Dear Guy Who Wants Me to Stop Talking About Feminism
Earlier this morning, I saw the following tweet directed toward me: @rebeccawatson let me say I have a lot of respect for you and the SGU you have gone off thedeep end on the feminism atheism + front —...
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In Defense of Sister Sites
Categories: Featured Feminism Skepticism In the comments section of Sarah’s recent call for writers for a new sister site for people with disabilities, a few commenters raised concerns that sister...
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Global Quickies: Outbreaks, Sects, and All You Can Eat Buffets
Categories: Anti-Science Feminism Quickies ReligionWORLD Cool (and depressing) interactive map that visually plots global outbreaks of measles, mumps, whooping cough, polio, rubella, and other diseases...
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Doctors vs Orgasms
Categories: Feminism SkepticismTags: depressionequalitygettin' bangedmedicinemental illnesssexsexual equalitysexualityDoctors, hey, can I talk to you for a minute? As a patient? Because I think it’s...
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Global Quickies: Fake Doctors, Witch Doctors, and Weird Fan Art
Categories: Feminism Quickies Religion Science SkepticismINDIA (From Cerberus40) Preliminary results from new research show only 1-in-24 healthcare providers in India is qualified in modern medicine....
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Louis CK on Why Men Are Awful to Women
Categories: FeminismLouis CK: you know who he is, you know he’s often hilarious and that he’s at his best when he’s talking about privilege in a way that can hit home even for clueless dipshits. He...
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Sexual Assault Awareness, an interview with Red My Lips Founder, Danielle...
Categories: Feminism SkepticismTags: assaultharassmentrape cultureRed My Lipssexsexual assaultsexual assault awarenessApril is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. And all month I will be participating in...
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Global Quickies: Atheists as Terrorists, the Dark Side of Lego, and Bad...
Categories: Feminism Quickies Religion SkepticismAFGHANISTAN (from Michael) A reporter tells the story of the changes she has seen in the situation of women in the country in the past 14 years, and the...
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Women in Secularism: Interview with Susan Jacoby
Photo Credit: Chris Ramirez Women in Secularism 3 is only five weeks away. The speakers list includes, in addition to myself, our very own Amy and Debbie as well as the previously-interviewed Lindsay...
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Game of Thrones Recap: Season 4, Episode 1
Categories: Featured FeminismTags: Game of ThronesContent Note: Rape, incest, homophobia, gendered insults, potential anorexia, sleep disorders Spoiler’s From Last Night’s Episode Ahead Original...
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Get to Know Your Skepchicks: Veronica
Way back in the day when Bigfoot roamed the earth and Sylvia Browne was a name that gave Skeptics™ a boner, I first became a Skepchick. And back in those fun and exciting days of yore, I used to do a...
View ArticleCaptain Janeway, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Us?
Categories: Anti-Science FeminismI believe that our resident astronomer Nicole will soon be posting about the new geocentric documentary, “The Principle,” but in the meanwhile, here’s a bit of a rant...
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Global Quickies: Ice Cream, Birth Control, and Teapots
Categories: Feminism Quickies ReligionAFGHANISTAN (From Mary) Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus was shot to death by an Afghan policeman while covering the national election. She covered...
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GoDaddy Released My Personal Information to a Spammer Troll
Yesterday, I learned that GoDaddy released personally identifiable information about me to a spammer troll. You see, it all started way back in August of 2011 when I got a dodgy-looking email from...
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Grabby Cabbies, Street Harassers, and Ferengi: About Last Weekend
Categories: FeminismSeveral years ago, I was living on my own in Boston (well, the ridiculously nicer town of Brookline, to be honest). I left a Somerville bar after the subway had stopped running, so...
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“Starting a Family”: Misleading and Damaging
Categories: FeminismIt’s not uncommon for a young couple to mention that they’re looking to “start a family” or for someone who is looking for a spouse to say that part of what they want is to be able...
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No, Meb Keflezighi Was Not the First American to Win the Boston Marathon...
If you have watched or read any news lately then you know that yesterday at the Boston Marathon Meb Keflezighi was the first American to win since 1983. It’s a momentous occasion and even more...
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Consent and Neurodivergence
Categories: FeminismTrigger warning: discussion of rape and sexual assault Cross posted from We Got So Far To Go Consent is at the heart of sexual ethics for many feminists and other progressive...
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234 Girls Abducted from Physics Exam #HelpTheGirls
Categories: Feminism ReligionIt’s a new, depressing video! A close-enough transcript follows. Warning: this is a terrible story. Normally I like to keep things light on this channel, but one of the...
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Global Quickies: Polio, Pilots, Astronauts, and much more
Categories: Feminism Quickies ReligionPAKISTAN The Pakistan army was asked to assist the civilian government by taking over security of polio eradication teams in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. More than...
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