Quickies
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Skepchick Quickies 11.8
What not to buy online: Lollipops laced with chickenpox – Mmm, sweet tasty biohazards! From jes3ica. Shakespeare conspiracy theory movie Anonymous reviewed – The lovely writers over at Skeptical Humanities have watched this movie so you don’t have to. Defend the rights of women and girls poster – By Shepard Fairey for Amnesty International. What skeptics have to be thankful…
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Skepchick Quickies, 11.7
A woman’s opinion is the mini-skirt of the internet. (From Anna.) The Shonky Awards recognizes the worst rip-offs in Australia. (From Judy.) Where the women are – biology: “Women historically have been interested in subjects that were less math intensive and that had goals of helping people, and biology and the medical sciences have both of those.” (From Kirsten.) Olympic…
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Skepchick Quickies 11.04
J.K. Rowling talks about writing kick-ass female characters – ‘I don’t like the marginalisation of women when the fight breaks out,’ she revealed of the epic battle at the end of the final film. ‘We get to fight too.’ The first 65 years of SciAm available free for a month – See you in December. Freshman 15 is really more…
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Skepchick Quickies, 11.3
Psychologist admits to faking dozens of scientific studies. (From Will.) ‘Freshman 15’ officially just a myth, study says. (From Donnie.) Gender-based Girl Scouts do the right thing. UN states told they must legalize abortion: “A hard-hitting report from the UN special rapporteur on health as a human right says all states must provide safe abortion and contraception for women.”
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Skepchick Quickies, 11.2
Sherlock Holmes is so good at judging people partly because he avoids the conjunction fallacy. (From jes3ica.) Sugar, and candy, do not make kids hyper. (From Hasdrubal.) TV Fact-Checker: inoculating House against bad medicine. 5 logical fallacies that make you wrong more than you think. (From cerberus40.)
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Skepchick Quickies 11.1
Woman trapped in anti-abortion haunted house – From Mark. Alternative literature – A few of you shared this awesome xkcd strip. You must read the rollover text. So there’s a reason she’s dressed all sexy-like: Your role as an observer – How to deal with seeing a sexily dressed lady in 8 easy steps. Britain declares girl monarchs as easily…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.31
Morning all! In a spoooooooky turn of events, Jen can’t do the quickies today so I’m filling in for some extra scary Halloween links! WooooooOOooOOOoo…Ok ok I’ll shut up and get on with it. A nasty outbreak of measles in Quebec has health officials worried about it spreading to the rest of the country. (via Madfishmonger) The Geological Society of…
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Skepchick Quickies 10.28
Gross gods and icky atheism: Disgust responses to rejected religious beliefs – From jes3ica. I am Amber Cole’s father – Amber is a 14 year old girl who was recorded giving oral sex to a boy and now the video is all over the internet. Jimi Izrael thinks he’s making things better by bizarrely slut shaming every woman ever and…
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