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Featured
Taylor Swift Proves Once Again: #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen
Nominees for the annual MTV Video Music Awards were announced on Apple Music’s Beats 1 Radio today, and noticeably missing from the “Video of the Year” category was Nicki Minaj’s feminist-as-fuck summer anthem “Anaconda.” Shortly after the nominations were posted, Minaj tweeted the following: If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the…
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Yes, Bristol Palin is a Hypocrite. No, You Shouldn’t Slut-Shame Her.
Bristol Palin announced today that she’s pregnant with her second child, a month after canceling her wedding to Marine Dakota Meyer. Palin, who has earned a sizable sum of money as an “abstinence ambassador,” was thrust into the national spotlight in 2008 when her first pregnancy was announced during her mother’s campaign for the Vice Presidency. In Palin’s announcement today she asked that…
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Religion
Obama Acknowledges Value of Secular Humanism, Social Justice, and Interfaith Activism
Obama was on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast this week, and they started with a phenomenal discussion about race, social justice values, and interfaith work. It’s a great segment, and Obama’s words speak for himself, so I’m going to quote it at length: “After a couple of years in college, I started realizing that there were certain things that…
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Activism
Petition Google: Draw a #FreeRaif Google Doodle
Nearly three years ago, a progressive Saudi blogger named Raif Badawi was imprisoned by the Saudi government. Over the course of two years, he remained in prison through a tumultuous legal battle, before being sentenced last May to ten years in prison and 1,000 lashes. His crime? “Insulting Islam through electronic channels.” Atheist and religious allies (including Muslims and ex-Muslims alike) have been outspoken…
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Feminism
#BoycottNFL?: One Feminist NFL Fan’s Moral Dilemma
Content Note: Domestic Violence Football has always been a part of my blood. My dad lived and breathed Texas A&M football, and while I rebelled to become a University of Texas fan and Dallas Cowboy, my love of the game remained the same. Last year, I commissioned a Skepchick Fantasy Football League, as well as placed second in my office…
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Activism
American Atheists President Dave Silverman: Humanists and Skeptics Are “Lying”
This evening, CNN aired an hour-long documentary entitled, “Atheists: Inside the World of Non-Believers.” Heavy on names like Dave Silverman and Richard Dawkins, but light on diversity, the documentary largely seemed to be a vehicle for promoting the atheist brand as dictated by American Atheists. I knew pretty early on not to put too much stock in this documentary. After all, in the…
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Religion
Cross-Post: Parking Space Atheists
This post originally appeared on Mad Art Lab, Skepchick’s fantastic sister site that deals with the intersection of art & science! Nearly two weeks ago, atheist Craig Hicks shot and killed, execution style, three of his Muslim neighbors in Chapel Hill, NC. Soon after, screenshots of his Facebook page and extremely anti-theistic remarks surfaced (most ironically, a cover photo generalizing that religion…
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Feminism
Leslie Knope Takes on MRAs
This post contains spoilers for the most recent Parks & Recreation episode, Pie-Mary. Proceed with caution! Parks & Recreation has long been one of my favorite shows, and as we make our way through the final season, the show is in rare form. The permanently perky Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) is now married (with triplets!) to Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott) who…
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