atheism

  • Religion

    A+ vs. A- vs. Abolishing the Grading Imperative

    The atheistic internets are all aflutter over Jen McCreight’s excellent post on Infiltrating the Boys’ Club, which gave way to the A+ initiative, what at first seemed to be a new “wave” of atheists and now more specifically seems to be an actual organization that Jen is setting up, focused on issues of social justice like misogyny and racism. I’ve…

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  • Skepticism

    ICYMI: August 12 – August 18 on the Skepchick Network

    Hang on to your hats, ladies and gentlemen. We’re expecting gale force awesome to come sweeping through your computer and into your eyeballs. You have been warned. Teen Skepchick Can We Reclaim the Movement? Nenfea argues that it’s important to fight for the heart of the atheist movement. Don’t Drop the Science! Eddy encourages high school students to forget the…

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  • Skepticism

    ICYMI: August 5 – August 11 on the Skepchick Network

    Now that the Olympics are over, I can stop pretending like I want to get in shape. Which means that I can sit in front of my computer reading blog posts guilt-free. And you – yes, you! – get the benefit, dear readers, because I have compiled a list of some of the best stuff you missed last week on…

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  • Activism

    Speaking Out Against Hate Directed at Women: David Silverman

    I recently wrote about dealing with hate and harassment and a good point was brought up. How do the leaders in the secular, humanist, skeptic and atheist communities feel about what has been happening to women online and at events? Why haven’t they spoke up about it? Maybe no one has asked them to. Until now. Over the next few…

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  • Activism

    Submit your short films to the Atheist Film Festival!

    This post was originally written by Anne Sauer over at Mad Art Lab but we want to make sure everyone sees it. So please read, then spread the word and do get involved if you can! Want the opportunity to share your cinematic vision with hundreds of other atheists, skeptics, and freethinkers on the big screen, and a chance to…

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  • Feminism

    Blogs Are Valuable and Enrich the Discourse, Says Study. I Agree.

    I’ve spent more time reading posts and comments on skeptic and freethought blogs in the past two weeks than I had in the previous six months combined. It started with Ben Radford’s article about Riley on Discovery News, then I read Ben’s articles at weareskeptixx, Rebecca’s response, Ben’s reply on the CFI blog, several of PZ Myers’ responses to Ben, and many other recent posts about…

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  • Religion

    Morality on Trial: Why Prison Data Doesn’t Matter

    In my previous post, I broke down the issues with prison statistics in the debate on secular morality. Here, I am going to turn my skeptical eye to the way people use and interpret said statistics. Why people bring up the (debatable) statistics that show that there are fewer atheists in prison than there ought to be seems obvious. When…

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  • Featured

    Existence of Black Atheists Blows Everyone’s Minds, Again

    Hi everyone! Since the beginning of the summer I’ve been busy traveling all over, but Skepticon IV was my last trip for the year. (What fun that was!) Now that I’m not going to be on the road for a while, I look forward to unpacking the rest of the boxes from my last move and to contributing more to…

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