Quickies

  • Skepchick Quickies 6.19

    Man saves dead mouse from cat, gets black death – Tip: If you live on the West coast or the Southwest of the US, do not mess with wild rodents. Geek culture wants a cookie and a pat on the head for not creating Kim Kardashian – Because as we know, geek culture is totally lacking in sexism. Jay Smooth…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 6.18

    On This Day: In 1983, astronaut Sally K. Ride became the first American woman in space on the space shuttle Challenger. She went on to become President and CEO of Sally Ride Science, an organization that works to create fun science programs and publications for kids in grades 3 – 8 (with a particular focus on girls). The Education of…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 6.15

    Testing female athletes to make sure they’re feminine enough is not cool, scientists say – Two facts of note: “The root of the issue stems from the fact that women naturally produce testosterone at different levels,” and “Moreover, it’s not known what typical testosterone levels even are for elite female athletes.” Two female Michigan lawmakers silenced after vagina, abortion comments…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 6.14

    Creation Museum ad campaign features dinosaurs – That’s right Ken Ham, sucker them in with dinosaurs. A comic about reactions to feminism – Brilliant! Felicia Day makes a fun video, gets flamed – Because she’s ruining gaming, clearly, with a funny silly song about a gamer girl/country boy romance. Right. Healthy postmenopausal women advised not to take calcium supplements to…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 6.12

    Vintage PSA for the Equal Pay Act starring Batgirl – “Holy discontent, Batman!” Timeline: Female hysteria and the sex toys used to treat it – From jes3ica. E3 really makes me appreciate the PAX ban on booth babes – From Mark. Saudi Arabian talent show bans singing and women – From Ashley.

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  • Skepchick Quickies 6.8

    Abortion qualms on morning-after pill may be unfounded – Because it doesn’t appear to prevent implantation, instead it prevents fertilization and ovulation. Not that anti-abortion, anti-birth control, anti-sex people pay attention to science. Backlash against Anita of Feminist Frequency for fundraising to do a video series on female tropes in video games – How dare she try to promote calm,…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 6.7

    Ray Bradbury dies at age 91 – One of the best nerdy conversations you can get into is to ask someone if they’ve read Farenheit 451 and if so, ask them what book they’d be. Fuck the patriarchy readathon – Rhys Morgan and EK McAlpine are raising money for Rape Crisis by holding a readathon of 20 books. And really…

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  • Global Quickies 06.05

    It is time for your semi-regular dose of skepticism from around the world! Since I don’t want to leave you with a feeling that the world is a horrible, horrible place to live in, this time I’m including two fun ways to get involved in making it a better place (well, three if you count my begging slot for you…

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