Quickies
Skepchick Quickies 12.14
- A woman’s opinion is the miniskirt of the internet – If you flaunt either, brace yourself for a barrage of harassment.
- Atheists carolling for good – CFI NYC will be carolling on the 16th to raise donations for Hurricane Sandy relief.
- Meteorologist fired after politely responding to racist Facebook comment about her hair – Eeesh, racism and sexism, the worst/least surprising combo.
- Anne Hathaway, Matt Lauer, and the end of embarrassment over naked photos – Hathaway handles a gross comment from Lauer with great aplomb.
- Cute Animal Friday! Mary shared Sam the rescued fighting dog’s story, which will make you cry but has a happy ending. And since humans count as animals, here’s an adorable baby in a bucket from Mindy.
Maybe it’s observation bias, but doesn’t overt racism/sexism seem to be correlated with illiteracy?
Perhaps it’s time to revive the shutupmattlauer hashtag?
Rhonda Lee rocks. I hope she’ll get a new post somewhere that’ll appreciate her. (Hell, setting aside altruism and basic decency, how hard would it be for any TV station that broadcasts to a significantly black audience to realize just how huge the good publicity would be for them?)