Skepchick Quickies 3.4
On March 4, 1933, Frances Perkins became the first female member of the US Cabinet (appointed by FDR) as the Secretary of Labor.
- Scientists Report First Cure of HIV In A Child, Say It’s A Game-Changer – As the article mentions, there is still a lot of development and research that needs to go into this. From Amy.
- Rhymes With Runt: How did the C-word become such an offensive insult?
- Company removes ‘rape’ shirt listed on Amazon – They were print-on-demand shirts, so there is no stock, but still. From Elyse.
- How Long Can the NFL Get Away with Asking Future Employees if They’re Gay?
- That’s my boy!…I’m fairly certain. – A cute story about a mom who lets her son dress like a fairy. From Diana.
- The Rape of Petty Officer Blumer: Inside the military’s culture of sex abuse, denial and cover-up – Trigger warning for description of rape.
- BONUS: Dutch Baby Pancakes!
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There are no babies in that pancake recipe. How disappointing.
Re the military culture of sex abuse, denial and cover up.
I wish I could say it was better in Australia, but no, it’s the same thing, in epidemic proportions.
To be honest, I have been too ashamed to forward news links to this sort of thing in the past.
The results of a judicial enquiry were released last November – here is the story
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-26/adf-abuse-response-delivers-judicial-inquiry/4393472
Mary, Frances Perkins is awesome, but you spelled her name wrong. :-)
D’oh, thanks for the correction! I was really just seeing if anyone was paying attention :)
I couldn’t love the story about the boy dressing as a fairy more. That blog post should be required reading for all parents.