FedditWhy Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist?
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Epilogue: After that film was finished, the team went on to drill the deepest ice core ever drilled in the Americas
Queer climate deserves better than a coverup like this.
Probably because they are caving to demands from Trump. Fucking cowards.
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Absolutely nothing. But it seems like for the alt right, being queer is enough to disqualify your credentials and even your personhood.
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Both are against the Republican cult's beliefs. Science in general, but especially climate science.
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Representation matters in all areas of life.
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Yes but queers can't be seen, and climate scientists were never this admin's favorite.
Nothing anymore, if you want to stay out of the camps.
A queer person did some excellent climate science, that’s how the two subjects relate. If you ignore either aspect of the story, well, it isn’t the full story.
Did you know that queer people have a right to exist and that questioning the relevance of their queerness to their work is essentially denying their humanity?
I mean, you'll never really get the full story of anything if it requiers every adjacent detail, there's just too much detail in any event to document it all. So, I think it's more that being queer is an important part of this story because queer people have been marginalised. Which means it's important that they have good representation and their achievements are celebrated.
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Yes.
Would one question the relevance of a biography that mentioned that an accomplished straight male scientist was a ‘family man’ or that a scientist was also a married woman with children?
Questioning the validity of mentioning that a scientist is queer is identical to the attitude that queer people are fine as long as they are invisible.
It was a biography, biographies mention biographical details. Yet when that detail is ‘queer’, people feel empowered to complain it was even mentioned.
I’m not on the defensive here. I intend to come across as offensive. You tell US exactly why mentioning that a person is queer is not relevant in a biographical sketch.
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Ok, you are a sealion, cool, good to know.
Did you know you can mention multiple facts about a person in a biography and they are all valid and mentionable?
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Wow you are a shit person aren't you?
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I was going to point out that Fox owns 73% of National Geographic. Turns out thar Disney bought that 73% stake several years ago.
Isn't National Geographic owned by Murdoch? I think that's your answer (and all why Nat Geo magazine has been almost unreadable for 20 years).
From the article:
In other words, this article is about the nonprofit that has existed for 137 years. The for-profit subsidiaries were 73% acquired by Fox/Murdoch, and then sold to Disney when Disney bought Fox. But this film was published directly by the nonprofit and not the for-profit subsidiary that is partially owned by Disney.
Nope. Disney.
Because Disney doesn’t want to prejudice M&A.
The people who care about the climate are probably the same who find something else to read because of this.
This long form article is why I pay for a Defector subscription. It's a good, well researched article that gives the appropriate background and tells a story that nobody else has told, and that maybe never would have been told, by any other outlet.
Because light reverses
Explanation?
So the line is from a surrealist section of an americana surrealist horror series about the fight between anarchism, liberalism, and fascism. I've always interpreted that particular answer to the question "why did the chicken cross the road" to mean people had to take action because progress turned to backlash. Why did this work disappear? Because progress turned to backlash
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It was written in the 10s and none of those ideologies are named specifically. Anarchy could easily be read as leftism as a whole. The whole story is deeply symbolic with fascism being represented by people who physically turn into monsters through a lifetime of hatred.
But yeah it's by the nightvale people and it's an excellent podcast/radio show
I think the official 'wokeness' was a US campaign to ensure western rage for a war against a conservative/orthodox Russia, but it didn't work as intended, so now all 'woke' projects have been cut off again. I suspect lgbt+, and climate causes/news/events are getting axed while the US Plutocracy prepare for war against China while shielding themselves from a crumbling Dollar. A bit sad that good causes are used like that. Btw, it would have happened with or without Trump.
What the fuck is "official wokeness"
do you understand that equity and inclusion are genuinely good things that millions of people are actively demanding, not some government psyop
And even if it was, that's a good thing, fucking obviously.