Anonymous Co-Opts Black Issues (Again) to Punish Iggy Azalea For Co-Opting...
Rappers Azealia Banks and Iggy Azalea have been feuding off and on for a couple of years now, and much digital ink has been spilled on the matter. For those of you who haven’t followed their spat, let...
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Cross Post: Trigger Warnings, Privilege and Making the World a Kinder Place
Ed’s Note: this post was originally written by Steph at Grounded Parents. Click through the link at the bottom if you want to read the whole post and leave a comment. Trigger Warning: This post...
View ArticleGlobal Quickies: Lost Fairytales, Heroe Doctor, and Egypt Doesn’t Like the...
EUROPE / DR CONGO “A doctor from the Democratic Republic of Congo has won Europe’s top human rights prize for helping thousands of gang rape victims in the country.” AUSTRALIA “The Australian...
View ArticleGlobal Quickies: Hunting Spiders, Anti-racism Campaigns, and Crop Circles by...
MEXICO “Thousands of people have flocked to a Mexican city where crop circles spanning seven-hectares appeared on Christmas Eve.” Because of their terrible-made design, they have been called “crap...
View ArticleLAWAAG Meetup with an OG Skepchick Tonight!
This is your friendly reminder that we have a Los Angeles Women’s Atheist and Agnostic Group (LAWAAG) meeting coming up this TUESDAY January 6th at 7 pm! We have a special guest, AB Kovacs. You may...
View ArticleGlobal Quickies: Charlie Hebdo, Fighting Violence With Science, and Bans on...
ARAB WORLD (from Mary) Arab newspapers around the world react to Charlie Hebdo attack. INDIA “Indian police are investigating a local Muslim politician for inciting hatred after he was quoted...
View ArticleBreaking: Big Bang Theory Actress Isn’t a Feminist; Also Sheldon Isn’t a Real...
Support more videos like this at patreon.com/rebecca! Sort of transcript: In an interview with Redbook this month, actress Kaley Cuoco, star of Big Bang Theory on CBS, was asked if she’s a feminist....
View ArticleGlobal Quickies: Free Speech, Witchdoctors, and Nepalese Women Conquering...
SAUDI ARABIA The second round of lashes for Raif Badawi, the Saudi blogger convicted of blasphemy, has been postponed on medical grounds. Also, authorities publicly beheaded a woman in the holy city of...
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KPFK Feminist Magazine Radio Show
Yesterday, I was invited to participate in a radio show on KPFK in Los Angeles. The show is a one hour talk show run by a coalition of (brilliant) feminist activists called, Feminist Magazine. I am on...
View ArticleGlobal Quickies: Discrimination in Soccer, Doctor Performs Exorcism, and Gay...
UK “A Christian GP took a mentally ill patient to his church to perform an exorcism, and told her she would be cursed if she reported him, a medical tribunal has heard.” INDIA In 2009, India...
View ArticleYes We Should Talk About Bodies
Body positivity, skinny shaming, fatphobia, fitspiration. The internet has brought the age of infinite scrutiny of bodies. There are a lot of problems with this. There are fights, there’s an us vs....
View ArticleThis American Life Didn’t Censor Lindy West, and That’s Important
The brilliant and hilarious comic writer Lindy West did a piece for This American Life last week, which you can listen to here. In the story, West talks about online trolls, and how she decided to...
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Brooklyn 99’s Terry Crews: “I am a BIG feminist”
Brooklyn 99 is one of the best shows on American TV right now, and in addition to being fucking hilarious, it’s also incredibly diverse. Women get as much screen time as men, the boss is a gay black...
View ArticleGlobal Quickies: First Female Bishop, Conviction for FGM, and Astrological...
(TW for sexual violence in the last item) EL SALVADOR A woman charged with murder for delivering a stillborn baby alone has been pardoned, but at least 16 other women are currently serving 30-to-40...
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A trio of badass scientists you should know
Categories: Feminism Science SkepticismTags: chemistsSciencescientistswomen scientistsWant to know more about Mary Sherman Morgan? Check out her son George Morgan’s book ‘Rocket Girl‘. See...
View ArticleScientists Lawrence Krauss & Robert Trivers Defend Admitted Pedophile
You may recall that back in 2008, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein got a sweetheart deal in which he served just 13 months in prison for raping girls as young as 13. Evidence has since emerged to suggest...
View ArticleGlobal Quickies: Norse Gods, Pangolins, and Abducted Girls Going Back to School
GERMANY (From Amy) “Members of Germany’s neo-Nazi National Democratic party (NPD) were forced to cancel a protest in the south-west city of Freiburg after they got on to a train to Mannheim by...
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Cross-Post: Family Meme Time
The following post was written by AJ at Queereka. To read the full article and comment, head over to Queereka. What do you do when a normally cool close family member sends you an obnoxious meme? My...
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Cross-Post: Foiling Fallacies – Women Who Use Abortion As Birth Control
Editor’s Note: This article is written by Steph and cross-posted from Grounded Parents and it’s the first part of her exciting new series on debunking anti-feminist rhetoric. If you like this, check...
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Why Trolling Brands Is Different from Threatening People
Like most things, this shouldn’t need explanation, but there are people on the internet and people are the worst, so it needs explaining. I actually wrote this out a few days ago and thought it too...
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