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Activism
Global Quickies 14/12/13
Hi all! I’m doing Global Quickies for Daniela this week, so hopefully I don’t screw it up too much. I’m glad you took time out from listening to the new Beyoncé album to read this! Egypt It’s snowing in Egypt for the first time in…a long time (some reports are saying 112 years, but that was taken from a single person…
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Activism
My Tribute to Nelson Mandela
I’m sure everyone has heard by now, but Nelson Mandela, former South African president, has died at age 95. I lived in South Africa for half a year while studying at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. The program was entirely focused on human rights, and in every single class I took, he was talked about. My South African…
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Feminism
Stop Using Black Women as Accessories
I had planned to write about this subject after the whole “Miley Cyrus VMA performance” happened, but I only wrote half a draft and never finished it. In light of Lily Allen’s latest video, “Hard Out Here,” and my current inability to sleep, I figured I’d be at least try to be productive. So, that’s why I’m going to call…
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Activism
Why Vegan Values are Humanist Values
A couple weeks ago, I gave a presentation to the Humanist Community of Central Ohio about “Why Vegan Values are Humanist Values.” It was a pretty laid back presentation that I had a lot of fun giving. Video is below the jump. :) If you’re video averse, don’t worry, I plan to write out everything I covered in my presentation. If…
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Feminism
Woman Rock at History; Men Steal Credit
One of the problems of patriarchy is that it’s so pervasive, we don’t even realize if or when it affects our thinking. Oftentimes, we believe our thinking is free from cultural baggage. (One of my favorite examples is how many people truly believe that advertising doesn’t affect them at all, despite the fact that almost all research into advertising would…
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Activism
Advice for my Past Self
[content note: talk of rape] Hi, Past Sarah. It’s me, Future Sarah. Er…Present Sarah? Either way, I’m addressing Past Sarah. I’ve got some things to tell you that might help you out…or, barring the fact that time travel isn’t possible (at least, that I know of), hopefully this advice can help some other people. So listen up, whippersnappers! You are not…
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Feminism
Be Skeptical of the Affordable Care Act
So apparently the government is about to shut down! That’s pretty scary. I, of course, have had more important things to pay attention to this past weekend (i.e. Breaking Bad), so I’ve mainly been tuned out of whatever temper tantrum the Republicans are having right now, although I assume it has something to do with the Affordable Care Act (cursory…
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Activism
My Time With Richard Dawkins (Or, Why You Should Never Meet Your Idols)
I’ve only been an atheist for about four or five years. I was raised Catholic, eventually became a non-denominational Christian, then a “well there’s SOMETHING out there” deist, to a “who really knows?” agnostic, and eventually became a solid atheist (around 2009 or so). This was in great part due to the writings of PZ Myers and Richard Dawkins. So,…
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