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From this statement, I think you'd agree that gender is a far more important aspect of personal identity than sex is.
Axelrod may have sparked the media interest in Mayor Pete with a tweet, but Buttigieg has handled the attention and impressed people on his own.
Meeting either criteria qualifies a candidate for the debate, and should the field of qualifying candidates grow to more than twenty (gods forbid) priority is given to candidates that meet both and then by polling average.
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse #1) by James S. A. Corey - I enjoyed this whole series. I like that the physics of space travel is respected among the politics/mystery. Each book in the series is a bit of a different genre set in the universe.
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novak - Eastern European folk tale akin to Rumplestiltskin.
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green - Contemporary fiction with a scifi bent. Ultimately hopeful, it explores the consequences of viral fame.
The article implies that at least some of those receipts were faked.
I try to live by "It's only awkward if you let it be awkward" to get through those situations.
The point is that smart people are not always dismissed. Different legal strategies work better with different jury selections.