Daniela

Born and raised in Mexico City, Daniela has finally decided to abdicate her post as an armchair skeptic and start doing some skeptical activism. She is currently living in Spain after having lived in the US, Brazil and Italy. You can also find her blogging in Spanish at esceptica.org.
  • Anti-Science

    Global Quickies: 13/07/13

    First international news of today’s quickies: It’s so damn hot here in Madrid, I can’t concentrate in anything other than ice cream for more than five minutes. So, short quickies today: CHILE An 11 year old pregnant rape victim is being praised for her maturity by the president for not wanting an abortion. Chile is one of the few countries…

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  • Skepticism

    Global Quickies: 06/07/2013

    Hey! So, I’m not at SkepchickCon, which is bad news for me, but at least you guys still get your weekly world news roundup. THE BAD IRAN Sports authorities refuse to record Elham Sadat Asghari’s record of swimming 20km in the Caspian Sea because her bathing suit was too revealing: she was wearing a diving suit, a jacket, a head…

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  • Feminism

    Global Quickies 29/06/13

    It’s time for your weekly world news roundup! The Bad WORLD Starting with global news, new estimates of violence against women find that 3/10 women worldwide have been “punched, shoved, dragged, threatened with weapons, raped, or subjected to other violence from a current or former partner”. BRAZIL There’s an old saying that claims “God is Brazilian”. If he is, he’s…

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  • Feminism

    Global Quickies: 22/06/13

    I’m still trying to figure out how best to deliver these links to you guys, so this time I’m trying starting with the bad news and then transitioning to nicer links so that you don’t end up with severe depression: THE BAD: EGYPT Blasphemy trials have increased sharply since the revolution with at least 13 receiving prison sentences. Most cases…

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  • Anti-Science

    Global Quickies 15/06/13

    Welcome to the *New* Skepchick Global Quickies! Now lighter and more regular. It’s like they eat bran! Here we go: NETHERLANDS Measles outbreak in Dutch bible belt where Fundamentalist Protestants do not believe in having their children vaccinated. SYRIA A 15-year-old was executed for blasphemy. He was shot in the face after he was heard arguing with someone about the…

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  • Random Asides

    Bad Chart Thursday: World’s Tiniest Landslide

    I volunteered to do Bad Chart Thursday today. I found this fantastic bad chart showing the results of the presidential elections from last Sunday in Venezuela. I had it all planned out in my head. I was going to show you the video that aired a few weeks ago on Venezuelan public TV of Hugo Chavez arriving in heaven and…

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  • Global Quickies: 2013.04.02

    Hey, Skepchick readers! It’s time once again to catch up on your news from around the world. With help of the links you guys sent our way, we’re hitting almost every continent today, which I guess is kind of depressing, since so many are bad news. But do keep them coming! You can send links through our contact form. ITALY…

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  • Anti-Science

    Global Quickies: 2013.03.15

    As promised, here’s part two of your March Global Quickies. And guess what? I still have a bunch of awesome links for a third part, so watch out for those soon. ISRAEL (from 9bar) 22 year old Noa Kentman was shouted at and called impure by two ultra-orthodox men after she refused to move to the back of the bus…

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