Insane in the Swiss-Cheese-Brain, et. al.
Well, well… Looks like I touched a Marriage-Derangement-Syndrome-addled nerve : WHAT THE ***** IS WRONG WITH YOU – YOU THINK GAY MEN AND LESBIANS SHOULD NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO MARRY – ************** Apparently MDS is biologically linked to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, as it clearly turns brains to mush. Anyone who claims to have found evidence of me actually (read: not with qualifiers – such as ‘until trans equality is passed’ – and not as satire) saying that gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry needs to be sent immediately to mental health facility for his/her own good. And, if you seriously claim that that commented-upon post (whether at ENDABlog or here) actually (read: not with qualifiers – such as ‘until trans equality is passed’ -and not as satire) says that gays and lesbians should not have the right to marry, should seriously consider volunterring to have him/herself
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Community significance
“Insane in the Swiss-Cheese-Brain, et. al.” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to law and civil rights, while also engaging family and relationships. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
Historical significance
As a publication record from 2011 at Transadvocate.com, “Insane in the Swiss-Cheese-Brain, et. al.” provides dated evidence of how law and civil rights was being argued in relation to family and relationships. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.
Policy significance
The article’s strongest policy connection is criminal justice and public safety and elections and democratic governance. It links that institutional frame to law and civil rights and family and relationships, making it potentially useful for tracing how an argument moves from description or history into law, regulation, administration, or public practice.
Ranked themes and framings
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Themes
- 1Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life100%
- 2Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community89%
- 3Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community79%
- 4Violence, safety, and dehumanizationTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict43%
- 5Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication43%
- 6Religion and moralityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict32%
Academic framing
- 1100%
- 263%
Policy framing
- 1100%
- 250%
Editorial function
Source topics
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How “Law and civil rights” appears across the Collective corpus
This article appeared 2 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.
Relative presence by year
Peak year indexed to 100Presence by member publication
Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Transgender identity and history468
- Community and organizing300
- Public policy and governance165
- Education and youth151
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization146
- Culture, identity, and representation145
- Labor, economics, and institutions136
- Family and relationships130
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse119
- History, archives, and memory117
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