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Just issues, news, and other stuff that matters to you [Fusion] December 8, 2016 Congratulations! It’s been a full month since the election, and while we’re a little worse for the wear, we’re still here. So let’s take stock of where we are: Donald Trump’s tenure as president-elect is already [proving to be the nightmare we feared], between [the Cabinet] (aka the Legion of Doom) selections, the [hate crimes invoked in his name], and [the tweets]. My God, the [tweets]. If you read on, you’ll find a few stories that highlight the realities of our current world (don’t worry, it ain’t all bad news). Just remember: You don’t solve a problem by not facing it. —[Anne Branigin] TODAY IN... THE NEW 'NORMAL' 🆘 This Somali American woman just made political history. Now, [she’s being hit with racist threats] in a place many consider a liberal enclave. JOIN THE CLUB 🐘 Elephants and rhinos are no stranger to the extinction watch list. Sadly, their [long-necked friends] have just been invited. V FOR VENDETTA 📱 Trump unleashed his “[beautiful Twitter account]” on a new victim: union leader Chuck Jones, who called PEOTUS out for [lying about saving jobs]. RUBIMANIA 💃 This quinceañera turned viral Mexican meme has now officially turned into [the party of the year], complete with flight discounts and an official Spotify playlist. SAVE THE DATE 🎬 Don’t toss out that evening attire (or the snarky GIFs) just yet. According to the movement’s creator, [#OscarsSoWhite is still on]. [Not Just Nazis: Alt-Genres Have Always Been ‘Safe Spaces’ for White People] by Molly Osberg The “alt-right” moniker sounds like something a student trying to finish a history paper before a rock show might come up with. But with Trump’s presidency and Spencer’s move to Washington, the “alt-right” term has been thrust into wide circulation. Style guides agonize over how to properly couch it. (The Guardian uses the term, the Associated Press does not.) And recently, [a number of publications], [this one included], have taken the position that invoking the name of the alt-right without comment serves only to sanitize its message, legitimizing the counter-cultural sheen the movement’s founders desire. The spike in interest has also produced investigations into the term’s origin, though Spencer coined it some years ago. In August, Slate’s language blog [claimed] the term transmitted a “mix of alienation and optimum embedded in the act of proudly affirming an ‘alternative.’” A few weeks ago, Merriam-Webster published a blog post on the history of the prefix “alt-,” tracing its usage in Usenet groups and through various hyphenated subgenres of mainstream culture. The shorthand, Merriam-Webster claims, works as a way of “rebelling against the traditions of a genre while clearly belonging to it: alt-country is still country, and alt-lit is still literature.” What Merriam-Webster doesn’t examine, but deserves to be said, is that both detached from their parent genres to become alt-historical refuges for certain strains of white-kid cool. [Read more]. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S ON DECK A medium for divine messages, tarot cards have been given a subversive update by LGBTQ artists [in beautiful and compelling ways]. Says queer tarot reader, Beth Maiden: “Tarot is about articulating infinite human experiences, not about being rigid.” The Latest [New York City is trying to protect one of its key programs for undocumented immigrants from Trump] [Read More] --------------------------------------------------------------- [A firefighter has been charged after allegedly pinning his own terrible crime on Black Lives Matter] [Read More] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Vine] [Instagram] [Youtube] Remember, you can always [click here to unsubscribe] and never see another one of these emails until the apocalypse (at which time it'll be nothing but emails). This email was sent to {EMAIL} Fusion · 419 Lafayette St · New York, NY 10003 · USA