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Jesus is a Friend of Mine
This video was sent to me by Andy, a Christian who fully realizes that sometimes, theists are only too happy to make themselves look as stupid as possible: Andy sent me a link to this page, where other Christians mock the video. Before you start to feel hope for theists, note that elsewhere on the same site they don’t see…
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Rambling thoughts on sexism and annoyance
Man, I totally forgot that it was Tuesday, my day to post over on the SGU blog and cross-post here. Boy, do I have absolutely nothing. It’s mostly because I’ve had a rough few days, with nightmare commutes last night and this morning. Also this morning, before work, I was standing in a coffee shop quietly sipping a cup and…
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Memetic Imperative
Mr. Laden has tagged us with a meme! We’ve been tagged before (um, even Bug_Girl tagged Skepchick with this one in November) but I usually forget about them because I’m a jerk, so this time I was determined to make it happen. Here are the rules as written: One: Link to the person who tagged you. Two: Post the rules.…
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Afternoon Inquisition 1.11
Inspired by a discussion I had with Expatria: Looking back, what’s the most subversive thing you were exposed to as a child? It could be a movie, a television show, a book, a person . . . whatever makes you think, “I can’t believe my parents let me have access to that, but I’m glad they did.”
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“Can anyone name a disease which has been cured?”
The other day, new user “tigirl” attempted to post a big rant on a post that had nothing to do with what she was ranting about, so obviously I didn’t allow the comment to go through. It was so long and ignorant, though, that I wanted to post it here so that she could get the information she sought. Here…
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Comment o’ the Week
First of all, every single person I know has sent me this image of an Amazon review of The Secret, and yet none of those people knew that I was in the midst of writing a great big rant all about The Secret, therefore I believe I called that book review into existence by manfiesting a new reality or something.…
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Skepchick Guest Article #5 – Jeff Penalty
Skepchick’s fifth guest writer is Jeff Penalty, an amazingly talented rock star and writer who happens to be a smart critical thinker. He ventured into the depths of a creationist playground to bring us this amusing, yet slightly depressing, tale of a childhood lost. With pictures! Enjoy. Large Marge Sent Me – To Learn About Creationism! Jeff Penalty Aside from…
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The Link You Just Followed is Old!
Hello! You’re seeing this post because you followed an outdated link to Skepchick.org. If you keep ending up here, you have to clear your browser’s cache and try again. Sorry about that! Now here’s an old post from January 2009: Blog Awards and Shamelessness Before I begin, allow me to surgically remove my modesty organ and place it way in…
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