I spend a lot of time looking through the developer portals of API providers. I see a lot of things, both the good and bad, while navigating these portals, and while some of the bad stuff I see are way too big for me to doing anything, there are many little things I see that I could help do something about. Sometimes it is just spelling mistakes, sometimes broken links, and other times I want to rewrite API descriptions, and add to the resources that are available for an API.
During these travels, I got to thinking...what if API providers published their developer portals to Github? Just like I do with my API Evangelist sites. Then I could fork their portal, and submit pull requests with rewrites of the description of what your API does, adding little tweaks, here and there, helping polish the portal--potentially making things easier for developers. I'm sure this thought scares the hell out of some companies, who can't imagine, allowing outside input like this, but if you sit down and think about it for a while, it just might make sense.
When I was in Washington D.C., I created a default portal template that runs on Github. I might upgrade this, and make it available for API providers to use as a forkable template, to seed any API developer portal. Doing this makes it easy to provide a base set of building blocks that every API provider should start with, allowing them to delete the elements that they don't want. I am also considering making a default one, that can be used as a starter developer portal for Internet of Things (IoT) platforms.
I thoroughly enjoy the pull requests that I get for spelling and grammar mistakes I made on API Evangelist, from some of my favorite grammar trolls. Running all of my websites on Github Pages has changed the way I tell stories, and interact with my audience. I've always encouraged API providers to use Github for an increasing number of API management tasks, but actually running your entire portal as a Github repo, would this to a new level. This approach could be used for larger, or smaller developer platforms, and I even use Github pages as a front-end for private API developer portals--ask me how.
It is just a suggestion for you API providers, and soon to be API providers. Github provides a very low cost, scalable way to launch your portal, and you never know, people like me who spend a lot of time in your developer portal, might actually help make it a better place. I wish more API providers would publish their portal as a Github repository, as well as graphic designers in the space help craft template portals, that providers can put to work. My portal definitions will always reflect best practices that I see across the API landscape, but they won't always be the slickest looking when it comes to graphic design—just not my core competency.


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I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.)
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In which John Green discusses his virulent hatred for pennies and nickels, two utterly irrelevant coins that inexplicably remain money in the United States of America. It costs more than 1.7 cents to make a 1 cent penny coin in the US; nickels are even more ridiculous, costing more than nine cents to produce.
UPDATE: Those statistics are out of date. In 2009, it cost 1.6 cents to make a penny and 6.1 cents to make a nickel; the US Mint lost 22 million on penny and nickel production, not the 70 million they lost in 2008. (This is because the recession has made zinc and nickel cheaper.) Thank to youtuber http://www.youtube.com/sivartis for the correction.
My inflation calculations came from the CPI inflation calculator: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
Information about the opportunity cost implications of pennies and the calculations of lost productivity can be found here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/24/AR2006092400946.html and here: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/07/penny_sense.html
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Good Morning Hank, It's Monday, Labor Day 2010.
I got attacked by a baby. So Hank, I'm in love with your video from Friday where you exploited the relationship between privatized risk and public regulation. And, Hank, there was something about your intelligence and your passion that made me think "I need to start talking about the issues that are near and dear to my heart, even when they're controversial.
So I'm going to do it Hank, I'm going to say it: I hate pennies. So, Hank, in the United States of America we have money, which we use to facilitate the exchange of goods and services. The smallest unit of American Money is the Penny, which is worth one one-hundreth of a dollar.
So, Hank, here's the deal; because of inflation, in 1972 a penny was worth what a nickel is worth today, and yet in 1972 our economy managed to function just fine without having a coin that was worth one fifth of a penny. Here's what bothers me, Hank: It costs the United States Mint 1.7 cents to make a penny, which means that every year 70 million dollars of federal tax money goes to subsidizing the existence of the penny. Now, Hank, we can solve that problem by using Steel instead of Zinc to make pennies.
But, that wouldn't address the underlying problem which is that pennies are worthless. No they aren't. They aren't?
No, because things that are worthless are worth nothing and pennies are worth much less then nothing. So, there's this very important idea in Economics called Opportunity Cost that I'm not going to explain but basically anytime you are doing something you could be doing something else. But, several studies have proven that the time Americans spend fiddling with pennies costs us money, as much as a billion dollars a year.
So every year American Taxpayers pay seventy million dollars to have the opportunity to lose a billion dollars in productivity costs. There is no legitimate argument in favor of the penny. Many studies have shown that it wouldn't raise prices, it wouldn't cut charitable contributions.
The only institution in the World that benefits from the existence of the penny is a company in Greeneville, Tennessee called Jarden Zinc Products. For everyone else in the United States, pennies are not just worthless but incredibly expensive. But that is not even the ultimate reason to get rid of the penny.
The ultimate reason is that, as I said in the beginning of this video, money exists to facilitate the exchange of goods and services, and pennies don't do that effectively. All the places we usually use coins like Parking Meters and Vending Machines don't accept pennies because they are worthless. I am turning into a giant squid of anger.
You know the only thing I hate more then pennies, Hank? Nickels. A nickel, which is worth five cents, takes more then nine cents to produce.
Imagine, if you will, Hank, a situation in which you walk into a bank and say "I have here this nickel. Would you like to give me nine cents for it?". And the bank says "Yes".
That's what's happening with the US mint. The real solution is that we have three coins: a dime, a fifty-cent piece, and a dollar. If we did this, we would save billions of dollars annually, enough to pay for the job creation programs that politicians are fighting about on television all the time.
But we won't, Hank, for two reasons: one, because we're a species of sentimentalists. The only reason we have pennies is because people like pennies, and they grew up with pennies, and they like Abraham Lincoln. But let me tell you if Abraham Lincoln were alive today he would say "Why is my face on a coin that is worth one twenty-sixth of what a penny was worth when I was president?".
And, second, because it is not an issue you can really fight about. So about half of the main advocates for coinage reform have been Republicans and about half have been Democrats because it's not a political issue, it's just a rational issue. It's not the kind of issue that fires up your base, or gets you reelected, it's something that's gonna save Americans billions of dollars and create lots of exciting efficiencies in our economy and eliminate these disgusting bacteria-ridden discs of suck that fail to facilitate commerce.
Alright, but speaking of commerce, Hank, just a reminder to Nerdfighteria, a Vlogbrothers shirt designed by nerdfighter Vondell Swain is available for pre-order at DFTBA.com, link in the doobly-doo. It's only available for one more week, if you want one get it now. We take Paypal, Credit Card, eCheck, really anything, except for pennies.
And nickels.

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A Warm Velvet Ocean from the Sax of Kevin "Blue" Woods
Tenor sax player Kevin Blue Woods can serve up a sumptuous band of silky sound that hugs the soul and swaddles the spirit. In his latest CD "CityLife" that fat-and-happy sax sound presides over a collection of tracks that have bop and beat, soul and purpose.
"Can't Believe" is a tasty, bright song with a golden hook. "Doin' Fine" has a sultry throb and a rich counterpoint of vocals (female, then male) that tell a story of moving on, a message affirmed by masterful horn work. You'll catch some hyper-funk at work in "You Got Me" and while "Years Ago" does smartly hearken back to old school R&B, Blue Woods's sax punches through with style and sass.
There's also a cover of the classic "Nardis." Though Miles Davis's melodic attack was uniquely his, in this version Blue Woods puts forward his own sweet assertiveness and incorporates several inventive turns with the addition of spoken word and a few fascinating overdubbed snippets of interviews with Mr. Davis himself.
Notably and not to be missed, the purity and perfection of Twanée's voice sweeten these tracks to another degree altogether.
You've worked a lot in both the straight-ahead and smooth realms. What to you are the prime differences?
I'm not sure my music lands directly in the smooth genre, I guess I think of it more as contemporary instrumental R&B, but I approach the two quite uniquely.
They are two completely different head spaces. Straight-ahead jazz is much more about the challenge, the technique and the free creativity, while my popular-oriented music is inspired by my roots in R&B, soul, and funk West Coast. For them, it's all about the groove, the energy, and the audience.
I never play the two genres in the same performance. The only exception to that are my smooth arrangements of "Blue Train" and "Nardis," both of which I have applied hip-hop drum beats and spoken word raps to.
What do you love most about the tenor?
You know, I started on alto, as most young sax players do, but in college I bought a beautiful old Selmer tenor from a classmate and I was a tenor player from then on. What I like most is that it's voiced in almost the same acoustic range as my own baritone voice, so I hear in my head what I want to play, almost like vocal melodies.
What stands out as some of the your most enjoyable session work?
First was my jazz recording session at Tedesco Studios in Paramus, NJ where I recorded "Straight Ahead Time." We recorded live in an old school method: each track was recorded three times through, no stopping. Then we chose the best of each of the three takes for mix and mastering; no overdubs, no inserts, no tricks!
Second, I'd have to say "CityLife." I was fortunate and privileged to play with some of the most talented players around. The rhythm section – including the incomparable Shawn Pelton (longtime drummer in the house band for Saturday Night Live and innumerable world renowned artists), Mike Visceglia (bassist for Suzanne Vega since 1985 and numerous other top performers), and Bennett Paster (he performed worldwide with the likes of Keb Mo, Robben Ford, Kurt Elling, Curtis Stigers and Rufus Reid) – was incredible and took my music to new heights. And Twanée on vocals brought that earthy soulful vibe I was so searching for.
How has the smooth jazz itself evolved?
I think the issue is the term "smooth." That was derived some time ago, and I think it might be holding the music back. What I'm learning about my new release is how many people consider it jazz without any reservations.
Talk about why you like to work in spoken word.
It gives me a voice to tell the story of jazz and how it has brought us to this incredibly diverse and rich tapestry of musical genres today. We all have stories to tell, and whether we have the voice to sing it or not, it has to be told.
What's "White Trash"?
"White Trash" was a NYC-based rock/punk band on Atlantic Records that I joined for a national tour.
I guess I've always been a "styles" player. You had to be to make a living; whatever style band you could perform with you had to adapt. Those were the early days when I was working cruise ships, Disney World, whatever, wherever.
Sounds like a dream to play on a cruise ship.
It was steady pay, but you sacrificed any home life, if you had one. Most of my fellow performers were single and had no permanent home, while I had an apartment and a girlfriend I was missing back home.
Gigging is a whole other subject. When I first came to NYC you could get a band a gig at a small club or pub and make $50-100 per man for a five-piece. And you could play a full three-set night at a club with an audience ready to enjoy your music.
Now you can only get a 45-minute set where the club owner demands you guarantee to bring the entire audience and then you only get a small portion of the door.
I respect the effort that my players provide when they perform with me, so I pay them a fair scale. And so, with my new group at a minimum of eight performers, that's an expensive proposition. I'm interested in opportunities that are cost-effective. I hope we can help shift the economic burden from the artist back to the club owners…like it used to be!
What specifically inspired "CityLife"?
It's a musical exploration of my life experiences in NYC. City living is the struggle, the challenge, the inspiration, the joy, the reward, the desire, the dedication, the failure, and the success. It's full of stories of love, pain, history and inspiration.
Does it have an overall message?
Absolutely! It was written to be a journey from the first tune "We've Got To" to the last "You Got Me."
There is an emotional journey that takes place through this album and I felt it was important to present it that way. The message is, don't avoid what life brings, but endure, grow, and always be ready to change and to be better.
What was your favorite track to produce and why?
"Doin' Fine." I like the tune because it has all the elements I love to bring out: a strong rhythm and blues foundation, prominent female vocal melody and lyric, integral horn arrangements, and signature male rap. This tune was chosen for our upcoming video, so that really made it special.
How did you meet Twanée and what was it like collaborating with her on the album?
My producer, Mark Christensen of Engine Room Audio, introduced me to Twanée as one of several female vocalists we considered for the project. She was the hands-down choice and I couldn't have been more impressed with her talent and professionalism throughout the entire tracking.
Twanée comes primarily from the hip-hop genre and has a huge following there, but I heard such an incredibly soulful and expressive voice that I knew from the start she would just blow us away with her talent…and she did!
In working with her and other younger artists, do you think their interest in jazz is waning or growing?
Well, I'm already getting a lot of positive feedback from younger listeners commenting how much they like this music from both jazz and other genre perspectives. So all I can take from this is that there IS an interest from young people coming up. We need to make sure to foster that and use it as a jumping off point to engage them in other forms of the genre, and grow their interests even further. One way we can accomplish this is to fuse blues and jazz with the contemporary expressions of these younger audiences.
How do you want to grow as a musician?
My pursuit of music is lifelong. I can always practice to improve my technique or interpretation. I can always tell another story through composing. I will always be striving to express more deeply and directly.
Growing never needs to stop.
For more information visit www.bluewoods.com/#music.
Photos courtesy of and with permission of Kevin Blue Woods.
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Joe Wright to Direct Warner's Peter Pan Movie
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Just when you thought you had seen every possible variation on J.M. Barrie's classic Peter Pan story, we find out that there are more adaptations in the works. The Hollywood Reporter had the scoop recently that British director Joe Wright, which you may remember for his great adaptations of Pride and Prejudice and Anna Karenina, is in talks to direct a new movie that will explore the origins of the boy from Neverland. According to the story, Greg Berlanti (Arrow) is producing the pic, with a script by Jason Fuchs (Ice Age: Continental Drift).
Meanwhile, over at Columbia, Channing Tatum and Joe Roth are producing a feature titled Pan, while over at Disney, Gary Ross is attached to direct the adaptation of the popular prequel Peter and the Starcatchers, penned by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson.
Let's not forget that DisneyToon studios is also serving up a new chapter in the popular CG-animated Tinker Bell series this spring. This fifth movie in the series is called The Pirate Fairy (formerly called Quest for the Queen) and is directed by Peggy Holmes. The film will feature the voices of Mae Whitman, who will reprise her role of Tinker Bell, Christina Hendricks as a new fairy named Zarina, and Tom Hiddleston as a young James Hook.You can look for this new adventure on DVD and Blu-ray in March 2014.
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Matthew Lewis talks wanting Neville movie spinoff, Emma Watson, 'Fantastic Beasts'
Matthew Lewis, while promoting the upcoming series three of Bluestone 42, set to premiere on BBC3 sometime this spring, spoke to Radio Times about wanting to bring back the role of Neville Longbottom for a spinoff, if he were asked.
Matt also chatted about meeting up with Emma Watson recently to reminisce about their time on the Harry Potter set, and reuniting with J.K. Rowling and director David Yates, both of whom are currently working on the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film.
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On doing a Neville movie spinoff:
"If it came to it that I was offered that sort of deal – I want to say I'd consider it – but I'd probably jump at the chance, absolutely!" the actor told RadioTimes.com.
"I'm not itching, just yet, but I'd absolutely, definitely consider it, and love to be considered for it."
On meeting up with Emma Watson recently in the UK and thinking back on their Potter days:
"I saw Emma Watson the other day and we were chatting about Potter," Lewis said, "and I realised as much as I miss certain aspects of it, since I finished it I've just had such an amazing time.
"Potter was an amazing and a unique experience that I was privileged to have been a part of, but I've never been as involved with or as proud of a project as I have with Bluestone 42 – I've had so much fun being a part of it, so much more than I've ever had before as an actor, definitely."
His high hopes for the upcoming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them films, based on the team creating it:
"I was up in Edinburgh chatting about it with [Harry Potter creator] Jo Rowling, and [director] David Yates was there too."
"Just knowing that those two are back together again, Jo and David Yates, with [producer] David Heyman – that magical team are together, making these films – it cannot fail to be a success. I can't wait to see it – and not be a part of it!"
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Posted by Hypatian – September 14, 2016 5:40 AM
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Scope of discussion:
This thread is for discussing feminist issues--from the narrow meaning (a movement for social justice in terms of gender equality) to the broader meaning (a movement for social justice, period), and from the scope of issues in gaming and geek culture to kyriarchy in general.
Basic questions are allowed here for now, we will split out a Q&A thread should it become necessary.
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Posted: September 14, 2016 5:40 AM
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This thread is a continuation and replacement of the old Feminism Catch-All (with FAQ) thread.
This initial post is a placeholder for an FAQ in progress, and includes placeholder text between headings...
Women have equal rights, don't they? Why is this still an issue?
Why should we, on this site, care about feminism?
What does this feminist jargon mean?
Specific Questions
Men and women are different, and always will be! Can feminism accomplish anything?
Why are people so sensitive about rape jokes? Why is it any different from joking about other sensitive subjects?
Why don't women just ignore the people harassing them, or just tell them to stop?
Why wear a sexy costume if you don't want the attention and comments?
What's wrong with sexy costumes? Men are portrayed in ways that are just as unrealistic.
I read a story about a woman who was harassed / assaulted / etc. after wearing sexy clothes / flirting with a guy / getting drunk / walking alone at night / etc. I get that it's terrible, but she really should've been more careful. Why is everybody staring at me now?
There are games like Metroid, Portal, etc. with female protagonists. Why not just play those?
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How does feminism relate to the rights of men, or does it? Should we call it something different? (Page 1)
Feminism is at its core the idea that women should be treated like human beings. That women deserve equal political, economic, and social rights to men. Wikipedia says: 'Today the Oxford English Dictionary defines a feminist as "an advocate or supporter of the rights and equality of women".'
There are a variety of social movements and ideologies that have grown out of this core belief, and this can lead to a great deal of confusion. Much of the wide variety in feminist ideologies is tied to different approaches to understanding gender inequality, its origins, and possible solutions arising from those approaches.
And yes, some of those ideas are rather odious at times.
But the heart of feminism? That's simply equal treatment. Not preferential treatment. Not the destruction of cultural institutions. Not having everyone dress in unisex clothing. Just... equal treatment.
Also see the question about men and women being different for some more details about what this means in more specific context.
Because gender inequality is at the heart of feminist concerns, feminism also frequently touches on other aspects of gender inequality and stereotyping (including GSRM issues), and wider issues of inequality (kyriarchy and intersectional issues).
Finally, note that because feminism is frequently about rigidity of gender roles and gender inequality, it's also about breaking down places where men are treated unequally towards women: when people look askance at a guy who wants to make a career working with kids, that's a feminist issue, because it's founded on an assumption that certain jobs are "women's work", and that any man who engages in those jobs must have ulterior motives.
(Note for later linkage: "What Does Modern Prejudice Look Like?" (NPR))
Some things from later in this thread:
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First-wave feminism was a period of activity during the 19th century and early twentieth century. In the UK and US, it focused on the promotion of equal contract, marriage, parenting, and property rights for women.
Second-wave feminism is a feminist movement beginning in the early 1960s and continuing to the present; as such, it coexists with third-wave feminism. Second-wave feminism is largely concerned with issues of equality beyond suffrage, such as ending gender discrimination.
Second-wave feminists see women's cultural and political inequalities as inextricably linked and encourage women to understand aspects of their personal lives as deeply politicized and as reflecting sexist power structures. The feminist activist and author Carol Hanisch coined the slogan "The Personal is Political", which became synonymous with the second wave.
In the early 1990s in the USA, third-wave feminism began as a response to perceived failures of the second wave and to the backlash against initiatives and movements created by the second wave. Third-wave feminism distinguished itself from the second wave around issues of sexuality, challenging female heterosexuality and celebrating sexuality as a means of female empowerment. Third-wave feminism also seeks to challenge or avoid what it deems the second wave's essentialist definitions of femininity, which, they argue, over-emphasize the experiences of upper middle-class white women. Third-wave feminists often focus on "micro-politics" and challenge the second wave's paradigm as to what is, or is not, good for women, and tend to use a post-structuralist interpretation of gender and sexuality.
There are also a variety of ideologies within feminism that are useful to know about, and developed and changed within those waves.
Liberal feminism seeks individualistic equality of men and women through political and legal reform without altering the structure of society.
Radical feminism considers the male-controlled capitalist hierarchy as the defining feature of women's oppression and the total uprooting and reconstruction of society as necessary.
Conservative feminism is conservative relative to the society in which it resides.
Libertarian feminism conceives of people as self-owners and therefore as entitled to freedom from coercive interference.
Separatist feminism does not support heterosexual relationships. Lesbian feminism is thus closely related. Other feminists criticize separatist feminism as sexist.
Ecofeminists see men's control of land as responsible for the oppression of women and destruction of the natural environment; ecofeminism has been criticised for focusing too much on a mystical connection between women and nature.
Marxist feminism argues that capitalism is the root cause of women's oppression, and that discrimination against women in domestic life and employment is an effect of capitalist ideologies.
Socialist feminism distinguishes itself from Marxist feminism by arguing that women's liberation can only be achieved by working to end both the economic and cultural sources of women's oppression.
Anarcha-feminists believe that class struggle and anarchy against the state require struggling against patriarchy, which comes from involuntary hierarchy.
Womanism emerged after early feminist movements were largely white and middle-class.
Postcolonial feminists argue that colonial oppression and Western feminism marginalized postcolonial women but did not turn them passive or voiceless.
Third-world feminism and Indigenous feminism are closely related to postcolonial feminism.
Post-structural feminism draws on the philosophies of post-structuralism and deconstruction in order to argue that the concept of gender is created socially and culturally through discourse.
Riot grrls took an anti-corporate stance of self-sufficiency and self-reliance. Riot grrrl's emphasis on universal female identity and separatism often appears more closely allied with second-wave feminism than with the third wave.
Lipstick feminism is a cultural feminist movement that attempts to respond to the backlash of second-wave radical feminism of the 1960s and 1970s by reclaiming symbols of "feminine" identity such as make-up, suggestive clothing and having a sexual allure as valid and empowering personal choices.
I'll add transfeminism to the mix, which is a movement informed by transgender experiences towards recognizing that gender is not as simple as men and women, and affirming that how we interact with gender is a choice and not a given. It sees the idea that gender is purely a social construct as simplistic, although the ways we interact with and understand gender are certainly socially constructed.
And of course, individual people are individual and can have all sorts of mixtures of ideas. I know radical transfeminists. I know Marxist radical feminists. I know libertarian lipstick feminists. etc.
As you can imagine, there are plenty of other attitudes and ideologies floating around as well, and a sense that we're beyond the third wave of feminism but uncertainty about what that means.
Also note the word "intersectional" in particular. This was coined by Black Feminist Kimberlé Crenshaw, who put forward the idea that intersections between different axes of marginalization combine in ways greater than the sum of their parts. That is: the situation of Black women may not be understood by understanding sexism and understanding racism separately. There are aspects of what Black women face that are unique to them. (Today, that intersection is often called "misogynoir", a portmanteau of misogyny and the word "noir" for the color black.)
Some more words that often come up:
This does not mean "born with a silver spoon in your mouth". It refers to being in the advantageous position in some axis of marginalization. This is often difficult for the privileged person to perceive, because many advantages of privilege amount to being treated like a human being while others are treated as less. For example: a woman will be judged as "bossy" or "abrasive" for speaking up in the workplace, while a man in the same position speaking the same way will have the privilege of being treated as "forceful" and "no-holds-barred" for speaking up even more strongly. Another example: a white person may be treated with suspicion in an upscale store if they are poorly dressed (although in the age of Silicon Valley, this is no certainty), but a Black person is likely to be treated as a potential shoplifter even if they are dressed impeccably.
See also this news story, where:
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Kamilah Brock says the New York City police sent her to a mental hospital for a hellish eight days, where she was forcefully injected with powerful drugs, essentially because they couldn't believe a black woman owned a BMW.
marginalization
A marginalized person is a person who is treated as less significant and "pushed to the margins". This is the opposite side of privilege. Women are discouraged from leadership positions in businesses because they have to keep to the margins to avoid being picked out as trouble-makers. People of color are discouraged from going to the same shops and neighborhoods as white people because they'll be treated as suspicious outsiders. Transgender people will avoid medical providers even when suffering from dangerous conditions because of fears of being treated as a curiosity rather than as a patient.
Being marginalized means not being able to take part in society to the same degree as those with privilege. White people can participate more than Black people. Men can participate more than women. Straight people can participate more than gay people. Both straight and gay people can participate more than bi people sometimes. (Really!) And so on.
People who are marginalized have to constantly prove themselves in different ways, and even having proved themselves continue to be required to do so. Privileged people are assumed to belong.
oppressor/oppressed
This is a different way to talk about privilege and marginalization, somewhat more common in second wave feminism than later feminism. The implication is the same, although the language is stronger. It may seem like these words are overstating the case--but we can see in recent cases of police treatment of Black people that they may not be as far off the mark as we would like to believe.
sex-positive
The attitude that sex should be a thing that can be celebrated, and doesn't need to be treated as a vehicle of oppression. This is connected with other third-wave ideas in reclaiming things associated with femininity instead of rejecting them. Making them about women empowering themselves, rather than about women submitting themselves to the will of men. A sex-negative attitude towards makeup would be that it's done for men's benefit to look more attractive for them. A sex-positive attitude would be that it is a form of self-expression that a woman can flaunt for no reason other than to feel good about herself.
SWERF/TERF
"Sex-worker exclusionary radical feminist" and "trans exclusionary radical feminist". People often have these views at the same time, although it's certainly not universal.
TERFs often hold to some radical feminist ideas put forward in the 1970s that trans women are men altered through the medical-industrial complex to be invaders into the society of women. They usually ignore the fact that trans men exist (instead preferring to believe that they're still women, albeit very butch), and if forced to confront the fact that trans men see themselves as men will see them as deluded.
SWERFs hold to the idea that sex work is always oppressive, and never something that a person can choose to do themselves. They tend to show up in places where work is being done to change the law to decrease the "evils of prostitution". They almost always ignore the words of sex workers who decry their approaches as more destructive than what they're trying to cure. Sex-work positive feminists generally believe that sex work is a job that people choose to do, and which prohibition does not eliminate, and as such believe that legalizing sex work in order to provide safer working conditions (and allow sex workers to go to the police when they are abused, for example) is the right way to end these evils.
Not all sex-worker exclusionary feminists are radical feminists (for example, see white feminism just below.)
white feminism
This refers specifically to a sort of attitude that is often seen among prominent women (usually white, but also some women of color). It is somewhat reminiscent of first-wave feminism in that it has a sense of "the fight has been won", and ignores the fact that people in different situations have it worse off. A cardinal example would be Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In", which is criticized as basically just saying that "all women have to do is work harder to be recognized, but we can do it!! This ignores the fact that Sandberg had tremendous advantages that allowed her to do this, which are not available to women in different situations.
White feminism is generally dismissive of the issues of women of color, queer women, and sex workers.
There are some branches of feminism that believe that men and women will never truly be equal until all differences between men and women are stamped out. Fortunately, that's kind of a fringe point of view.
[em]Of course[/em] men and women are different. Physically, in terms of the effects of hormones on their bodies while developing in the womb and throughout their lives. Possibly mentally and emotionally based on the influence of hormones on the brain. Socially in terms of commonly preferred social roles, ambitions, interactions with others, fashions. There are a lot of ways that men and women are different.
But it's important to note a few things: First, [em]individual people are all different[/em]. Second, [em]different doesn't necessarily mean worse[/em]. And third, [em]some of these differences are choices[/em].
It is not prejudice, when you have two candidates for a task, to evaluate the two candidates on the basis of their actual ability to perform the task and to then pick the one who can do it better. It [em]is[/em] prejudice to look at the two candidates and make unjustified assumptions about their actual ability to perform the task, and then pick the one who you assume can do it better.
Women do, on average, have less muscle mass and bone density than men. However, the average is just the average. Actual individual women and men have a great variety of physicality, and there's a ton of overlap. So if you take an individual man and an individual woman, and you want to know which one is actually better at lifting heavy things, you need to evaluate those two individuals--not the averages.
There are also many many places in our world where men and women are treated differently, based purely on diffent assumptions about how one or the other "should" act. For example, the Guardian has a reaction piece pointing out how a Politico Op-Ed was sexist--not because it asserted that Jill Abramson is a bad editor because she's a woman, but because it criticized aspects of her leadership style that would be lauded in a male editor.
Similarly, in the famous case of Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, the issue was prejudicial treatment of a woman based on her failure to conform to gender stereotypes. Behavior that would have been accepted in a man was instead criticized in a woman. If it's acceptable for some people to choose to behave a certain way, it's unreasonable to demand that others not make the same choices simply because of their gender (or ethnicity, or so on.)
And yes, the same sort of thing happens to men who act in a more typically feminine manner, and that's also a feminist issue.
In short: Equality doesn't mean stamping out differences. It's not about physical equality. It's about equality in social, economic, and political [em]treatment[/em]. It's not about demanding that you ignore the very real differences, it's about demanding that the differences actually exist rather than being assumed into being.
(Note for later linkage: Shut Up or Get Out: PA City Punishes Domestic Violence Victims Who Call the Police.)
(Notes for possible later linkage regarding "slut-shaming" which often follows on from "victim-blaming", although maybe it deserves its own heading somehow: The shame of slut-shaming, I Was Detained and Interrogated at the Border for Carrying Condoms.)
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Why is that an HR issue? Similarly, what would you expect HR to do about it?
My company has a strict no-smoking policy. You can get written up for smoking on company property.
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So I need advice. I am a believer in a woman's absolute right to body autonomy(really, everyone's right but only one gender has that already). That said, I regularly see two pregnant women smoking at work and I find this morally reprehensible. Am I being a hypocrite if I complain to HR? This is a tough one.
It's not a tough one.
Yes, you'd be a hypocrite. Autonomy extends to bad choices as well as good. Be a believer or don't, but this stance is sitting right athwart that fence.
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I'm not aiming to call you out, Sally. I don't think "HR" and "look the other way" are the only options (none of the options are great), and I was wondering what the expectation was with the HR option.
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I feel like this has a bit more going on than a straight body autonomy question. The hard part I have is that if they are going to have the baby, science has shown that smoking is detrimental to development so it isn't about how it affects the smoker, but about the baby.
Ultimately you are probably right and I should just ignore as none of my business.
@Chumpy - is fine. I honestly don't know what result I would expect. Maybe disallow smoking for everyone on company property.
Dude. You're not The Perfect Baby Police. Don't be policing women's bodies. It's that simple.
Dude. I am not doing anything but asking other people's opinions on a question I have posed. Thanks for your input, it is noted.
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Take this conversation to men talking to men about feminism if you'd like to continue it.
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I was actually really hoping for a feminist perspective on my question and don't really need further cishet male feedback.
If this is wrong place for it, fully apologize and will move on.
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None of your business.
If it bugs you a ton AND YOU KNOW THE WOMEN, I think it'd be fine to ask them about it.
HR is way out of line.
Do you comment to parents when you see them smoking around their kids?
How is this different?
I really appreciate your perspective and response. For my part, it just feels off walking past and saying nothing(not suggesting I am right, as I am working through my feelings about it). As a counterpoint, if I walked by and saw someone smacking his kids around or offering them alcohol or something else injurious to their development I would say something and am just working through in my mind how this is different.
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The life-is-weird thing is that it was mostly your posts that got me to accept that it's okay for parents to smack their kids around, and that without being a parent, you've got no skin in the game, so leave the conversation about it to people who do.
Hey, maybe that's the answer here: you're probably not the only person who will ever see her smoking. Leave it up to someone who has been (or even faces the possibility of being) pregnant to have that conversation with her.
I don't know that I ever encouraged smacking kids around, to be clear, I remember that conversation and it was more about spanking but yes - with all these conversations over all these years we definitely find ourselves taking new and different positions as we hopefully evolve as people.
Maybe what still remains true is that if you don't have skin in the game, it's not your place to jump in. Some rule enforcement is best left to people with the appropriate lived experience.
I discussed it with my wife as well and that was basically her take away as well. She said that she would say something about it but that I should just leave it alone.
Thanks for discussion and sorry for derail.
I don't see the question as a derail at all....I do find it interesting that a mod popped in before any women had a chance to speak. Might be worth considering what thread men are in when posting their replies. The question was asked of women, not of men, but look at how many men felt a need to answer.
I don't see the question as a derail at all....I do find it interesting that a mod popped in before any women had a chance to speak.
For clarity, women can post in the men talking to men thread. Given this conversation quickly turned into a men talking to men conversation, the whole point of the other thread is to avoid men taking up space in here. If dudes want to pose a question that's fine (and within scope) but it's not encouraged for other men to jump in with their own responses in this particular thread.
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An anecdotal response, but a friend's wife was actually allowed to smoke by her doctor because it can reduce birth weight. She tended to have really big babies and it was becoming problematic.
A Cigar, much like Scotch and Monogamy, is an acquired taste.
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Okay, so feminist woman who has had two kids and moonlights as a MD specialized in public health. Smoking is BAD. It's the leading cause of most cancers, and a HUGE factor in atherosclerosis (like plaque building up on your teeth, but in your arteries, which means they get blocked off and bad things happen like stroke or heart attacks or amputations). I will never ever say anything different, especially since smoking also increases the risk of infertility, miscarriage, fetal death, among other things. Oh and it increases the risk of deep vein thrombosis too, which is a big deal when you're on the pill, because that's a factor too, so you can get deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and pulmonary embolism. And die. Yeah, so many fun ways for us to die.
HAVING SAID THAT, unless those women are folks you're really close to, you have ZERO right to say anything to them, and much less to HR (unless they're smoking on the job, where they shouldn't be). Folks with uteri aren't walking incubators. They're still people, with rights to bodily autonomy. The only people who can lecture them (and even then, I recommend education, not lecturing) are their doctors. Maybe the other parent (debatable, but I'll throw it in there). That's it. Certainly not you, random coworker.
I guarantee you they know it's the not best thing for their child. I guarantee you that from the day that pee stick turns blue (or whatever), we're bombarded with guidelines about what to eat, what not to eat, what to drink, etc, etc, etc. They know.
I've never smoked, but I'm told it's a hard habit to kick. Maybe they've cut down. Maybe they're trying. And maybe they aren't. Point is, that's not on you.
And thanks, but I'm not going within a mile of that other thread. I'm good here.
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Well, if you were wondering how things in Alabama could get even worse, they just charged a woman that was shot in the abdomen with manslaughter over her miscarriage:
https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2019/06/woman-indicted-in-shooting-death-of-her-unborn-child-charges-against-shooter-dismissed.html
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Gotta normalize criminalizing miscarriage by finding a way to blame black people first.
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To legally sanctify the actions of the shooter and charge the victim for her suffering? I cannot comprehend the logic or acceptance of that as a just action, even in the minds of hardline fundamentalist pro-lifers. I am not a person who throws the term around lightly, but that is explicitly evil and a terrifying indicator of the state's trajectory.
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This was back in December, so it can't be charged under the new law there. Just more stupid from Alabama
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Have you not been paying attention?!? This is exactly what we've been warning and talking about. It's not about protecting life.
It's about controlling women and their bodies.
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The first steps will be to apply this to poor black women until it becomes normalized.
The next step will be applying the law to something like car accidents and other things of the like.
Then they will start encouraging women who are pregnant to stay at home, where it is "safe".
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Arlo Mountord is a Melbourne based video artist who works primarily with digital animation. In 'The lament', Mountford reanimates the lovers and cherubs depicted in Watteau's rococo paintings 'Pilgrimage to the Isle of Cythera' 1717 and 'Pilgrimage to Cythera' 1718-19. The narratives in these works have intrigued art historians for centuries because it is not clear whether the subjects were arriving or leaving the amorous island of Cythera. In 'The lament' Mountford has extended the narratives of Watteau's 'The pilgrimage' long enough for each scene to play out with surprising and amusing outcomes.
dual channel digital animation, colour, sound
3/5 + 2 AP
duration: 00:10:00 mins, aspect ratio: 16:9
Signed l.l. Certificate of authenticity, black ink "Arlo Mountford". Not dated.
Gift of Anita and Luca Belgiorno-Nettis 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
© Arlo Mountford
Justin Paton, Unguided tours: Anne Landa Award for video & new media arts 2011 , 'Notes from an unguided tour', pg. 9-11, Sydney, 2011, 10, 34 (colour illus., detail), 35, 36-37 (colour illus., detail), 38-39 (colour illus., detail, 53, 54.


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Mathematics Leadership & JUMP Math PD Session – February 15!
Mathematics Leadership CoP (MKN) and JUMP Math invite you to a Professional Learning Network Webinar on February 15, 2022, 3:30-5pm (organized through Zoom).
From research to practice: Supporting learners and teachers of mathematics.
Presenter: Dr. John Mighton (JUMP Math)
Summary: Dr. Mighton will talk about evidence-based principles of instruction and share the results of research and implementation of JUMP Math. Topics suitable for all grades will include:
How to teach Novice vs. Expert Learners? Using "structured inquiry" to engage all students.
How to support teachers who experience anxiety and lack confidence for teaching mathematics?
John will walk us through some Grade 3-6 math problems and the digital supports and other resources for teachers, students, parents, and tutors (e.g., online Financial Literacy lessons; free essential lessons for K-8 to mitigate learning loss; core classroom program for K-8; Math Minds—free online course from the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary, and more).
Bio: Dr. Mighton is a playwright turned mathematician and author who founded JUMP Math as a charity in 2001. His work in fostering numeracy and in building children's self-confidence through success in math has been widely recognized. He has been named a Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year, an Ernst & Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year for Canada, an Ashoka Fellow, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and has received five honorary doctorates. John is also the recipient of the 10th Annual Egerton Ryerson Award for Dedication to Public Education. He has delivered keynotes at many conferences on education and cognitive science (Including the Aspen Brain Forum) and published articles on JUMP Math in Scientific American Mind and The Notices of the American Mathematical Society.
John had to overcome his own "massive math anxiety" before making the decision to earn a Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Toronto. He was later awarded an NSERC Fellowship for postdoctoral research in knot and graph theory. He is a Fellow of the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences and has taught mathematics and education courses at the University of Toronto. He has also lectured in philosophy at McMaster University, where he received a master's degree in philosophy.
His plays have been performed around the world and he is the recipient of several national awards for theatre, including two Governor General's Awards.
View the flyer here!
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Critical Transitions PD Session – Early Mathematics – February 3!
We are excited to announce the first Professional Development session in a series from our Communities of Practice: Math Leadership, Critical Transitions, Indigenous Knowledge & Computational Modelling.
Members of the Critical Transitions in Early Math Group will share and provide access to resources for educators that support K-Grade 3 mathematics. Presenters will include Melanie Martin and Dr. Lynda Colgan (The Roots of Coding); Dr. Sandy Youmans (Early Math at Home and Early Math at School); Dr. Heather Douglas (Early Math Assessment Screening Tool); Hannah Wickstrom (Structured Play); and Angeline Hunter (Greater Essex County District Classroom Support Documents).
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A repulsive horror? How famous writers responded to winning the notorious 'Bad Sex in Fiction Award'
By professorwu December 18, 2016 December 21, 2016
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Bulging trousers, gasps, moans and sighs – all feature heavily in the award winning passages of "bad sex in fiction".
Every year in November, the lovers of literature hold their breath as they await news of the winner of one of the most notorious 'booby' prizes in the world: the Bad Sex in Fiction Award.
Founded in 1993 by the Literary Review, the award causes titular delight among its hordes of fans, and has developed from a cult-prize into a world famous event – this year's shortlist and award ceremony was covered by major newspapers and mainstream TV news channels across the globe.
Italian novelist Erri De Luca scooped the 2016 award, which recognises those authors who have produced an outstandingly bad scene of sexual description in an otherwise good novel. A general consensus seemed to form relatively quickly that this year's shortlist (which can be read here) didn't quite live up to 2015's, which was won by Morrissey. But perhaps this has less to do with the featured writing in both year's shortlists, and more to do with the way Morrissey reacted to the news his book, The List of the Lost, was first shortlisted – and then announced as the winner.
Indeed, describing the prize as "a repulsive horror", Morrissey told Uruguayan newspaper El Observador that he had "many enemies, and their biggest motivation, as you know, is to try to use all your achievements against you."
So perhaps it was the added drama of Morrissey's reactions that made the 2015 awards seem that bit spicier compared to Erri De Luca – who reacted by ignoring the whole thing.
With that in mind, how have previous winners of the notorious prize responded to the news? We've brought together a few choice reactions from these famous authors below.
"Honoured" – Rachel Johnson
Rachel Johnson's novel Shire Hill was singled out for her book's slew of animal metaphors, including comparing her male protagonist's "light fingers" to "a moth caught inside a lampshade", and his tongue to "a cat lapping up a dish of cream so as not to miss a single drop". Literary Review deputy editor Tom Fleming was also disturbed by the heroine's "grab, to put him, now angrily slapping against both our bellies, inside".
Johnson said it was an "absolute honour" to win, taking her place alongside former winners including Norman Mailer, Sebastian Faulks and Tom Wolfe. "I'm not feeling remotely grumpy about it. I know that men with literary reputations to polish might find it insulting," she said, "but if you've had a book published in the year any attention is welcome, even if it's slightly dubious attention of this sort."
Read Johnson's full extract alongside the other winners in our Connoisseur's Compendium.
"Not the least bit surprised" – David Guterson
David Guterson snaffled the bad sex prize for his fifth novel, Ed King, a modern reimagining of the Oedipus myth. Judges were swayed by a scene introduced as "the part where a mother has sex with her son", and including the passages: "these sorts of gyrations and five-sense choreographies, with variations on Ed's main themes, played out episodically between 10 pm and 10 am, when Diane said, 'Let's shower'"; and "she took him by the wrist and moved the base of his hand into her pubic hair until his middle fingertip settled on the no-man's-land between her 'front parlour' and 'back door' (those were the quaint, prudish terms of her girlhood)".
"He says in brackets that these are quaint, prudish terms but I don't think that is sufficient justification for using them," said Jonathan Beckman, the Literary Review's assistant editor.
The American author took his triumph in good spirits, saying in response that "Oedipus practically invented bad sex, so I'm not in the least bit surprised".
Read Guterson's full extract alongside the other winners in our Connoisseur's Compendium.
"You can lead an English literary wannabe to irony but you can't make him get it." – Tom Wolfe
American author Tom Wolfe, 74, best-known for his novel Bonfire of the Vanities and for his eccentric dress – he normally wears a white suit and carries a cane – was awarded the Bad Sex award for his novel I Am Charlotte Simmons. Judges were swayed by a number of passages of "ghastly and boring prose", with the following extract drawing particular ire:
"Slither slither slither slither went the tongue. But the hand, that was what she tried to concentrate on, the hand, since it has the entire terrain of her torso to explore and not just the otorhinolaryngological caverns – oh God, it was not just at the border where the flesh of the breast joins the pectoral sheath of the chest – no, the hand was cupping her entire right – Now!"
Wolfe did not react well to news his novel had won the infamous prize. He described The Literary Review as "a very small, rather old-fashioned magazine", and went onto say that the British literary judges who awarded him a prize for the year's worst sex in fiction simply did not understand that his description of a first encounter was meant to be ironic.
"There's an old saying – 'You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her sing'," he said. "In this case, you can lead an English literary wannabe to irony but you can't make him get it."
"I purposely chose the most difficult scientific word I could to show this is not an erotic scene," he added. "There's nothing like a nine-syllable word to chase Eros off the premises."
Read Wolfe's full extract alongside the other winners in our Connoisseur's Compendium.
"I blush to read my offending prose" – Iain Hollingshead
British journalist and novelist Iain Hollingshead received the 2006 award for his book Twenty Something, specifically because of his description of sex on page 46 of his novel, in which he writes:
"I can feel her breasts against her chest. I cup my hands round her face and start to kiss her properly. She slides one of her slender legs in between mine.
Oh Jack, she was moaning now, her curves pushed up against me, her crotch taut against my bulging trousers, her hands gripping fistfuls of my hair.
She reaches for my belt. I groan too, in expectation. And then I'm inside her, and everything is pure white as we're lost in a commotion of grunts and squeaks, flashing unconnected images and explosions of a million little particles."
Judges were particularly keen to highlight the use of the phrase "bulging trousers", and upon receiving the award, Holligshead wrote an entire article in the Daily Telegraph about the experience.
He said when he first discovered his book had been shortlisted, he "wasn't too ashamed" because he was "sure I wouldn't win".
Yet, when he was announced as the winner, he wrote "I blush to read my offending prose now […] apparently the judges wriggled with mirth at [some of the phrasing] and I don't blame them. Shamefully, it could have been even worse."
"There's something very British, of course, about celebrating failure. Some writers deserve to be taken down a peg or two, but most nominees take the awards with the good humour with which they're intended. […] But there's also something very British about the whole approach to sex. We're good at smut, less good at genuine erotica. It is difficult to imagine the French or the Italians running a similar award.
It was once said that the English have hot-water bottles rather than sex lives. I think it's more that we're still not sufficiently grown-up to read and write about it properly.
No matter. It's all harmless fun. Until now, friends' concerns about my budding literary career have revolved around the possibility that I might, unfairly, be confused with the rather more successful Alan Hollinghurst, author of The Line of Beauty.
Since this surprise victory, I feel we're on a level playing field. And he can keep his Booker Prize."
Read Hollingshead's full extract alongside the other winners in our Connoisseur's Compendium.
"I deserve a Blue Peter badge for my description of sex" – Janet Ellis
Not an eventual winner of the award, and so placed at the end of this short list, but Janet Ellis nonetheless makes an appearance after her novel The Butcher's Hook was nominated for the 2016 award, and she wrote a lengthy article in The Guardian in defence of her own book.
The panel of five judges at the Literary Review singled it out for a surprisingly agricultural passage in which Ellis's heroine Anne consummates her passion for butcher's apprentice Fub.
"'Anne,' he says, stopping and looking down at me. I am pinned like wet washing with his peg. 'Till now, I thought the sweetest sound I could ever hear was cows chewing grass. But this is better.' He sways and we listen to the soft suck at the exact place we meet. Then I move and put all thoughts of livestock out of his head."
In her article, Ellis claims that she should be praised, rather than singled out negatively, for being willing to write about sex, because "I didn't set out to titillate or shock, but to have skirted around the issue would have been cowardly. I didn't let imaginary hecklers get in the way of what I wanted to write, or worry someone who'd watched me when they were a child would suffer the trauma of finding out I was a grown woman after all."
"Writing about writing about sex is also difficult, of course. If you're not describing what happens (when you can use all the available words any which way you choose, in an attempt to make a very old act seem new) you're a hostage to fortune. Every phrase risks alerting the double entendre police, who are eager to nudge each other in the ribs if anything naughty arises (see?).
The paragraphs they've pulled out (sorry) for the shortlist are scarcely erotic, and weren't designed to be, but the cumulative effect must have caused some flushing at least. I take some comfort from the fact that if, after such an avalanche, my writing stood out like a ski pole, I must be doing something right."
Read Ellis's extract alongside the shortlisted entries for the 2016 awards here.
So, dear readers, what do you think? How should writers react to winning prizes of the ilk of the Bad Sex Awards? With good humour and grace? Or are they right to feel aggrieved and challenge the ethos behind the award? Should they react at all? Sebastian Faulks, a previous winner in 1998, ignored the award at the time; but then paid homage to his 'achievement' with a couple of references to the experience in his 2015 novel Where my heart used to beat.
There's no easy answer, of course; but let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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Kirikou et les Bêtes sauvages est un jeu vidéo développé par Wizarbox, édité par Emme Interactive, et sorti en . C'est une adaptation du film d'animation Kirikou et les Bêtes sauvages de Michel Ocelot sorti en 2005. C'est un jeu de plates-formes en solo à destination des très jeunes enfants, qui reprend les différentes aventures narrées par le film.

Principe du jeu
Kirikou et les Bêtes sauvages propose trente niveaux successifs regroupés en épisodes par groupes de six. Chaque épisode est introduit par le grand-père de Kirikou. Le jeu est principalement un jeu de plates-formes qui contient en outre différents mini-jeux. Kirikou doit traverser chaque niveau en sautant de plates-formes en plates-formes, en ramassant des objets et en évitant divers dangers. Les mini-jeux peuvent consister en parties de « Un, deux, trois, soleil », en des jeux de mémoire ou de poursuite. Il est possible de sélectionner directement les niveaux les plus difficiles afin d'atteindre les épreuves les plus adaptés à son niveau. Atteindre un score élevé dans un niveau permet de visionner une cinématique supplémentaire.

Accueil critique

Accueil dans les médias spécialisés
Le jeu reçoit un accueil allant du passable au bon dans les médias spécialisés. Le site jeuxvideo.com attribue à la version PC la note de 9 sur 20. Le testeur apprécie le respect de l'univers des films, la bande-son très correcte et les mini-jeux variés, mais estime les graphismes et animations , les niveaux trop répétitifs et la durée de vie trop courte (il ne faut selon lui que cinq heures pour terminer le jeu). Il pense que le jeu pourra plaire à son public de destination si les enfants n'ont pas déjà joué à des jeux plus élaborés destinés à un public plus âgé (comme les Super Mario). Le site jeuxvideopc attribue au jeu la note de 6/10 et estime qu'il , avec un respect de l'œuvre d'origine exceptionnellement bon pour ce type d'adaptation vidéoludique, une difficulté bien gérée, des niveaux bien conçus et des activités variées, ainsi que des mini-jeux convenables pour des enfants âgés de 4 à 8 ans. Il regrette cependant le caractère dépassé des graphismes et des animations : .

Classement à usage parental
L'éditeur du jeu, Emme Entertainment, vise un public de très jeunes enfants à partir de trois ans. Le PEGI classe cependant le jeu en « 7+ », ce qui revient à le déconseiller au public d'enfants de 3 à 7 ans pour lequel il avait été conçu, après avoir jugé que « certaines images ou sons peuvent effrayer ou inquiéter ».

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Q: Query to omit an entire group which has one record with a certain value in an attribute I need to create a personal table based on particular criteria from another table.  The records associated with the data are grouped together (based on distance from each other). I have another field that is populated with a particular code.  The result of the query should only include all attributes from all groups that DO NOT have a certain codes (in this case 2 and 3):
|groupid |  id   |  code  | stuff |
----------------------------------|
|    a   |   1   |   1    |  data |
|    a   |   2   |   1    |  data |
|    b   |   3   |   1    |  data |
|    b   |   4   |   2    |  data |
|    c   |   5   |   1    |  data |
|    c   |   6   |   3    |  data |
|    d   |   7   |   2    |  data |
|    d   |   8   |   4    |  data |
|    e   |   9   |   4    |  data |
|    e   |   10  |   4    |  data |
-----------------------------------

In this case I need to create a personal table that contains all the records and attributes where the results are as follows:
|groupid |  id   |  code  | stuff |
----------------------------------|
|    a   |   1   |   1    |  data |
|    a   |   2   |   1    |  data |
|    e   |   9   |   4    |  data |
|    e   |   10  |   4    |  data |
-----------------------------------

Because codes 2 and 3 were unreliable for the study, the whole group that contains any of these values cannot be analyzed.  The query should be a select * as I need all the attributes (there are more than 4).  Thank you.

A: select *
from your_table t1
where not exists (
    select 1 from your_table t2
    where t1.group = t2.group
    and t2.code in (2, 3)  -- exclusion list here
);

A: Pretty much as you describe it in English
Select * from table a
Where Not exists
    (Select * from table
     where groupid = a.groupId
         and code in (2,3))

test case:
declare @t table
(groupid char(1) not null,
 id int not null, code int not null,
 stff varchar(10) not null)
insert @t(groupid, id, code, stff)values
('a',  1, 1, 'data'),
('a',  2, 1, 'data'),
('b',  3, 1, 'data'),
('b',  4, 2, 'data'),
('c',  5, 1, 'data'),
('c',  6, 3, 'data'),
('d',  7, 2, 'data'),
('d',  8, 4, 'data'),
('e',  9, 4, 'data'),
('e', 10, 4, 'data')
select * from @t

Select * from @t a
Where Not exists
    (Select * from @t
     where groupid = a.groupId
         and code in (2,3))

results:
  a   1  1  data
  a   2  1  data
  e   9  4  data
  e  10  4  data

A: This can be done with analytic functions, so that the base table is read just once - resulting in better performance. This is pretty much what analytic functions were created for.
If you have too many columns and don't want to type their names twice (although that is the "best practice"), you may select * in the outer query if you don't mind keeping the ct column (where all values will be 0), and in the inner query you may select <table_name>.*, count(....).... In the inner query you must qualify * with the table name, since you are also selecting an additional "column", ct.
with
     test_data ( groupid, id, code, stuff ) as (
       select 'a',  1, 1, 'data' from dual union all
       select 'a',  2, 1, 'data' from dual union all
       select 'b',  3, 1, 'data' from dual union all
       select 'b',  4, 2, 'data' from dual union all
       select 'c',  5, 1, 'data' from dual union all
       select 'c',  6, 3, 'data' from dual union all
       select 'd',  7, 2, 'data' from dual union all
       select 'd',  8, 4, 'data' from dual union all
       select 'e',  9, 4, 'data' from dual union all
       select 'e', 10, 4, 'data' from dual
    )
-- end of test data; the solution (SQL query) begins below this line
select groupid, id, code, stuff
from   ( select groupid, id, code, stuff,
                count(case when code in (2, 3) then 1 end)
                     over (partition by groupid) as ct
         from   test_data
       )
where  ct = 0
order by groupid, id   --  order by is optional
;

GROUPID   ID   CODE STUFF
------- ---- ------ -----
a          1      1 data
a          2      1 data
e          9      4 data
e         10      4 data

4 rows selected.

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