Saturday Link Love: Refugees’ Possessions, Politically Pro-Choice, and Forced Pledges

Saturday Link Love is a new feature where I collect and post links to various articles I’ve come upon over the past week. Feel free to share any interesting articles you’ve come along as well! The more the merrier.

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Portraits of Refugees with Their Most Precious Possession, on PetaPixel—“From all the things I took with me, only this cell phone is left.”

The Girl Who Doesn’t Exist, on Radiolab—“Alecia Faith Pennington was born on a farm, homeschooled, and never visited a dentist or a hospital.”

The Anthem’s Racist Lyrics: “No Refuge Could Save The Hireling And The Slave,” on Barrier Breaker—“Wait. Wait. Wait. Stop the tape. Stop the tape. STOP THE GODDAMN TAPE.”

The Problem with How Men Perceive Rape, on Fusion—“How did I wind up an accomplished 30-year-old woman who found it easier to get drunk and give in to unwanted sex than to walk out of a bad date?”

Personally Pro-Life, Politically ProChoice, on Samantha P. Field—“I’m about as pro-choice as it’s possible to be. I’m unflinchingly pro-choice, even. There are no ifs, ands, or buts  in my approach to abortion, no caveats, no disclaimers.”

We Don’t Live in North Korea and Other Reasons Why I Don’t Make My Kids Say the Pledge or Stand for the National Anthem, on Grounded Parents—“I don’t believe in forced patriotism or indoctrination. Period. R’amen.”