Infinity War!

I saw an Infinity War!


First things first; only English this time. Writing four scripts is too time-consuming to do multilingual weekly, and my command of other languages isn't good enough to speak off the cuff. I'm thinking of doing some sort of monthly thing for that. Not sure what, yet.

Second, no spoilers to start. They come a few minutes in.

Atheism and the Alt-Right

Atheism and the Alt-Right — English


Chris Stedman wrote an article a little while back, Too Many Atheists Are Veering Dangerously Toward the Alt-Right. A lot of atheists have voiced their opinion that Stedman was wrong (he isn't), I'm more interested in why he's right (he is). That is to say, why does movement atheism have such a strong far-right wing? Why have so many atheists who have sought out a community turned to the alt-right?

Orientalism

Orientalism - English


This is just a brief introduction to a topic that I suspect a lot of people don't know much about. Orientalism is the form of oppression experienced by Asians and Asian-Americans under white supremacy and imperialism.

I want to stress, I am in no way an expert in this topic. Not even a little. Not only do I barely scratch the surface here, but I probably get a lot wrong. I strongly recommend you look to actual experts to learn more. Here are some handy links.

• The wikipedia page about Orientalism. Specifically, the woefully inadequate section on Orientalism within critical race theory.
• A link to wikipedia's far more thorough article on Edward Said's book, Orientalism.
• A link to Jenn Fang's blog, reappropriate.co.