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Quickies
Quickies: Surly Amy Interview, the Sexual Politics of Veganism, and Tor Teams Up with Domestic Violence Shelters
Happy Limerick Day, everyone! If you have a favorite, please share it in the comments. “Atheist Art” Amy Davis Roth on Atheists Talk – Listen to the latest podcast featuring an interview with our own Surly Amy! Phineas Gage, Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient – Each generation revises his myth. Here’s the true story. The Sexual Politics of Veganism – “This…
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Quickies: Things You Cannot Unsee, Fitness Does Not Have to Equal Perfection, and Acknowledging the Existence of Sex is Controversial
May 7, 1992, was the first launch date of the Space Shuttle Endeavor, which was built following the Challenger accident. Things You Cannot Unsee (And What That Says About Your Brain) – What you know affects what you see. Why I Refused to Put a Shirt on for Shape Magazine – “Healthy” and “fit” do not always mean “perfect body,” and that…
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Quickies: Detective Tropes, Approaching Meteor Shower, and Smallpox
On May 5, 1891, Carnegie Hall opened and the composer that day was Tchaikovsky. The Oldest Story: Toward a Theory of a Dead Girl Show – The trope of female death in modern detective shows. Your Guide To Watching This Week’s Halley’s Comet Meteor Shower – Awesome, I hope I can catch this! Listen To These Lovely Cats. No, Actually,…
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Book Club
Skepchick Book Club: Ha! The Science of When We Laugh and Why
Note: Information about next month’s book and date are at the bottom of this post. *** Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! This month we read Ha!: The Science of When We Laugh and Why by Scott Weems. It was a nice, short read, all about, well, the science of laughter. The book was interesting, although sometimes a bit dry, but…
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Guest Bloggers
Guest Post: On Being a Defiant Athlete
Editor’s Note: Shaunta is back! And this time she is sending a message to her younger self, about regrets and growing up, and also the difference between an athlete and an exerciser. *** If my life was reduced to data and stretched out in a timeline, there would be several delineating markers. Before and after my parents divorced when I…
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Quickies
Quickies: Fat Shaming, MST3k, and Behind the Story of Killer Bread
In lieu of an interesting fact about history, please enjoy this cute video, Tiny Hamsters Eating Tiny Burritos. (It’s exactly what it sounds like.) Fat Shaming Documentary Spurs Death Threats – Are the trolls ever going to get tired of this? From Billy. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Definitive Oral History of a TV Masterpiece – I miss watching new…
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Quickies: Offensive Diversity Memos, Cheerleaders Told How to Wash Their Vaginas, and E-Cigarette Rules
There’s not too much good news to share today, so please enjoy this full album from Boards of Canada to play in the background. Bills Cheerleaders Are Told How To Wash Their Vaginas in Handbook – “All of this is more or less the accumulated wisdom of sensible aunts everywhere. The difference here is that it’s being used as the…
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Quickies: Einstein’s Brain, Space Trash, and Cats Being Cats
On April 23, 1985, Coca-cola released New Coke. Whether it was a marketing ploy or not, I’m still bummed that I didn’t get to try it! The Tragic Story of How Einstein’s Brain Was Stolen and Wasn’t Even Special – What a weird story. 6 Photos of the Oldest Living Things in the World – On a related note, I…
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