Yes Trigger Warnings Do Help Me: Here’s How
Skepchick has covered trigger warnings before in a variety of ways. It seems to be a catalyst topic to weed out who’s interested in making the world easier and kinder …
Science
Free Chapter 1 Download of “Fear Babe: Shattering Vani Hari’s Glass House”
Have you heard of famous food activist Vani Hari? You know, the blogger and New York Times bestselling author also known as “The Food Babe”, who abhors biotechnology, thinks …
Religion
Call For Speakers or Other Fun People and Some Help!
As some of you may know, I started a group in Los Angeles for goddless ladies that meets monthly. In fact, we now meet more than once a month because …
Skepticism
Bad Chart Thursday: Magic Eye CAPTCHA Chart Explains Trump’s Popularity
I am going to admit straight out: I was never able to see the image hidden in those magic eye pictures (a.k.a. stereograms) from the nineties. Today, I tried to …
Feminism
Cross-post: Breast Milk is Not Free, so Stop Saying It Is
Editor’s note: This post was originally featured on Grounded Parents and was written by me. In a nutshell: “By saying that breast milk is free, you are undervaluing a mother’s …
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biogeo
Looks like Drutman just discovered ggplot in R and decided to try to cram as many of its features into one plot as possible.
Buzz Parsec
Probably a little older than 8, but there is hope for the world. 2 or three years ago, when the boys upstairs were about 10 to 12, they had a…
David Cruickshank
I don't believe I've ever come across a single example of anyone with PTSD , or any other condition that may benefit from trigger warnings, actually use the trigger warning…
Jon Brewer
That being raised a racist article made me think of a thought about generational divide. The younger generation grew up in the milieu of 9/11; people born just after 9/11…
Jon Brewer
I've been saying something needs to be done about the refugee crisis. The difference is, I was saying it even when they were just targeting Kurds.