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Women Aren’t Supposed to Be This Small

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By Matt Stone
| Davis Vanguard
We don’t actually know how tall women are supposed to be. We know how tall they are. The CDC has those numbers. US women average 5’4″. US men average 5’9″. Five inches. That’s the gap. That’s what we call biology. That’s what we point to when we want to explain why men are bigger, stronger, faster. That’s the data we use to set expectations, to design clothing, to determine what “normal” looks like for half the population. But we’ve never run the experiment.
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Disability and State Sanctioned Violence

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By Matt Stone
| Davis Vanguard
Nine-hundred and forty-three dollars. That’s the number. That’s the maximum federal SSI benefit. Eleven thousand three hundred sixteen dollars a year. The federal poverty line for a single adult is fifteen thousand and sixty. The gap is almost four grand. Disabled people on SSI don’t live near the poverty line. They live thirty-seven percent below it. You can’t work, or you can’t work enough, and the government hands you a check that guarantees you’ll never escape. That’s not a safety net. That’s a cage.
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US Starts Gender Affirming Care For Military

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By Matt Stone
| Davis Vanguard
Pete Hegseth wants to know your testosterone level. Every service member over 30. Mandatory screening. “Voluntary” treatment if you’re low. He announced it himself. Branded it. “High-T Department of War.” That’s not a policy name. That’s a worldview. Here’s the math. Only 5.6% of men aged 30 to 79 have actual clinical testosterone deficiency. The military is going to screen 100% of them for a condition that affects less than 6%. That’s not medicine. That’s a dragnet. And here’s the blade.
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