BiCurean

Remembering our history gives us insight and empathy. What inspired Columbus Day as a holiday? And why do Indigenous People challenge the celebration of it? It is interesting and revealing to look into. Transcript available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRQ5k_tWJeMn3IdkQMncw_qG6uZ1f_uPBuej15Yi5ge9Cgu5bRjP6bF6J4y65aN-RorWwRhm2bGdPPl/pub Things Referenced: How Columbus Day Fell V...

About Dr. Nita Mosby Tyler She is the Chief Catalyst and Founder of The Equity Project, LLC – an organization designed to support organizations and communities in building diversity, equity and inclusion strategies. In her work, Dr. Mosby-Tyler specializes in the development and delivery of leadership, equity, diversity, cultural responsiveness and inclusiveness training programs and strategies. T...

And if you are considering suicide consider reaching out to the Colorado Crisis line (http://coloradocrisisservices.org) or the National Helpline (https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org). Transcript available here: https://goo.gl/hcqv2U Quotes: "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." ~Henry David Thoreau "A lot of people go straight from denial to despair without pausing in the middle an...

Transcript available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS6UY1EtpADgTpW4koZC7tVHwoMehiQacvDhqmsTH5TJIbWrYOYeak28KG74bl0q78iCEOrWJSmh1Cu/pub Articles and other items we references for this episode: Attitudes about Aging_ A Global Perspective _ Pew Research Center, Jan 13, 2014 Discrimination and negative attitudes about ageing are bad for your health, Sept 28, 2016 Improving Attitude...

A study was recently released that claimed all women are bisexual. This led to some questions and lots of reading and then more questions. Transcript at https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQiddELx7zOiTKH_rc1LTxtipIAykF7nemoc6gAZ5Ap0t6R9VKfL0XCY24Ex5zgUbUoxCdRrwXfFMc1/pub Articles and Books We Referenced for This Episode: More Bisexual Women_ Think Again. _ Psychology Today, Jan 30, 2017 W...

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Transcript: Click Here Articles and books we referenced for this episode: Have Identity Politics Gone Too Far, April 2018 Identity Politics Threatens the American Experiment - WSJ, May 18, 2018 Why I Don't Support Identity Politics Anymore _ Opinion _ The Harvard Crimson, Jan 24, 2018 Debunking the myth that “identity politics” is bad for the Democratic Party - Vox, Apr 21,2018 Identity Politics (...

Transcript: Click here! Articles and Books we referenced for this episode: DHS head Nielsen says immigration crisis 'is not new,' product of legislative loopholes _ Fox News, Jun 06, 2018 The Facts on Immigration Today_ 2017 Edition - Center for American Progress, Apr 20, 2017 The Facts About Donald Trump's Family Separation Policy _ Time, Jun 18, 2018 What You Need to Know_ Immigrant Family Deten...

Transcript link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sGpYxoOUFD7vTxbgl5Nisi4vSeJLC6iGgiJxPPwhYgE/edit?usp=sharing "The world is passing through troublous times. The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they knew everything, and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with the...

Transcript of episode (link following): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AIxq0_1xI-rA9U_GaS-j1LtQIi7Wvdbzyc7vibh_0MM/edit?usp=sharing *Clarification* Erik asserted the Civil War was about states right's. We know that it is was far more complex than that and that was an aspect of the causes. Quote from Runaway World: There are three main areas in which emotional communication, and therefore inti...

Correction: Aicila referred to Scott Barker as the subject of the Guardian Article and it is Jason Barker the story is about.   Sources and articles we referenced:   Gender Binary Wikipedia  When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink_ _ Arts & Culture _ Smithsonian April 7, 2011  The story of one man’s pregnancy_ ‘It felt joyous, amazing and brilliant’ _ Life and style _ The Guardian Mar 22, 2018 BiCur...

Sex work is stigmatized and seen in a negative light. However, the people who engage in sex work have a different story to tell. Erik and Aicila dig a little into their story and the impact of recent legislation.  Correction: Aicila said counties with populations fewer than 170,000 were allowed to create brothels in Nevada. It is actually fewer than 700,000.  Sources we reference: Sex Trafficking...

According to Merriam Webster, hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. Correction: Aicila said about 20% of the population voted in the 2016 election, it was actually closer to 36% of the population, 54% of eligible voters.  “Those who face gun violence on a level that we h...

Things we referenced for this show: Correction: Aicila said about 20% of the population voted in the 2016 election, it was actually closer to 36% of the population, 54% of eligible voters.  What I Want Liberals to Know https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wFqfk814JBih82OQ7iDZr-cKUjuFUKkT/view?usp=sharing Fact-Check: Did the NRA support gun control when the Black Panthers advocated that minorities arm...

#MeToo has brought attention to a long time problem that gets swept under the rug. In this episode we explored some of the current conversation as well as explore the concept of consent.    Links to things we referenced:   Unwanted Sex, Stephen J. Schulhofer https://www.amazon.com/Unwanted-Sex-Culture-Intimidation-Failure/dp/0674002032 « Nous défendons une liberté d’importuner, indispensable à la...

For your reference- articles and books we drew from for our podcast: Every Day Feminism Sex Positivity Washington Post Morning Mix Kai Cole's Article on the Wrap Psychological Distress from Cheating Wikipedia Joss Whedon Feminism 2017 March Vanity Fair Whedon Woke 2015 April The Guardian Joss Whedon Criticizes Jurassic Park 2017 06 The Atlantic How Buffy Came to Symbolize 3rd Wave Feminism Joss Wh...

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