Unwoke Roundup Week 8: February 19-February 25, 2023
Catch up on anything you may have missed.
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Here’s the unwoke content I created for you this week.
We discovered the Michigan Department of Education was training teachers to be groomers through official training videos on their Google Drive.
In one of their videos, they taught how to increase gender ideology in the classroom starting in elementary school. I broke down that training for you in this piece, and have the files of the rest of the trainings just in case the state decides to delete them from their website. More to come on this…
Fun Fact: Did you know that creating a deep dive as I did for the Michigan Department of Education training this week takes about 12 hours of time? It involves multiple viewings, editing, research, writing, and creating a dozen clips all to make sure I’m making it as easy as possible to understand. That is why time is my most valuable commodity. That’s why your support means so much - it gives me time.
Do you know what you’re fighting for? Rule #1 of the Actively Unwoke is “Know Your Values” for a reason. Make sure you’re fighting for something, instead of just fighting against.
There is also a podcast version to listen to in this post with supplementary material and ideas.
Do you know how messed up the world is? Probably more than you think. This article is a compilation of many of the more dystopian stories I’ve covered on this site to give you a sense of how it all works together.
And now for some good news! After the public backlash to the news that the publisher of Roald Dahl’s books would be censoring them after changes suggested by sensitivity readers, the publisher has announced that they will be continuing to publish the classic uncensored works.
Still, you should understand why they made the change in the first place - it’s not just a matter of not offending readers. I explained the bigger picture in this piece. There is also a companion podcast with additional commentary.
For Happy Hour yesterday, we watched a private, unlisted talk that Nikole Hannah Jones gave in Fairfax County Virginia last week, where she made over $35,000 to talk about the of a capitalist society that oppresses people who look like her.
Special thank you to Mike Gonzales of The Heritage Foundation for providing me with the link to this talk. Mike also wrote his thoughts about it in The Washington Times.
The woke knitters are back! This week, I showed you explicitly how woke cancel mobs take clips out of context with the specific purpose of smearing me to undermine my credibility. They do this to spin up online cancel mobs in order to silence people. See how it works:
Also this week, I brought you more insights about the sinking ship that is Project Veritas, which should concern all of us:
I also introduced you to a new initiative (but one I’ve been thinking about for two years), Unwoke Art!
And today for Socialism Saturday at 6pm eastern, we’re watching a talk from the author of the Antifa Handbook:
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