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German anti-masker compares herself to a Nazi victim and gets powerfully shut down by security
11.24.20
Sure, wearing a mask can be a little annoying, but being asked to put one on by the state, a family member or business isn't tyranny. It's a common-sense move to protect the spread of a virus that's killed over 1.4 million people.
Most people understand that, but there are some who insist on putting the health of themselves and others in jeopardy by refusing to wear a mask.
These anti-maskers are incredibly frustrating to anyone who just wants this thing to be over and can't understand why anyone could be so selfish.
<p>A security guard in Hanover, Germany has become a viral hero for standing up to a misguided woman who selfishly confused inconvenience with oppression. And, in Germany, they know what real oppression looks like. </p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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</p><p>On Saturday, Jana, a 22-year-old anti-masker was making a speech at an anti-lockdown protest when she compared herself to Sophie Scholl, a 21-year-old who was executed for standing up against the Nazis in 1943.<br></p><p>Scholl was convicted for high treason after having been found distributing anti-war leaflets at the University of Munich with her brother, Hans. She has since been seen as a stunning example of bravery in the face of oppression.</p><p>Jana, on the other hand, doesn't want to wear a mask to help save the lives of others. </p><p>"I feel like Sophie Scholl, since I've been active in the resistance, giving speeches, going to protests, distributing flyers," she said to a small round of applause.</p><p>"I am 22 years old, just like Sophie Scholl before she fell victim to the Nazis," she continued. She then pledged to never give up and stand for "peace, love, and justice." </p><p>Then the security guard charged with protecting her walked up to the stage and quit. "I won't go along with such bullshit," he told Jana. "I won't provide security for such bullshit."</p><p>His explanation for quitting was simple and powerful.</p><p>"This is trivializing the holocaust," he rightfully proclaimed. After a few words with Jana, he walked away and she became overwhelmed by tears. Hopefully, she cried because she realized how ridiculous her words were.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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It isn’t always easy to ask for help. But when organizations like Bread for the City bring you into their family, anything is possible.
11.19.20
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A lot of people here are like family to me," Michelle says about Bread for the City — a community nonprofit located in Washington DC that provides local residents with food, clothing, health care, social advocacy, and legal services. And since the pandemic began, the need to support organizations like Bread for the City is greater than ever, which is why Amazon is Delivering Smiles to local charities across the country this holiday season.
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Amazon is giving back by fulfilling hundreds of AmazonSmile Charity Lists, and donating essential pantry and food items to help organizations like Bread for the City provide to those disproportionately impacted this year.
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A trauma psychologist weighs in on the risks of 'motivational' pressure during quarantine
04.07.20
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A "motivational" message has been circulating during the coronavirus lockdown, which is allegedly supposed to kick our butts into gear since most of us now have more time on our hands.
Here's one version:
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</p><div id="6b39c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ea56b2cf9873b0b9ff059cca902c9fce"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1245767684484202496" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">If you don’t come out of this quarantine with either:
1.) a new skill
2.) starting what you’ve been putting off li… https://t.co/zPsrqmDDWG</div> — Jeremy Haynes (@Jeremy Haynes)<a href="https://twitter.com/TheJeremyHaynes/statuses/1245767684484202496">1585849135.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<p>On its face, it may sound logical. We often don't do things because we lack time—or think we do—so now that we supposedly have more time, we should be doing those things now, right? </p><p>Just one thing though—there's a deadly global pandemic and massive economic crisis happening, which might be just the tiniest bit distracting right now, Jeremy.</p><p>A trauma psychologist from Beirut weighed in on this idea that we should be extra productive right now, and she didn't mince words. Alaa Hijazi's<a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10105346811688568&id=25719304" target="_blank"> Facebook post </a>has been shared 19,000 times, so people are clearly appreciating her wisdom. She wrote: </p><p><em>I thought I was spared the horrid 'motivational' phrase going around now—'If you don't come out of this with a new skill, you never lacked time, you lacked discipline'—until I saw it on my local yoga studio page.</em></p><p><em>As a trauma psychologist, I am utterly utterly horrified, enraged, and bewildered about how people can believe and spread this phrase in good conscience.</em></p><p><em>We are going through a collective trauma, that is bringing up profound grief, loss, panic over livelihoods, panic over loss of lives of loved ones. People's nervous systems are barely coping with the sense of threat and vigilance for safety, or alternating with feeling numb and frozen and shutting down in response to it all.</em></p><p><em>People are trying to survive poverty, fear, retriggering of trauma, retriggering of other mental health difficulties. Yet, someone has the nerve to accuse someone of lack of discipline for not learning a new skill, and by a yoga teacher!</em></p><p><em>This cultural obsession with [capitalistic] 'productivity' and always spending time in a 'productive,' 'fruitful' way is absolutely maddening.</em></p><p><em>What we need is more self-compassion, more gentle acceptance of all the difficult emotions coming up for us now, more focus on gentle ways to soothe ourselves and our pain and the pain of loved ones around us, not a whipping by some random fucker making us feel worse about ourselves in the name of 'motivation.'"</em></p><p>Indeed. Even those of us who are still employed full-time are finding it difficult to focus some days like we used to. The enormity of this pandemic and the global shutdown over it weighs heavy on all of us. Our sense of normality has been turned upside down and the uncertainty over what even the near future holds makes sustained attention a challenge. </p><p>Add in the fact that many people now have children at home who used to be at school or childcare, many are struggling to figure out how they're going to pay rent or buy groceries, many are watching businesses or careers they've spent years building crumble before their eyes, many have health conditions that make them anxious about catching the virus, and it's not hard to see how neither "time" nor "discipline" are our big problems right now. </p><p>If you want to go read books on hustling and build up some skill set, Jeremy, go for it. But let's not lay a guilt trip on people who are going through a traumatic experience that none of us have experienced before and none of us were prepared for. </p>
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A 2015 survey conducted by the National Union of Students found that 60% of respondents turned to porn to fill in the gaps in sex education. While 40% of those people said they learned a little, 75% of respondents said they felt porn created unrealistic expectations when it comes to sex. Some of the unrealistic expectations from porn can be dangerous. A study found that 88% of porn contained violence, and another study found that those who consumed porn were more likely to become sexually aggressive.
But now the thing that breaks those unrealistic expectations… might also be porn? Pornhub has launched a sex education section.
The adult website's first series is simply titled, "Pornhub Sex Ed" and contains 11 videos and is accessible through the Pornhub Sexual Wellness Center. The section also contains articles, some showing real anatomy and examples in order to bust myths people may have picked up on other portions of the website.
<p>The video series covers everything you need to know about sex and were too afraid to Google, including male and female anatomy, STIs, communication, and how to prepare for sex. The series even covers how to have safe sex during the pandemic, because your gym teacher probably never taught you how to put a face mask on a banana.</p><p>While studies have <a href="https://www.webmd.com/sex/news/20170512/study-sees-link-between-porn-and-sexual-dysfunction#1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">linked watching porn to erectile dysfunction</a>, porn is still a popular pastime for many. Pornhub gets 130 million visitors a day, in fact. And while porn is far from educational (because the pizza boy is never going to break out into a math problem when he asks for a tip), the website does want to inform and educate viewers on IRL sex. "For many people, their first real exposure to sexual imagery is from popular culture, where dramatization and entertainment value distort what real sex is like. That's why the Pornhub Sexual Wellness Center created this new video series: to provide a go-to resource for people to learn about how to have sex safely and get visual answers to common questions about sexual experiences," Pornhub Vice President Corey Price said in <a href="https://www.pornhub.com/press/show?id=2071" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a release</a>. </p><p>One of the more surprising things about Pornhub's Sexual Wellness Center - aside from the fact that it exist – is who visits it. Just over half of all visitors are millennials under the age of 35, and over 70% of visitors are men. "One third of our visitors are over 45 — that tells us that we are never too old to learn a thing or two about sexuality," Dr. Laurie Betito, Director of the Pornhub Sexual Wellness Center, said <a href="https://www.scarymommy.com/pornhub-sex-ed-video-series/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">per Scarry Mommy</a>. "Our sexuality is not static; it is ever evolving, which is demonstrated by our numbers."</p><p>After all, you can't really expect a team of cheerleaders to resort to <em>unusual </em>fundraisers when trying to get themselves to Dallas!</p>
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