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  • Glee: Baby Got Back. And then got Raped.

    Last night, a bunch of never before seen extras on Fox’s show Glee performed an unaccredited cover of Jonathan Coulton’s cover of Sir Mix A Lot’s Baby Got Back. When confronted with the outrage of a million angry geeks on Twitter, Glee was all “yeah, but it’s a cover of a cover. BFD. Besides, EXPOSURE AND SHIT, YO. Coulton should…

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  • The Inaugural Bad Graph Thursday!

    Yesterday I announced the creation of a new feature here at Skepchick: Bad Graph Thursday. Well, IT’S THURSDAY MOFOS, GET READY TO GRAPH! Friend, badass, and super-genius Jen McCreight wrote in to Skepchick HQ to point to her post from last year about one sexy heartthrob who thinks that women get uglier as they get more educated, thus decreasing their…

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  • $13,000 for Kids with Cancer!

    Today is the day Skeptics for the Protection of Cancer Patients delivered a birthday present to Houston cancer quack Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski and the Burzynski Clinic, the promise to donate the $13,000+ raised in his name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the request that the clinic match those funds for St. Jude. Considering the filmmaker of the sequel to…

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  • On Optimism

    The other day, an asshole named Jerry Conlon said this to Ophelia Benson: Maybe a vial of acid would do you some good. You already look like you were set on fire and put out with a wet rake. This upset PZ a great deal as it pushed him to recognize the fact that if the entire world were atheist,…

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  • Guest Post: Woo-ing Wine Drinkers

    In today’s guest post, Julia Burke talks about dowsing and pseudoscience marketing in the wine industry. I guess when you’ve had a little to drink, believing in magical sticks doesn’t seem so far-fetched. ——————————————————————— When I took an editorial position at the Center for Inquiry and became immersed in the skeptic/secular movement, I had no idea how relevant to my…

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  • Betty White Day: A Holiday I Made Up (Because Why Not)

    Guess what today is? January 17th is Betty White’s 91st birthday, and a few years ago I made a decision to celebrate it as Betty White Day (creative, huh) because (a) I have been watching the The Golden Girls since I was a little kid, and (b) I really like Betty White (and the rest of the cast). I would…

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  • Skeptech

    Amazing Tech, How Sweet the Sound… or Is It?

    Steve Jobs was famous for using the words, and perhaps in part due to his legacy, it can seem like almost every major new technology these days has to be “amazing” or “magical” in some way. Whether it’s an amazing iPhone case or an amazing laptop that can’t even download any desktop applications, if it ain’t amazing, it ain’t getting…

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  • Ninja Infiltrates Skepchick

    Hi Everyone! My name is Jamie and way back in 2008 I sent an email to Rebecca saying I was interested in becoming a Skepchick. Needless to say, I didn’t make the cut. I spent the next five years slowly infiltrating my way into the inner circle of Skepchicks, by way of alcohol and unrestrained enthusiasm, until they finally gave…

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