Saturday Link Love: The NRA, Anti-Fascists, and the Toddler Helpline

Saturday Link Love is a 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.

I Own Eight Guns and I Still Hate the NRA, on Outside—“By refusing to participate in the gun-control conversation whatsoever, the NRA reneges on its responsibility to help legal, responsible gun owners.”

How the Activists Who Tore Down Durham’s Confederate Statue Got Away With It, on the Atlantic—“On Tuesday, the district attorney in Durham, North Carolina, dismissed all remaining charges in the August case. What does that mean for the future of statues around the country?”

The Woman Who Escaped Enslavement By George Washington, on Broadly—“Despite the first president’s relentless attempts to capture Oney Judge, she always managed to evade him.”

You Can’t Slut Shame Me, on KQED—“No amount of sexual assault will taint their child’s reputation, but one consensual act ruins mine.”

Police Targeted Anti-Racists in Charlottesville Ahead of ‘Unite the Right’ Rally, Documents Show, on Shadowproof—“But an August 9 assessment by federal and local law enforcement officers of the potential for ‘domestic terrorist violence’ at the August 12 rally mainly focused on the possibility that violence would emanate from anti-racists, who were described as ‘anarchist extremists.'”

More than 200,000 children married in US over the last 15 years, on the Independent—“Three 10-year-old girls and an 11-year-old boy were among the youngest to wed, under legal loopholes which allow minors to marry in certain circumstances.”

The Toddler Feelings Helpline, on McSweeneys—“If you do not like the way your morning toast was prepared, please press 9, and then 1, and then 1, and then hide the phone in a laundry basket.”

How Multilevel Marketing Companies Got the Autism Community Hooked on Essential Oils, on Mother Jones—“In any case, DoTerra salespeople have found a clever workaround. Instead of explicitly touting the oils’ ability to treat autism, salespeople need only share their personal experiences, telling potential customers about, say, the time vetiver helped their child sit through math class, or how a special blend prompted little Billy to hug Grandma for the first time.”

Take the Words “Judeo-Christian” Out of Your Damn Mouth, on the Rumpus—“Saying ‘Judeo-Christian’ is like saying ‘post-racial.’ It allows Christians to think that everything’s fine with the Jews now, that we’re cool. That we’ve forgotten.”

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