What Privilege? http://whatprivilege.com so you think you don't have any Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:18:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://users.feedblitz.com/807e163980e0f0215d1914586139d7a8/807e163980e0f0215d1914586139d7a8/WP/wplogo2.gifWhat Privilege?http://whatprivilege.com http://whatprivilege.com/republicans-are-in-the-pocket-of-the-rich/ Republicans are in the pocket of the rich http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/28711183/0/whatprivilege~Republicans-are-in-the-pocket-of-the-rich/ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/28711183/0/whatprivilege~Republicans-are-in-the-pocket-of-the-rich/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:34:47 +0000 Jennifer Kesler http://whatprivilege.com/?p=321
  • Elevating individuals doesn’t solve privilege
    • ]]>     I know, it’s obvious, right? They’re putting their foot down over a bill to prevent the extension of a $1,000/year tax cut to the middle class, but they won’t consider getting rid of a few tax cuts for the wealthy that haven’t helped the economy one iota. They promised no increases in taxes, but clearly [...] Related posts:
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    I’ve been trying to figure out precisely how many jobs are available in the US at any time, but I think that information is not tracked. I guess it would involve employers letting someone know, “We’re hiring a new [position]” every time they decide to do so, and nobody in the government would take the [...] No related posts.

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  • Trolling: the privilege of way too much time on your hands
  • Response entitlement: you don’t have any
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  • Please check your feeds
  • On changing the name to What Privilege
    • ]]>     If you follow this site’s feeds, you will need to change the feed URL in your feed reader. The new URLs are: Posts: whatprivilege.com/feed Comments: whatprivilege.com/comments/feed The old feeds will stop working in about 30 days. Thank you, and sorry for the inconvenience. Related posts: Please check your feeds On changing the name to What [...] Related posts:
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    • ]]>     I recently told a Californian. “If it needs changed, I’ll let you know.” He asked where I was from. Until that moment, I had no idea that “needs changed” is a regionalism. Californians are taught to say “needs to be changed” or “needs changing.” This really took me aback because I’ve had a number of [...] Related posts:
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  • Niceness privilege
    • ]]>     There’s an idea in this culture that a perfectly nice person can suddenly snap (if sufficiently traumatized) and then go on a random killing spree. There’s another idea that a perfectly nice man/boy who would never go around looking for someone to rape can be driven into a sort of temporary insanity by some woman [...] Related posts:
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    Someone sent me an interesting article about how US workers get so little vacation compared to workers in other developed nations. The article makes the usual points: US workers get typically 2-3 weeks, at best, while Germans get 6 weeks and loads of countries provide four. Part of the reason, of course, is that other [...] No related posts.

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    I recently came across this randomly in a thread discussing living on minimum wage in Los Angeles and whether it’s possible. The discussion wanders onto the topic of high taxation for California’s social services: Please don’t be fooled by California’s glorious social service programs – THE GOVERNOR CUT THE FUNDS WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE. How [...] No related posts.

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  • Ableist language in the name of this site?
  • Language privilege and regionalism
    • ]]>     If you’ve arrived at the conclusion that the word “crazy” is ableist, or at least makes some people uncomfortable, or is commonly misused and overused to the point of losing its meaning, you may be struggling to find substitute words. This post is for you. I’ve put together a list of many words that convey [...] Related posts:
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    Six people are dead and fourteen others injured by gunshot in Tuscon because of the actions of a man who may be mentally ill. Whenever something like this happens and the perpetrator is believed to be mentally ill, most of the general public accepts that as the full explanation. It’s really not, and there are [...] No related posts.

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