Packet 9: Tossup 12

In works like The [these people]-Not, Tommy J. Curry controversially argues that intersectionality (15[2])does not apply to a specific group of these people. The GRCS scale evaluates attitudes of these people. Philip Zimbardo argued that these people currently suffer (15[1])from (15[1])technology-induced “arousal addiction.” (15[1])A 2022 book (-5[1])on these people argues for revalorizing “positive risk-taking” and for (-5[1])generally (15[2])applying (-5[1])the athletic (-5[1])practice (15[1]-5[1])of “red-shirting” to (15[1])these people. (-5[3])That book is by Richard (*) Reeves. (10[1])These people are the subject of bell hooks’ We Real Cool. (10[1]-5[2])Simon (10[3])Baron-Cohen (10[1]-5[1])argues (10[1])that (-5[1])autism (-5[1])comes from an “extreme brain” (10[1])named (10[1])for (10[1])these people, (10[1]-5[1])who are more likely to (10[1])“self-medicate” and to use firearms (10[1])in suicide attempts. For 10 points, what people are said to be undergoing a namesake “loneliness epidemic?” (10[2])■END■ (10[8])

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