Episode 168: Just the Tip of the Circumcision Debate

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. John Harvey Kellogg 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 B******t 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 Foregen Cut: Slicing Through the Myths about Circumcision Bruchim Online 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 American Circumcision Brendon Marotta: The Path to Childrens’ Justice Beyond the Bris: Undermining the Cause of Genital Autonomy through Jewish Scapegoating & Antisemitic Tropes Brendon Marotta: Bruchim's Founders Have Been Engaged In A Slander Campaign Against Me

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