RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/April 2018

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April 2018[edit]

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-13South Korean president states that Donald Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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-14Scott Adams stating his political views
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12Upcoming election in Karnataka state of India faces challenges of rising Hindu radicalization and religious identity politics employed by Modi's BJP.
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12There's been a significant shift in the way transgender issues are treated in the last decade, with major corporations offering help and services to transitioning employees – but there's still so much to be done to ensure their equality.
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13At the Fed, the scene being set for financial disaster
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17The New York Times needs to stop calling all trans people "gay".
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14Kanye West, famous rapper and black man, labelled "alt-right darling" by the Washington Post.
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17'Raw hatred': why the 'incel' movement targets and terrorises women
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11David Futrelle on the Toronto van attack and incels.
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20This St. George's day we should take Englishness back from the bigots.
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9The difference between “echo chamber” and “epistemic bubble” and how can we escape them.
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2The GuardianSexual addiction, desire and dopamine hits
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26Whose Story (and Country) Is This?. No, white small-town working-class Protestants are not the only "real" Americans - and the prioritization they demand (and which they are all too often given) is just representative of a broader trend of white male centering and entitlement.
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13Why parents are losing custody of trans and gender non-conforming kids
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7"It is clearly misguided to assume that by listening to intersectionals, we are listening to women, people of color, LGBTs and the disabled. We are, in fact, listening to a minority ideological view dominated by people from an economically privileged class who have had a university education in the social sciences and/or the necessary leisure time and education to study intersectionality, critical race theory, queer theory and critical analyses of ableism."
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14Susie Meister, a former contestant on Road Rules who was sought out as a potential hire by conservative media outlets (including Fox News and Breitbart.com), discusses the similarities between reality TV and conservative media in how they operate.
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13How France solved its own opioid epidemic in the '90s.
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15How Focus on the Family got the IRS to call it a church.
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10David Silverman has been fired from his position of chairman of American Atheists because of accusations of sexual assault and financial conflicts.
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9Facebook says its ‘voter button’ is good for turnout. But should the tech giant be nudging us at all?
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22Movie review of God's Not Dead 3. To the surprise of no one, it's garbage.
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19Paul Ryan's retirement is a sign Republicans are just giving up and surrending re. the midterm elections.
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10Almost all violent extremists share one thing: their gender.
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12Even white nationalists have turned against Paul Nehlen.
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11Why do men sexually assault women?
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30Islamophobes, TERFs, you name it: Youtube shooter Nasim Aghdam is all things to all bigots.
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18News is bad for your health. It leads to fear and aggression, and hinders your creativity and ability to think deeply. The solution? Stop consuming it altogether.
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8Why people become trolls online and how to improve the situation.
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10An interview with an Egyptian atheist and the TV host who kicked him off his show.
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5How JFK almost started World War III in an attempt to look macho.
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12Autism awareness day today
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16On Easter Sunday, Christians must remember how easily and often our faith is used to defend white supremacy
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11Kyle Kulinski goes on Fox News
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11Trans equality will come, but it won’t be an easy journey
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19Religion is not immune to the same criticism everything else faces.