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Jun 9, 2022 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
LOVE this scene from #whatisawomen where Matt Walsh asks the Maasai Tribe what they know about people who are “transgender” and “non-binary”. There is a really important lesson to be learned from this exchange about gender identity...
The Maasai in this video have NO idea what Matt Walsh is talking about when he says "gender identity".
YouTube commentator Cameron writes “Its so cool how these men have never been exposed to our confused american culture.”
Cameron, it seems, has forgotten about colonization.
Mar 22, 2020 • 20 tweets • 7 min read
There’s been a lot of cheerful chatter in the last week about the prospects of post-#COVID19#Babyboom.
Will that actually happen? Do we want that to happen?
I have some thoughts...
Last week @TMZ quoted Shark Tank investor, and apparently fertility expert, Daymond John as saying, “We definitely will see a baby boom, 100%". An outcome they described as a "one very good side effect".
My @ubcVSE students' Wikipedia biography pages for notable female economists are live! Over the course of the day today I will post them in this thread. #econtwitter
Starting with my @ubcVSE colleagues!
I would like to offer up a game theoretic perspective on why leadership feels that the nomination of #Kavanaugh must be protected at any expense (even the possibility of taking a hammering in the midterm elections) and why #ChristineBlaseyFord’s life must be destroyed.
Thread.
I apologize to those who see this as obvious, but it seems to me that it warrants being clearly spelled out.
