Parenting
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On the Abuse of Social Science
Cross-posted on Queereka. One of the reoccurring talking points of opponents of marriage equality is that social science research demonstrates that children do better with a heterosexual couple than any other type of parenting situation. For an example, see this exchange between CNN’s Brooke Baldwin and hate-group leader Tony Perkins. Note how she fails to challenge Perkins on his oft-repeated…
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Guest Post: Science-Based Pregnancy
Rei Dunn contacted us about her experiences trying to take a skeptical look at the process of getting pregnant. She had such a great set of stories to tell that we asked her to contribute a guest post! Rei is a clinical psychologist in California who specializes in sexual health and behavior, severe mental illness, and incarcerated populations. For fun,…
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Nuance of Risk and Homebirth
The British Medical Journal released a study with the perfectly cromulent title of “Perinatal and maternal outcomes by planned place of birth for healthy women with low risk pregnancies: the Birthplace in England national prospective cohort study”. Damn, that was a mouthful. The full text of the article can be found online, and all the numbers referenced are pulled from…
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Guyliner, Murses, Bromance and Femmephobia
(Thanks to Gwenn and BeardOfPants for some of the links!) There’s been a lovely and adorable video circulating on the tubes-osphere the last few days that I’m sure has helped bolster a comforting sense of optimism about the next generation’s understanding of gender. A little girl named Riley gets irate about the toy store’s division into a pink section…
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Listen to the Pig
When I wrote my Twilight review earlier this year, I compared the weak and helpless Bella to Ms. Piggy, who, in my opinion, is an icon for feminism. Some of the commenters disagreed with me so I thought I would try to apply some skepticism to my theory. I thought more about it while writing my review for the new…
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Ask Surly Amy: Atheist God-Parents
What is the term for the skeptical or Athiest version of a god father? A non Cathlic friend of mine who is married to a Cathlic was looking for a trustworthy Catholic male to be his child’s god father. He remembered my wife is Catholic so he asked me. I told him I would be more than happy to help…
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Ask Surly Amy: Skeptic and Faith Based Holiday Parenting
Hi Surly Amy! My boyfriend and I have started very generally talking about maybe someday thinking about having a baby. I’m worried. Eg, I am 34 so we don’t have forever to be ambiguous about it, & he has a disability that makes it difficult for him to do many baby-helping things. I can deal with those! My question is-…
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Engineers and Illiterates team up for SCIENCE!
“When I get down [inside my head]… The marbles start turning and I start seeing shapes and getting a rhythm of things. That’s science to me.” – Steven Tyler Imagine a science experiment where you get to take a bunch of monkeys who do sign language, give them marijuana and ask them to explain science. It’s a pretty amazing scientific…
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