Hold onto your hat (if you still have it) because this week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the science and religion of circumcision. Then, a fight within the intactivist movement leads to accusations of bigotry. Finally: Should Jesse grow his foreskin back? You decide.
Ryan Fan: No, Corn Flakes Were Not Invented to Stop Masturbation
From Ritual to Science: The Medical Transformation of Circumcision in American
American Pediatric Association: Circumcision Policy Statement
Study on circumcision and HIV transmission in Africa
Brian Earp: The Unbearable Asymmetry of Bullshit
CDC: Trends in Circumcision for Male Newborns in U.S. Hospitals: 1979–2010
https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/safe-bris.page
John Colapinto: “The True Story of John/Joan”
Alex Bryne: The Origin of “Gender Identity”
Mother Jones: Holy Scalpels, Foreskin Man!
Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon: Interview With the Creator of Foreskin Man
Harvard Crimson: Harvard ‘Reviewing’ Employee’s Nude, Anti-Semitic Rant in Sanders Theatre
Cut: Slicing Through the Myths about Circumcision
Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon: On The Impermissibility of Infant Male Circumcision
Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon: How to Deradicalize a Movement
Beyond the Bris: Standing Against Anti-Semitism
Brendon Marotta: The Path to Childrens’ Justice
Brendon Marotta: Bruchim's Founders Have Been Engaged In A Slander Campaign Against Me
Episode 168: Just the Tip of the Circumcision Debate