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Chimamanda Adichie: I have nothing to to apologize for over transgender women comments

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Acclaimed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is standing by her comments on transgender women which caused widespread outcry last week. Adichie was accused of implying transgender women are not "real women," after a interview with Channel 4 last week, where she suggested the experiences of transgender women differ from women who are born female. Her comments drew immense criticism, resulting in Adichie posting a "clarification" of her earlier remarks on Facebook . She addressed the controversy again at a public appearance in Washington D.C on Monday. "From the very beginning, I think it's been quite clear that there's no way I could possibly say that trans women are not women," she said. But men are men. When they dress as women they are men. When they receive surgery they are still men even if they look like women - because you can't change your DNA. Historically, transgenderism was deemed to be a mental health situation. Nothing...

The Immoral Church of the Grammys

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English: Queen Latifah, crop Category:Queen Latifah (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) In 1971, Don McLean sang “Bye bye, Miss American Pie,” and asked: “…do you have faith in God above, if the Bible tells you so, [or] do you believe in rock and roll, can music save your mortal soul?”  Back then there were still options. Asking these two questions in a pop song made sense. No longer. We’ve come a long way, baby. The latest Grammy Awards (January 26, 2014) celebrating the liberating power of music, launched in prime time, with all the stunning technological Hollywood bells and whistles,  THE NEW AMERICAN RELIGION. Way back in 1988, at the height of his career as a recognized journalist (having made big money ghost-writing Donald Trump ’s biography, Art of the Deal), Tony Schwartz went on a journey to understand what was happening to the soul of America. In 1995 he published What Really Matters, an examination of the thought and practice of the leaders of the New Age Movem...