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On Being “One of the Good Ones”
So it’s come to this: I must express the most bizarrely meta think I’ve ever thought. One’s openness to engagement with hostile and/or contentious individuals is not necessarily a sign of superior...
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Baby Genitalia Inspires Assholes
[Update: After Jessica Wakeman of The Frisky covered my piece and tweeted her coverage tagging in STFU Parents, Blair Koenig aka STFU Parents clarified what was meant (and not meant) by the tweet. We...
View ArticleGlobal Quickies: 27/07/13
Here is your weekly dose of international quickies. Lots of links in no particular order: PAKISTAN In Northern Pakistan, women are temporarily banned from going to the market alone so that men don’t...
View ArticleI Apologize for Dehumanizing Hysterical Shrews
Inevitably, if a new user attempts to post a new comment on a Skepchick article from 15 months ago, it’s going to be unintentionally hilarious. And so I give you the following screed, posted in...
View ArticleDamsels in Distress 3: Tropes vs Women in Video Games
Every day a new Tropes vs Women in Video Games is released is like Misandry Christmas. In this episode, Anita Sarkeesian discusses subversion and reversal of the typical kidnapped princess trope,...
View ArticleAtheism on Orange is the New Black
Have you guys been watching this show? Oh, man, this show. Orange is the New Black is a new Netflix original series about Piper Chapman, a young well-to-do white woman who goes to prison for drug...
View ArticleBen Radford Accused of Sexual Harassment
Karen Stollznow, paranormal investigator and former Skepchick writer, has written a post over on SciAm alleging that she suffered years of sexual harassment and even sexual assault at the hands of an...
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Atheism, Sexism and Harassment. The Price of Speaking Up.
When I first started writing for this blog I was a relative newbie to the concept of organized skepticism and atheism, and feminism wasn’t even on my radar. Feminism was some shit hippies did by...
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Why Did Almost All Questions on Quora Make My Head Explode? (Part One)
Over on Slate, there is an article that was cross-posted from an answer to this question on Quora’s Feminism category: “Why did almost all societies believe that women were inferior to men?” Quora is...
View ArticleGlobal Quickies: 24/08/13
Welcome back to Global Quickies, your weekly world news roundup! GERMANY Starting next November, Germany will introduce a third gender option on birth certificates and will allow people to opt out of...
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Why Did Almost All Answers on Quora Make My Head Explode? (Part Two)
Yesterday, I wrote about an absurd question which was answered on Quora and cross-posted to Slate, increasing the internet’s exposure to faulty, mythical beliefs about human nature by probably at least...
View ArticleWhy Did Almost All Answers on Quora Make My Head Explode? (Part Last)
Welcome to the final installment of “WTF is wrong with you, Slate? Why are you posting this crap?” If you haven’t already, you may want to read parts one and two. Let’s get right into the last three...
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A Tale of Two Titties
Months ago, when I mentioned GaymerX at an atheist meetup, someone posited what I’m sure was thought to be a simple, well-meant question: “Why a separate gay con? Why not attend Comic-Con?” I didn’t —...
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What Does Your Social Media Reaction to the VMAs Say About You?
Edited. Because humor is art and art is a work in progress. Or something. She’s growing up too fast. What happened to the innocent Hannah Montana we all loved? You terrify the small children in your...
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We Call Them Pigs for a Reason
[Content Notice: Gender-Based Violence, Stalking, Threats. Edited for clarity.] Three years ago, I was starting to tentatively explore my same-sex attractions. Socially awkward as I was (and am,...
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When I Didn’t Consent. Why I reported. Why I didn’t.
I was raped. I reported it. I was raped. I didn’t report it. I was raped. I reported it but I didn’t press charges. I was raped. I didn’t know what I was supposed to do so I told myself that I wasn’t...
View ArticleGlobal Quickies: 31/08/13
PAPUA NEW GUINEA The cult leader who called himself “Black Jesus” was hacked to death by villagers after killing a woman. He had escaped from prison where he was serving time for raping, killing and...
View ArticleHow not to respond to a sexual assault story
Friday morning, I posted an article about being sexually assaulted, why I didn’t report things to the police and why I did. My goal was to help people see that reporting (and all the other “right...
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A Shout-Out to LGBT & Pro-LGBT Rappers
There are many people of color in hip-hop who have come out in favor of LGBT people: A$AP Rocky, Snoop Lion, Beyonce, T-Pain, T.I., as well as Mr. Beyonce, Russell Simmons, Will Smith, and 50 Cent (I...
View ArticleGlobal Quickies: 07/09/13
It’s time for our weekly roundup of skeptical news from around the world: SRI LANKA A man died while trying to perform a black magic ritual to drive away evil spirits. TANZANIA In the Mara region,...
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