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Safety First: Anthropology Conference Cancels Panelists Due to Their ‘Harmful’ Embrace of Biological Sex

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In 1991, hip hop trio Salt-N-Pepa had a hit with the song “Let’s Talk About Sex.” These days, the tune might not make it; increasingly fewer folx seem interested in the word.

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What’s prominently on people’s lips: “gender,” a term denoting grammatical sexual distinction. Just recently, visionaries have decided it means something else — an idea that has never had a word for it, because the idea has never before existed.

Out with the old, in with the new: Suddenly, everyone has a separate-from-sex “gender.” And that extra layer of identity is marvelously moral. Hence, a scientific session has now been 86’d.

On November 19th, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) and Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) will begin their joint “Transitions” conference. Confirmed in July for the extravaganza: a discussion called “Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby: Why Biological Sex Remains a Necessary Analytic Category in Anthropology.” But Necessary, schmecessary — the conversation has been KO’d. 

AAA and CASCA estimate the event would cause certain attendees “harm” — another newly-defined term which now means “the impact of a view one does not hold.”

The American Anthropological Association — whose tag line is “Advancing Knowledge, Solving Human Problems” — has solved the problem of pain via a missive to those expecting to take part:

Dear panelists,

We write to inform you that, at the request of numerous members, the respective executive boards of AAA and CASCA reviewed [your panel submission] and reached a decision to remove the session from the AAA/CASCA 2023 conference program(me). 

To hear words with which one disagrees eliminates “safety.” Also, integrity is key:

This decision was based on extensive consultation and was reached in the spirit of respect for our values, the safety and dignity of our members, and the scientific integrity of the program(me). 

Harm prevention is paramount:

The reason the session deserved further scrutiny was that the ideas were advanced in such a way as to cause harm to members represented by the Trans and LGBTQI of the anthropological community as well as the community at large.

All will be heard, then some will be ignored:

While there were those who disagree with this decision, we would hope they know their voice was heard and was very much a part of the conversation.

Scarred but smarter:

Going forward, we will undertake a major review of the processes associated with vetting sessions at our annual meetings and will include our leadership in that discussion.

There are more important things than science. Even in science…

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San Jose State University Professor Elizabeth Weiss — who was scheduled to be on the harmful and safety-sacking panel — wrote about the ordeal on her WordPress site. “Discussing sex is no longer allowed at anthropology conferences,” she noted. 

The scheduled session’s official description had included the following:

While it has become increasingly common in anthropology and public life to substitute “sex” with “gender,” there are multiple domains of research in which biological sex remains irreplaceably relevant to anthropological analysis.

Evidently, it isn’t as relevant as social sensibilities. In response to the sexy conversation’s cancellation, snubbed would-be participants crafted an open letter…

We are puzzled at the AAA/CASCA adopting as its own official stance that to support the continued use of biological sex categories…is to imperil the safety of the LGBTQI community. 

The group of axed experts had even attempted leftwing allegiance:

Our panel description…explicitly expresses concerns that ignoring the distinction between sex and gender identity may cause harm to people in the LGBTQI community. In “No Bones About It: Skeletons Are Binary; People May Not Be,” Elizabeth Weiss wrote: “In forensics…anthropologists should be (and are) working on ways to ensure that skeletal finds are identified by both biological sex and their gender identity, which is essential due to the current rise in transitioning individuals.

Identifying dead people’s gender identities may prove difficult. Studying their bones is one thing, reading their minds is another. Still, the mandate remains; harm-hating anthropologists had better get on the ball. 

Or, the female testicle.

Science was once a science. Now, our supreme science is wokeness.

-ALEX

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‘Racism, Not Race’: Minnesota Claims White Supremacy Kills the Babies of ‘Black Birthing People’

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What facts will most adequately arm public health officials to slay societal sickness? One major morsel of knowledge is this: White supremacy is affecting the fate of black bodies. So insists a public institution.

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Boasting enrollment above 65,000, the University of Minnesota offers a plethora of perks. One of them: the School of Public Health’s Center For Antiracism Research For Health Equity (CAHRE). Thanks to the Center, young adults pursuing careers in fields such as Health Services Research, Policy & Administration, and Epidemiology can enter their lives’ work ready to raze melanin-deficient deviancy.

The Center has partnered with the state’s Department of Health and a group called Diversity Science to create a curriculum for medical professionals informing them that systemic racism is a public health crisis.

Apropos of emergency, for 2017-2018, the Health Department reported on pregnancy outcomes. It might’ve studied women, but instead a different group was selected. Per the Minnesota Maternal Mortality Report:

While Black birthing people (13 percent) and American Indian birthing people (two percent) are a small portion of the birthing population, they are disproportionately represented among the pregnancy-associated deaths, making up 23 percent and eight percent of the deaths respectively. 

One might expect said inequity’s cause to be non-malicious, but the state claims Caucasian corruption is at work. Therefore, among its “highlighted recommendations” for health workers:

Address bias in systems perpetuating disparities in the birthing population. Acknowledge historical trauma and racism and the impacts on birthing people.

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Fast-forward to a corrective education requirement, which went into effect in January. From Health.State.MN.US:

The Minnesota Department of Health…has partnered with the University of Minnesota Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity…who developed interactive and engaging eLearning courses to meet the criteria listed in the Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act…

The new curriculum was designed for healthcare professionals to deepen their understanding of the impact of structural racism on the health and healthcare of Black and Indigenous birthing people. The first course focused on Black birthing people was released earlier this year, and the new module focusing on Indigenous birthing people is now available.

Now onto University of Minnesota’s “Maternal & Child Health for Black & Indigenous Minnesotans,” which instructs students thusly:

What’s At Stake

Structural racism involves interconnected institutions created by the historical and ongoing devaluation of Black and Indigenous lives. Due to structural racism, in Minnesota:

  • Black birthing people* are [roughly two times] more likely to die due to pregnancy complications than their white counterparts, and Indigenous birthing people are [roughly four times] more likely to die.
  • Black & Indigenous babies are over two times more likely to die before their first birthday than white babies.

And make no mistake:

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Racism, Not Race

Racism, not race, is a fundamental cause of racial birth health inequities in Minnesota. From the roots of U.S. history, white supremacy was used to justify and uphold the institution of slavery and colonialism. Myths that Black and Indigenous people were innately “less than” white people have shaped the historical, geographic, interpersonal, and institutional contexts in which birthing people live, conceive, are pregnant, give birth, and care for their children in the present.

According to a host of headlines, white wickedness is radically ruinous:

Law Professor Denounces the Constitution’s ‘White Supremacy,’ Calls for an ‘Antiracist’ Replacement

Professor Uncovers the White Supremacy of Organized Pantries

Department of Education Fights the White Supremacy of Math

Astrophysicist Warns Against ‘Exceptionalism’ — It’s White Supremacy

CRT Symposium Speaker Calls Diversity of Thought ‘White Supremacist’ Excrement

University Launches Graduate Program to Fight the ‘Rampant’ White Supremacy of Museums

Even so, the University of Minnesota ensures that pale perniciousness can be pummeled:

Structural racism is a public health crisis, but it is also a fixable problem. Health professionals can help counteract the burdens of structural racism for Black and Indigenous birthing people with evidenced-based antiracist models of care.

Hence:

Health service providers and researchers must consider antiracism as a core professional competency. Structural racism impacts intersecting institutions, affecting where Black people live, work, play, and age. Health professionals must center this context when providing care and creating policies.

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Can America’s pigment-impoverished viciousness be eviscerated? It seems the more white supremacy we unearth, the worse white supremacy becomes.

Hopefully, Minnesota’s optimism is on point: Whiteness will eventually be wiped out by the Wite-Out of wokeness.. And on that day, justice will serve all — including all babies and their once-beleaguered birthing people.

-ALEX

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Mayhem in America the New Normal Under Dems—Parolee Murders Young Tech Exec, Mobs Ransack Philly

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It started with the George Floyd riots in the summer of 2020 when mobs took to the streets of America to loot, destroy, and kill with the tacit approval of the Democrat elite. Since-disgraced CNN anchor Chris Cuomo argued that sometimes such behavior was justified, while Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed bail funds to support rioters.

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You could argue that it goes back to the LA riots of ’92 or the Detroit riots in the late ’60s, but at least in those days, it was generally acknowledged that such behavior shouldn’t be tolerated. Now you could argue that it’s encouraged.

Two more horrible stories emerged Tuesday night to underscore the decline of the United States. In one, a young tech executive with a bright future was brutally murdered in Baltimore by a violent convict on parole. In the second, massive mobs took to the streets of Philadelphia to destroy the already embattled stores of companies like Target. 

What have we come to?

As my colleague Brandon Morse reported, people—mostly men—have taken on a new fascination with the Roman Empire. Why? Because many feel like we’re living through the very end of a once-great civilization, and for the same reasons. We’ve forgotten what made us exceptional, we’ve thrown standards out the window, and we’ve fallen into a cesspool of immorality and depravity.

At the end of August, I reported on the spate of mob violence in malls across the country, but especially in California:

This Is What Happens When There Are No Consequences—Mall Brawls Break out Across America

Tuesday night, it happened again, this time in Philadelphia. As my colleague Matt Funicello reported, mass looting broke out in the City of Brotherly Love and the police seemed powerless to stop it.

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Meanwhile, in the deep blue city of Baltimore, 26-year-old rising tech executive Pava LaPere was brutally murdered in her apartment, and the suspect is 32-year-old Jason Billingsley who, wait for it… has a long history of sexual violence yet was let out early on parole. How many times do we have to hear this same story before people get the message? 

The prime suspect in the brutal murder of Baltimore tech CEO Pava LaPere may have struck days earlier in a knifepoint sex assault and arson attack that left two people fighting for their lives, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.

Police issued an arrest warrant for Jason Billingsley on Tuesday afternoon along with a stark warning to the public that the convicted sex offender, 32, has a history of rape and violence.

Billingsley faces charges of first-degree murder, assault and reckless endangerment in the killing of 26-year-old LaPere, a rising star in tech who made the prestigious Forbes ’30 Under 30′ list.

You’re called anti-Semitic if you point out that leftist billionaire George Soros has anything to do with the lawlessness that our country has become synonymous with, but once again, his fingerprints are all over it:

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The 6ft 4, 305lbs suspect had been jailed for 30 years in 2015, was set free by progressive, George Soros-backed District Attorney Marilyn Mosby in October 2022 – just seven years into his sentence. It is unclear why he was released so swiftly.

LaPere was found dead on Monday morning at her Baltimore apartment with blunt force injuries that one veteran officer described to DailyMail.com as ‘absolutely brutal – some of the worst I’ve seen.’

READ: Unrepentant: George Soros Vows to Continue Backing Woke Prosecutors Despite the Lives They’ve Ruined

Think this guy should have been roaming the streets of Baltimore? Think again:

Billingsley has a lengthy criminal record dating back to 2009, according to court records. He’s still on the loose as police continue a massive manhunt.

He was sentenced to 30 years in prison on February 4, 2015, after being convicted of a 1st-degree forcible sex offense, but was in custody beginning on July 11, 2013, on that charge. He received 16 years of suspended time and five years of parole but was released from prison in October 2022 under the previous administration of State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby.

Officials on Tuesday didn’t elaborate on why Billingsley was released, Mayor Brandon Scott said, “There’s no way in hell he should have been out on the street.”

Some people think that writing about true crime is a lurid pastime to inflame people and get clicks. They prefer you’d just stick your head in the sand like an ostrich and pretend things aren’t happening.

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They’re wrong. I write about it for two reasons: 1) To show how leftist DAs, soft-on-crime laws pushed by Democrats, the war on police, and disregard for actual victims are destroying our country, and 2) to remember those wronged, who are often forgotten lost in the political back and forth. 

In the Baltimore case, the young woman whose life was snuffed out seems like she was a wonderful contributor to a decent society:

“Pava was not only the visionary force behind EcoMap but was also a deeply compassionate and dedicated leader. Her untiring commitment to our company, to Baltimore, to amplifying the critical work of ecosystems across the country, and to building a deeply inclusive culture as a leader, friend, and partner set a standard for leadership, and her legacy will live on through the work we continue to do,” it said in a statement, according to CBS News Baltimore.

Sadly, there will be others like her until the woke Democrat zealots and their entire worldview are voted out of office. I just pray that next time it’s not my daughter, it’s not your daughter, it’s not anybody’s… but it will likely be somebody’s as this perverse catering to criminals and lawlessness continues on unabated in our country.

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Education on the Rocks: Taxpayers Help Children Realize They’re ‘Moongender’ and ‘Rockgender’

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Perhaps you subscribe to the relatively brand-new idea of “gender” — a layer of identity apart from sex which, we’re suddenly told, critically defines us. But simply having a gender doesn’t mean you’re with the times; “men” and “women” are as antiquated as opera. The hip way of indentifying…rocks.

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One company can assure you of such. Introducing Gender Spectrum, a West Coast consortium that describes its intent thusly:

[Our] mission is to create a gender-inclusive world for all children and youth. … We envision a world that is affirming and inclusive of children and teens of all genders.

A bit of backstory:

Established in 2006, Gender Spectrum emerged as a response to the limited resources and support available for families and educators interacting with gender-expansive children and teens. We began as the first national transgender parent support group and quickly expanded to offer the first trainings for California elementary and pre-schools transgender & gender-expansive children. One year later in 2007, Gender Spectrum incorporated after creating the first Family Conference for caregivers of gender-diverse children & teens. 

Fast-forward to Family Conference 2022, and instruction reported by OpenTheBooks.com. At the meet, Manager of Family and Education Programming Naomi Cruz told teachers mum might need to be the word around moms and dads:

“If parents are not supportive of neogender identities and the youth is feeling really torn because of that, I definitely recommend supporting that youth in the ways that you can, so definitely making sure to use this youth’s pronouns when it’s safe to. The youth may request, obviously, ‘Don’t use these pronouns around my parents,’ but when you two are alone or in spaces where their parents are not there, or the youth has indicated that it’s safe, making sure to use those neopronouns or making sure to refer to them in ways that make them feel gender affirmed.”

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What all can former boys and girls be? A conference terminology sheet listed three realms of recognition:

  • Nounself Pronouns: a subtype of neopronouns that uses nouns to construct pronouns
  • Emojiself Pronouns: a subtype of neopronouns similar to nounself pronouns but instead relies on emojis or symbols as pronouns
  • Noun Genders: a subtype of neogenders that uses nouns in the identity term

Those favoring emojiself pronouns may turn out to be “smileyself,” while nounself-pronoun people might hop to the beat of “bunself.” For those in need of noun-gender justice, a trio of triumph was displayed:

  • Foxgender 
  • Moongender 
  • Rockgender

In the past, someone calling themself a fox would’ve been taken as boldly braggadocious. And a person presenting themself as “moon” might’ve been said to be showing their butt. But these are the days of supreme self-focus; and while one’s gender isn’t set in stone, the concept of elastic identity is solid as a rock. In fact, via a nine-year grant, Gender Spectrum is set to receive millions from taxpayers.

Back to Open The Books:

Gender Spectrum will collect $2,340,000 from the California Department of Public Health, Office of Health Equity for the California Reducing Disparities Project.

Family Conference 2022 named “possible members of the [Gender Support Team]” for transgender and nonbinary students:

  • Parents/Caregivers(?)
  • Student (?)
  • School Leadership
  • School Nurses 
  • Counseling Staff
  • Teachers/Other Staff Working Directly with Child
  • Mental Health Providers 
  • Supporting Organization

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It’s all part of colossal cultural and governmental growth:

Nebraska Eyes Teaching Kindergarteners Gender Identity While Eleven-Year-Olds Study Pansexuality and Demigenderism

Public School Teaches Five-Year-Olds They May Be Transgender

New Transgender Owner of Miss Universe Celebrates an End to It Being Run by Men

Harvard Trains Medical Students to Treat Transgender ‘Infants’

University-Level ‘Gender Unicorn’ Teaches That Chromosomes Don’t Determine Sex

Knitting Group Offers Plush Prosthetic Penises Transgender Children Can Wear in Their Panties

Scientific American: The Racist Myth of Binary Sex Wasn’t Invented ‘Til Nearly 1800

Though Gender Spectrum’s open-mindedness is impressive, it isn’t limitless. If a child picks a gender encompassing “a racial, ethnic, religious, or disability group they are not a part of,” says Open The Books, “the parent must direct the child to a different neogender.”

For example, only autistic people are allowed to use “autigender” or “autismgender.” [Naomi Cruz provided] a script for parents to correct their children in these cases:

“Yes, I understand that this term means something to you, but perhaps we can create another term or another pronoun that also has a meaning to you, but isn’t specific to a certain racial, ethnic, or other group where there are closed identities and pronouns.”

There are kinks to be worked out; then again, “kink” is probably a gender.

Speaking of refinement, Gender Spectrum’s role in our revolution may be morphing. According to independent reporter Christina Buttons, the initiative recently announced it will soon be “ceasing all direct service programming” — whatever that means. 

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Regardless, it’s a new era. And where identity is concerned, almost anything goes. So if you’re sly as a fox, you might be one. If you feel over the moon, be sure to check that you aren’t simply its exact height. And if, this Halloween — like Charlie Brown — you get rocks instead of candy…and if you ingest them…it may in fact be true: You are what you eat.

Rock on.

-ALEX

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Elite University Kicks off the Semester With ‘Queering Menstruation’ and a Lecture on 1,500 Gay Animals

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On-the-house educational extras are generally jollily enjoyed, and select northeastern college freshmen have just been served a seminar with no strings attached. 

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Well, maybe a single string.

For those unfamiliar with Colgate University, the 1819-founded private liberal arts school is located in Hamilton, New York. Boasting roughly 3200 enrollees, it’s considered one of the “Hidden Ivies” — 63 “top liberal arts colleges and universities” picked by an educational guide of the same name.

From Crimson Education: 

The Hidden Ivies encompass a diverse range of colleges and universities across the United States that uphold the highest standards of academic excellence, faculty expertise, and student success. … [They] are known for their vibrant, inclusive communities that promote intellectual curiosity, personal growth, and social engagement.

On the topic of crimson education — and as part of that growth and engagement — last week, Colgate offered students a seminar prompted by cotton-picking calamity. As advertised on the school website:

Queering Menstruation

Exploring Transgender and Nonbinary Adolescents’ Experiences With Menstruation and Gender Identity

One might reckon menstrual maladies would long have been nipped in the bud by college-age clotters. But apparently, a periodic reminder of how to handle Aunt Flow’s visit is vital — especially if overtly vascular vaginas are attached to gushers who aren’t girls. 

September 19th’s event — led by Dr. Lindsay Toman and R. Hunsicker — was informatively described. As it turns out, a potential birthing person’s uterine lining plunging through a pelvic port is sometimes — yea, even often — linked to ladies. And that’s unfortunate:

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Menstruation can be exceptionally difficult for nonbinary and trans-masculine individuals because it’s a biological process that is often times associated with womanhood. Menstruation acts as a reminder of the areas of the body that trigger gender dysphoria, making the suppression of menstruation a key factor in gender affirmation. 

Suppression sounds dangerous; should the plug have been pulled on the period symposium? Not a chance; it’s absorbing negativity:

Queering menstruation can hopefully aid the building of more positive relationships between periods and trans and/or nonbinary people.

Further details about the forum were not leaked.

Transgenderism — the idea that one can become a being in opposition to one’s sex — has colossally caught on. So has the theory that we all have three options: Man, Woman, or Neither. Such new notions are seeing incredible institutional embrace:

Major News Outlet Reports on Nude Transgender Singer and ‘Her Penis’

LGBT Ecologists Ogle Racist Parks, Nonbinary Frogs, and the Importance of Public Places for Gay Sex

Scientific American: The Racist Myth of Binary Sex Wasn’t Invented ‘Til Nearly 1800

Harvard Trains Medical Students to Treat Transgender ‘Infants’

Naked 80-Year-Old Protests a Biological Male in Her YMCA Shower, Gets Banned for Bigotry

‘Nonbinary Gender Affirming’ Doctors Offer Sexual ‘Nullification’ Surgery

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Colgate University is keeping up with the times. And for any unconvinced of the school’s high esteem, it was chosen as a 2017 oratory venue by Joe Biden. At the time, the former USVP was riddled with regret:

“I had planned on running for president (in 2016). [D]o I regret not being president? Yes. I was the best qualified.”

“Although it would have been a very difficult primary, I think I could have won,” jawed Joe.

Speaking of installed things made of white fluff and plastic and controlled by strings, tampons are just one of many components in Colgate’s brush-up on woke sexuality. The school hosted a September 12th discussion titled “Beyond the Binary in the Animal Kingdom.” 

Per the promotion:

In biological terms, sex refers to biological characteristics like gametes, chromosomes and specific anatomy. Though rarely discussed, biological sex in the animal kingdom isn’t always constant. Instead, environmental factors like temperature, time, and even the sex of one’s partner can impact an animal’s sex. In addition, over 1,500 animal species engage in same-sex relations for a variety of important reasons. In this seminar, we explore some of these examples that take us beyond the binary and into the rainbow of the animal kingdom.

According to The Hidden Ivies, Colgate University has “scaled the heights of prestige and selectivity.” It’s an impressive feat for a school originally known as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York. The institution was presumably once solely focused on academics; but like nearly all institutions of higher learning, it has modernized by adopting an in-style emphasis: social indoctrination and leftward ideology.

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Back to its admirable work in the area of problematic periods, Colgate is doing what Colgate has long been known to do: fight gross cavities.

-ALEX

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