Transcript follows! Support more videos like this on Patreon. Before 1961, 1 to 1.5% of all babies born would, within the first week of their lives, experience bleeding from the nose or umbilical cord. It wasn’t great, but it also wasn’t fatal. A smaller percentage, approximately 10 out of 100,000 babies, would experience later bleeding in the brain. Of those, 20% died and 50% were left with long-... »
Senate Abortion Hearing Reveals Junk Science Behind Women’s Health Laws – “This month, a Senate committee held a hearing on whether to halt the growing number of state laws reducing access to abortion services in the name of protecting women’s health. The ‘expert’ testimony revealed just how much these laws rely on fringe science and discredited research.”... »
Transcript is below the video! Conor Oberst, frontman for the band Bright Eyes, was last year accused of raping a woman. The woman, named Joanie Faircloth, posted a comment on an XOJane article claiming that Oberst raped her after a concert on her 16th birthday. Oberst said he was innocent, and filed a defamation lawsuit against Faircloth. A year later, Faircloth has publicly apologized and admitt... »
I just got back from a weekend at Comic Con where I was surrounded by some of the nicest, most creative people I have ever met. I feel inspired and motivated. It’s as though I have had my soul polished and primed and prepared for part-two of whatever grand journey life tosses my way. And I’d like you to join me on this adventure. This coming Tuesday, August 5th at The Center for Inquir... »
Obvious trigger warning is obvious. The blessed gift that is the Shit My Clueless Granddad Says Richard Dawkins Twitter account just keeps on giving. In the past several years, Dawkins has smoothly transitioned from being a fairly well-respected science communicator and public intellectual into being a raving sideshow act, on par with the Tweets of luminaries like Jaden Smith and Jose Canseco. Pre... »
The real reason sexual violence is so widespread – Busting the myth that men are “naturally” prone to sexual violence. From Will. Senate abortion hearing reveals junk science behind women’s health laws – It’s so great that the men making these laws are so concerned about women’s health that they’ll believe any old myth that comes their way. Like that... »
According to the Wikipedia article on "false rape allegations", the % of false reports of violent crime is nearly identical to false rape allegations. However,... – Jul 30, 7:04 PM
"They also believe it causes leukemia thanks to one poorly done and since debunked study from the ‘90s." ...have we not spent the last fiveish... – Jul 30, 6:21 PM
Well, when was the last time you heard of someone getting hurt by a fan blade? It doesn't happen anymore. Fans are like the safest... – Jul 30, 4:58 PM
I don't understand how this is legal. How is doing this different from beating kids to death or refusing to feed them? – Jul 30, 4:04 PM
Is there any way we can create a victim-blamer call-out effort. One where a team works to call victim blamers with significant status in the... – Jul 30, 3:39 PM
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