this news review) College-Distributed Advice on Race Discussions Divides Students At the close of a semester that saw a surge

As Allies

A Place and a Role for Allies; Changing Minds (Sequence) content warning: political call to action. (1) Say you are deeply, morally opposed to capitalism on principle, but nevertheless some inconsiderate person walks up to you, presses a dollar bill into your hand, and walks away. You already have more

[Meta] New Year, New Face

Unless you're using Lynx, you've probably noticed a new theme for the site. Love it? Hate it? Let me know in the brand-spanking-new comments section! (If the comments are broken, let me know by email.) It's my own design, built from the ground up,

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