Courtney Caldwell

Courtney Caldwell is an intersectional feminist. Her talents include sweary rants, and clogging your social media with pictures of her dogs (and occasionally her begrudging cat). She's also a political nerd, whose far-left tendencies are a little out of place in the deep red Texas.
  • Featured

    Gloria Steinem: Women #FeelTheBern Because They’re Boy Crazy

    CN: Transphobia, sexism If there’s one thing better than acting as if women have to vote for Hillary Clinton because she’s a woman, it’s being told young women only support Sanders because of their age. Bonus points if you tie youthful inexperience to desire for a man! In a strange interview with Bill Maher, Steinem asserts that women “get more activist” as they grow older and…

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  • Skepticism

    Stop Making Fun of Rihanna’s Album Sales

    This post was originally featured on Mad Art Lab, Skepchick’s sister site focusing on the intersection of science and art!  Rihanna has become something of a meme this week, after Billboard announced that her latest album, ANTI, had only sold 460 copies in its first week: Billboard 200: #27(new) @rihanna, ANTI 15,896 album equivalent units [460 pure album sales + 4,239,279…

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  • Activism

    PR Representative Brings Racism to Skepticon 8

    Skepticon, the annual atheist convention, is taking place this weekend in Springfield, MO. Skepticon tends to be one of the more social-justice friendly atheist events, so I was a bit surprised when I heard that Danielle Muscato was organizing a segment about the recent events at the University of Missouri. The last-minute slot was scheduled to be a Q&A with Mark…

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  • Featured

    There’s Plenty of Oppression to Go Around, Richard Dawkins.

    Richard Dawkins opened his foot-shaped mouth again this weekend, suggesting that advocates for trigger warnings treat victims of rape and assault like children who need their teddy bears: A university is not a "safe space". If you need a safe space, leave, go home, hug your teddy & suck your thumb until ready for university. — Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) October…

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  • Feminism

    The NFL and the Pinkification of Breast Cancer

    Are you aware that breast cancer is a thing? If not, then it’s possible that you haven’t seen any NFL games this month (or you might live under a rock?). October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means during every October game we get to see the NFL pretend they give a single solitary fuck about people with breasts. Pink shoes! Pink…

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  • Feminism

    Amber Rose Hosts Slutwalk LA, Gets Last Laugh Over Kanye

    Hip-hop model Amber Rose hosted Slutwalk LA yesterday, further cementing my desire for her to be my fairy godmother. While many feminists (rightfully) have mixed feelings about Slutwalk, Rose’s event seemed to be a huge step forward for the general concept of Slutwalk I first head about Rose’s event while live-tweeting How to Get Away With Murder. After Thursday’s episode, Matt McGorry (my…

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  • Featured

    Viola Davis Makes #Emmys History

    Until tonight, a woman of color had never won an Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama. It’s hard to believe in 2015 (unless you consider that the rest of the awards shows also have a glaring race problem), but Viola Davis broke that shameful streak and won an Emmy for her stellar work on How To Get Away With Murder. As amazing as…

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  • Events

    Live-Tweet the #GOPDebate With @Skepchicks!

    Y’all, tonight’s GOP Presidential Debate on Fox News is going to be one for the history books (not that it matters since history books will soon be banned by order of President Trump). Much to our amusement/chagrin, the top ten candidates (there are 17  in total, mind you) will be duking it out on Fox News.  I, for one, am very excited to…

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