Feminism
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After All, It Was Just a Question
The following is an exercise in assuming the best intentions of people who ask things. How did this all this end up happening? To quote the only dynamic (and possibly most problematic) adult character on South Park, there are no stupid questions, just stupid people. I’m pretty sure I’m not stupid. Therefore, I planned to ask a question that’s been…
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The Great Feminist Cinema that is The Wolverine
“Feminist cultural criticism has ruined me,” I sighed to my boyfriend yesterday. He had just excitedly shown me the new trailer for Prisoners, the Jake Gylenhaal/Hugh Jackman/Terrence Howard/Paul Dano film: It looks like it could be a great movie. I don’t know. But all I could think while watching the trailer was, “MEN! Men jumping! Fighting! Shooting! Being police officers!…
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Global Quickies: 17/08/13
Here’s your weekly dose of international skeptic links. Enjoy! HONG KONG Woman interrupts her run to save drowning man on the typhoon-churned waters of Victoria Harbor. Resumes run. (From Moniqa) UK Politician says women shouldn’t be on boards because they are no good at chess, bridge and poker. He denies being sexist. (From Trude Tidem) CHINA A zoo tries to…
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Getting to Know My Critics: Cecil Fuson, Sex Offender
A few days ago, I received this email via the Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe contact form: From: Cecil Fuson Email: [email protected] Location: Raleigh, NC Category: Question for the Show Subject: quote request Message: Good day, my name is Cecil Fuson. Together with Brandi Olson and a member of the Atheist news group (A news) we run a small Facebook…
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If you don’t like rape, don’t get raped DUH
In an amazing act of bravery, Brian Dalton (aka Mr Deity) has made a video that sternly criticizes the community of people on the internet who vocally denounce rape and rapists. In it, he finally says what the rapistists (those who are prejudiced against men for no reason other than their sexual preference for women who are unwilling/unable to consent)…
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Essentialist Neuroscience
Despite the best efforts of a few awesome scholars, essentialism is alive and well in the neurosciences. An article posted on Salon on August 5 describes the results of a study in Behavioral Brain Research wherein the authors reviewed research done on sex/gender (they conflate the two) differences in a decision-making experiment known as the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). The…
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For Hire: Jerkface Detection Services
The first time I spoke up, it wasn’t because I had a political agenda. I was vaguely feminist, sure, but I wasn’t one of those over-sensitive types who whined about everything and said “privilege” a lot. It wasn’t because I wanted attention, either. As a matter of fact, it was because I didn’t want the attention in question. I wanted to define…
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The Good Old Days
Remember the good old days of skepticism when everyone got along and went to TAM together? We were not divided along ideological lines. We all mingled at the same events and parties and you did not have to declare a side in the great war on how women should be treated in the movement. Those were the days. Right? I…
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