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		<title>Forced Sterilization for Transgender People in Sweden</title>
		<link>http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/forced-sterilization-for-transgender-people-in-sweden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bmcmahen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article at Mother Jones looks into an obscure Swedish law that requires those who want to legally change their gender to first get divorced and sterilized. The article uses this law to transition to a discussion on the long history of eugenic practice and sterilization in Sweden &#8212; a practice that surprises many, considering the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5515&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gender Stereotyping and Parenthood Dilemmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to avoid gender stereotyping, Beck Laxton and partner Kieran Cooper concealed the gender of their son from the world.  The gender neutrally named Sasha has now turned five and is starting school.  Prior to the commencement of formative school years, Sasha has been given the choice to dress in clothes that appealed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5511&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ugliness as a disability?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bmcmahen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disability rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bit of an oldie, but interesting nonetheless: Economist Daniel S. Hamermesh, author of Beauty Pays, makes the argument in an Op-Ed for the New York Times that ugliness should be considered as a form of disability, with compensation available to the very ugliest people of society.  He makes the case that being ugly results in significant [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5508&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Defining Autism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bmcmahen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times recently published an article on the medical debate over the definition of autism &#8212; whether it has been defined too loosely, and needs to be narrowed. The article  explores some of the potential consequences that the outcome of this debate could have, and looks to the anger and fear that has been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5502&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tomorrow&#8217;s Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bmcmahen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some might be interested in the film Tomorrow&#8217;s Children (called &#8216;The Unborn&#8217; in Britain) which was released in 1934, and can be downloaded free of charge at the Internet Archive. It offers a commentary on the American Eugenics movement prior to the horrors of Nazi eugenic policy which was introduced later in the decade. IMDB provides [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5500&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Non-consenting human subjects: victims of eugenics?</title>
		<link>http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/non-consenting-human-subjects-victims-of-eugenics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fchiu</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[racial bias]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Non-Consenting Adults<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5487&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Student Summer Work Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/student-summer-work-opportunities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bartlomiej</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Outreach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community-University]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Student Summer Work Opportunities: Flexible Hours (30-40 hours per week) Wages range between $9.00-11.00 per hour Possibility of holding a second job due to hour flexibility Students can work from anywhere in Canada as work will be done by telecommuting Job Description(s): Editing and internet support Potential composition of published articles and/or books (with possibility [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5482&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kidney Transplant Denied</title>
		<link>http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/kidney-transplant-denied/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dsobsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The parents of a young girl with Wolf-Hirschorn syndrome claim that she was denied a kidney transplant solely on the basis of her intellectual disability at the Children&#8217;s Hospital of Philadelphia. The mother&#8217;s account of her interaction with the social worker and physician is very specific. There seems to be little room to conclude maybe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5474&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Anderson Cooper 360 segment on forced sterilization</title>
		<link>http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/anderson-cooper-360-segment-on-forced-sterilization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bmcmahen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[History of eugenics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 27, Anderson Cooper 360 had a segment dedicated to the history of forced sterilization in the United States. Click through to watch the video.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5469&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Conference Call for Papers: Human &amp; Machine: Posthumanism in Technology, Culture, and the Arts</title>
		<link>http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/conference-call-for-papers-human-machine-posthumanism-in-technology-culture-and-the-arts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bmcmahen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bioethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Human futures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human kinds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Perfection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This might be of interest to some people: The Ewha Trans-Humanities Research Team will host an international conference on “Human &#38; Machine: Posthumanism in Technology, Culture and the Arts” from June 1st to 2nd, 2012 and invites suitable contributions for presentation at the conference.. Genetic engineering and digital technology are more than just supplement of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com&amp;blog=641275&amp;post=5467&amp;subd=whatsortsofpeople&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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