Quickies

  • Skepchick Quickies 4.15

    Amanda wanted to be here to do her regular quickies, but she’s doing all the other Skepchicks’ taxes. So, it’s on me! Here ya go: The government of Madrid has declared that Catholics can march on Easter weekend, but atheists can’t. From Daniela, who I’ve now met at TAM London and NECSS but who still hasn’t arranged for me to…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 4.14

    There is no male-female wage gap – So declares Carrie Lukas in the Wall Street Journal. Expert: Despite Japanese government’s claims of decreasing radiation, Fukushima a “ticking time bomb” – Democracy Now! interviews Dr. Michio Kaku, a Japanese American physicist and bestselling author. From Rosaire. Scientology protest causes city to stop enforcing ordinance – “A protest last year outside the…

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  • Skepchick Quickies, 4.13

    Physicists build Big Bang in a box. (From cerberus40.) After fundamentalist church expose, one pastor is unrepentant. Jesus crucifixion nails discovered, claims film-maker. Why feminism is the anti-Viagra.

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  • Skepchick Quickies 4.12

    Haiti cholera epidemic could have been blunted with use of mobile stockpile of oral vaccine – From Jay. Future farm: a sunless, rainless room – From Damien. Amanda Palmer is raising money for Planned Parenthood – With a benefit sexy podcast! What do movies get wrong about giving birth – You won’t become possessed, apparently.

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  • Skepchick Quickies 4.11

    Jen wanted to be here to deliver the Monday Quickies, but she’s gone (literally) underground to investigate the rumors about albino alligators in New York’s sewers. So I’ve taken over! How Ayn Rand’s objectivist philosophy/cult ruined a girl’s childhood. From ekimbrough Australian women are leaving science careers – it’s probably just that girls aren’t good at math, right? (No, not…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 4.8

    30 best signs from the Toronto Slutwalk – From scribe999. “Persecuted Christian” Texas legislator targets funding of LGBT and gender studies – “Christian reckons it’s time to stand up for America’s “traditional values,” which naturally does not include anything to do with the gays or equality or individual identity.” Female infidelity: “It’s different” – “This is a true fact —…

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  • Skepchick Quickies 4.7

    Court backs pharmacy birth control refusal – “An Illinois judge has voided a law forcing druggists to sell morning-after emergency birth control.” From mrmisconception. The Center for Atheist Research is looking for atheist women – Help out with their study “The Health and Social Well-Being of Nonreligious Women.” Texas beer joint sues church – You have to read the judge’s…

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  • Skepchick Quickies, 4.6

    Can lemon cupcakes induce labor? (From scribe999.) New Alabama bill would grant “personhood” at the moment of fertilization. Finally, a state worse than my own Ohio on abortion legislation! I’m so excited. Key genital measurement linked to male fertility. (From Zapski.) Don’t forget to incorporate your uterus. (From Laura.)

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