In a letter sent to families by Maria Montessori Academy Director Micah Hirokawa, the school said complaints from a handful of families had led to them offering the decision for everyone to “exercise their civil rights to not participate in Black History Month at the school.” Hirokawa wrote in a …
Read More »‘Feminists will go crazy’: Backlash over pay row as Brazil women’s football team lose 6-0 to under-16s male side in hour-long game
Top-flight Brazilian side Gremio sent a team of teenage boys to face the women’s national side as part of their preparations for the imminent Olympic football tournament side in Tokyo, seeing off a team that included six-time FIFA best women’s player and World Cup record goalscorer Marta over two 30-minute periods. …
Read More »Paris police chief faces backlash for including Trotsky quote in New Year greetings card
After a tough 2020 and apparently seeking to inspire some camaraderie heading into the new year, Lallement drew on a passage from the founder of the Bolshevik Red Army in which Trotsky attempted to rally his “comrades” against the Russian bourgeoisie. The French police chief selected a couple of lines …
Read More »Alyssa Milano faces backlash after claiming ‘masks will protect you MORE than an AR-15’ in bizarre dig at ‘anti-maskers’
In a public service announcement-style tweet on Tuesday, Milano apparently hoped to educate those skeptical of the effectiveness of face masks and related government mandates amid the Covid-19 pandemic, observing that “anti-maskers are the same people who think they need an AR-15 for ‘protection.’” “LOUDER FOR PEOPLE IN THE BACK: …
Read More »The backlash against David Sedaris’ ‘citizen’s dismissal’ joke shows the working class have lost their famous sense of humor
David Sedaris is the latest name to make the Snowflake Kill List. It follows the writer’s video essay for CBS, where he introduces his concept of a “citizen’s dismissal.” The idea is that there’s too many lazy, clock-watchers in the service industry and they don’t care about customer satisfaction. The …
Read More »Caitlin Johnstone: Biden will likely be worse than Obama. The left must lead the backlash, or the right will
The problem with this, apart from the obvious fact that it was an embarrassingly close victory only made possible by the Covid outbreak, is that returning to the pre-Trump “normal” is returning to the exact positions which created Trump. It’s like using a time machine to prevent a train wreck, but only going …
Read More »‘Nothing nefarious at all’: Backlash as ex-NSA chief, involved in mass surveillance revealed by Snowden, joins Amazon board
Amazon announced that Alexander, who served as NSA director from 2005 up to his retirement in March 2014, will join the company’s board on Wednesday. “We’re thrilled to elect a new member to our Board of Directors this month. Welcome, General Keith Alexander!” the tech giant said in a statement …
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