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Why some baby boomers are eating up the QAnon conspiracy

sudshr47 August 7, 2018

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QAnon — an all-encompassing right-wing conspiracy theory about everything from the JFK assassination to pedophile rings based on the vague writings of an anonymous internet poster — has now fully broken into the mainstream, thanks mostly to the alarming number of Trump supporters who showed up to the President’s most recent rallies decked out in “Q” gear. 

So what’s QAnon? 

The QAnon conspiracy theory revolves around an anonymous internet poster going by the name “Q.” This Q (who may be more than one person!) claims to be a high-ranking government official, supposedly with Q clearance, which would theoretically give them access to material classified as top secret. Q’s posts are usually vague on specifics, but the general narrative is that everything President Trump does is part of a secret mission to take down a global pedophile ring, expose the deep state, and who knows what else. Read more…

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Women over 50 see sexual harassment very differently to millennials

sudshr47 December 1, 2017

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Somewhere between the main course and dessert at a dinner party, I became aware of a colossal chasm in the way my generation and my parents’ generation perceive sexual harassment. It was during a recent trip to my parents’ home in rural Warwickshire, England, that I found myself embroiled in conversations with family friends and neighbours about sexual harassment and sexual correctness with women over the age of 50. 

I learned that some women over the age of 50 feel that, in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, we are in danger of entering an era of extreme sexual correctness, where men will feel under constant scrutiny when interacting with female counterparts. And, though I’d read—and rolled my eyes—at headlines about sexual harassment allegations going “too far”, this was the first time I’d heard a view like this uttered aloud IRL. Needless to say, I did not share their views.  Read more…

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Women over 50 see sexual harassment very differently to millennials

sudshr47 December 1, 2017

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Somewhere between the main course and dessert at a dinner party, I became aware of a colossal chasm in the way my generation and my parents’ generation perceive sexual harassment. It was during a recent trip to my parents’ home in rural Warwickshire, England, that I found myself embroiled in conversations with family friends and neighbours about sexual harassment and sexual correctness with women over the age of 50. 

I learned that some women over the age of 50 feel that, in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, we are in danger of entering an era of extreme sexual correctness, where men will feel under constant scrutiny when interacting with female counterparts. And, though I’d read—and rolled my eyes—at headlines about sexual harassment allegations going “too far”, this was the first time I’d heard a view like this uttered aloud IRL. Needless to say, I did not share their views.  Read more…

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