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Feminism
Guest Post: Twitter’s Contraception Problem
Editor’s Note: Jenny Splitter, who also blogs on Skepchick’s parenting blog Grounded Parents, wrote this piece to raise awareness on why you never see contraceptives advertised on Twitter. ****** If you’re active in the Twitterverse, you may have noticed those sponsored tweets that show up in your feed about Fage yogurt or Puma sneakers. What you won’t see is adult…
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Quickies
Quickies: Racism, Housing Scams, and Fossil-Loving Creationists
What I Did After Police Killed My Son – “Ten years later, we in Wisconsin passed the nation’s first law calling for outside reviews.” From Jamie & Eric. The most absurd scientific explanations for comic book superpowers – “From brain-swapping to blood transfusions gone wrong, here are the most ridiculous superpower origin stories.” The New Racism – “Sanders and other…
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Quickies
Quickies: Women Leaving Engineering, Fergusen, and a Star Trek Writer’s Response to a Homophobe
Many Women Leave Engineering, Blame The Work Culture – “From the aerospace sector to Silicon Valley, engineering has a retention problem: Close to 40 percent of women with engineering degrees either leave the profession or never enter the field.” A Tenacious Explorer of Abstract Surfaces – Read this profile about Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to win the Fields Medal,…
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Guest Bloggers
Guest Post: Invisible Intersex
Editor’s Note: Today’s guest post, by Amy, is about her experience with growing up as an intersexed individual. ****** Do you know someone who is intersexed? Would you be able to notice a person is intersexed by looking at them? The answer to that question is no. According to the Intersex Society of North America or ISNA It is estimated…
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Quickies
Quickies: Modern Sex Researchers, Virginity and Shame, and “Outrage Culture”
Meet the Modern-Day Masters of Sex – “Nobody plans on being a sex researcher when they grow up. Nobody plans to work a strain gauge between splayed legs as they measure changes in penis circumference during sexual stimulation. Nobody dreams to sit across from over-caffeinated college students who are looking to make a quick buck, having to prosaically ask, ‘When’s…
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Guest Bloggers
Guest Post: A Critique of Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia (GSoW)–Part 2
Editor’s Note: This piece from Rebecca (not our fearless leader, a different Rebecca) goes into the issues behind a program like Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia and why skeptics don’t get to hold themselves to lower standards than other people. (I highly recommend that you check out part 1, mentioned below.) ********** This is the second article that I have written as…
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Quickies
Quickies: Mega Penguins, Tea Party Scammers, and Science Experiments on Vine
Exclusive: ‘Pro-Troop’ Charity Pays Off Tea Party Cronies Instead – “Move America Forward has collected millions to send care packages to U.S. troops. But its assets have been used to benefit conservative political consulting firms close to its Tea Party founder.” Slaves of Happiness Island – “While there are no official statistics, there may be as many as 1 million…
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Quickies: Uganda and Anti-Gay Laws, Joss Whedon’s Biography, and RBG is Branded a “Misandrist”
Uganda Anti-Gay Law Struck Down by Court – “A Ugandan court struck down a punitive anti-gay law on Friday that has strained Uganda’s relations with the West, but the court ruled on narrow technical grounds, preserving the possibility that the measure could be revived.” From Will. The Real Reason Why Joss Whedon Named His Space Western Show Firefly – “Nathan…
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