Skepchick Quickies 5.24
Arizona senator calls for “prayer redo”, saying atheist’s prayer wasn’t good enough – From Michael. Kiera Wilmot speaks out – She is the girl who was arrested at her school for mixing toilet bowl cleaner and aluminum, not realizing that those could cause an explosion. We have always fought: Challenging the ‘women, cattle, and slaves’ narrative –... »
Time for Cicadas!
They’re HERE! The East Coast of the US is in the middle of a noisy invasion…. by completely harmless insects. Cicadas spend most of their life underground sucking on the the roots of trees, until it is time to emerge as flying adults. There are over 1,000 species of cicadas around the world, with varying life cycles. Periodical cicadas are known for their 17- or 13-year synchronized ... »
Bad Chart Thursday: The Skeptic’s Secret
We’ve had a lot of discussions of privilege lately, and I’ve noticed that whenever the topic comes up, whether the focus is on race, gender, sexuality, ability, or any other axis, someone comments along the lines of suggesting we should all focus on simply being human. Usually, there’s a moral high ground implied in somehow being above all this prejudice nonsense by choosing to b... »
Growing Up Online: Why & How I Care About the Comments
This post contains graphic discussions of bodies and pornography. TW for body image issues. I can’t pretend that some of my reasons for engaging in the comment sections aren’t personal. I first hopped online when I was just over a decade old. As I had been socialized almost exclusively among other Muslims, the Internet was my chance to interact with people who resembled the mean and mo... »
Skepchick Quickies 5.23
The wanted generation – Amanda Marcotte on why we should thank feminism for the open attitudes of the millenials. From nowoo. People want to matter – Greta Christina on the talk that Rebecca Goldstein gave at WiS2. She has a new and interesting way to think about an old problem that secularism faces. How to bully god – Cute comic, from Zoltan. Alex Jones pushes tornado truther st... »
Skepchick Auctions: Winged Shape-Shifter, GMO & UFO signed photographs by GiGi Chickee
This week’s auctions feature three incredible photographs created just for SkepchickCon by Gigi Chickee, from Mad Art Lab. She has signed and framed her “Winged Shape-shifter,” “GMO,” and “UFO,” and donated them to help us raise money for travel costs for the con. (See GiGi’s post about these photographs here and about two of the other photographs sh... »
