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Skepchick Sundaylies! The Woman Who Cured Rickets, Male Suffrage, and Happy Birthday, You’re Going to Hell
Sunday Funny: Freaking out is hard work. (PHD Comics) Teen Skepchick In Which I am Threatened with Foolishness and the Ruin of Soul Every year, Elizabeth’s family attempts to bring her back to Christianity. Here is their 2016 attempt. Mad Art Lab Milk and Blood: Icie Macy Hoobler and the Science of Infant-Mother Nutrition Dr. Hoobler made major advances in…
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Activism
A Runoff Election in Louisiana Could Help Democrats Senate Situation
There is currently a Senate runoff election happening in Louisiana which, if won by Democrat Foster Campbell, would narrow the partisan split to 51-49. It’s a long shot, but a really important one when you consider the already-narrow majority that Republicans hold in the Senate. In the week since Trump’s election, we’ve seen Senate Republicans like John McCain & Rand Paul express hostility…
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Activism
Protest Art: No More Chances Organize Fight Back
This art was originally created for my Patreon supporters but I feel it’s a perfect companion piece to Courtney’s post, You’ve Had a Week to Mourn. Now What? So I made the post public. I spent most of the day yesterday reading about protest art from the 1940’s through the 1980’s. I was reading about art to try to keep…
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Activism
You’ve Had a Week to Mourn. Now What?
Last week, our country elected an orange spray-painted rubber tire as leader of the free world. Since that time, there have been tears, there have been protests, and – since it’s 2016 – there have been memes. But we’re only a week in, and we’ve got four more years of white nationalist fuckery, obnoxious tweets, and racist harassment. You may…
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#AntiTrump Protests Continue in Dallas
For the third night in a row on Friday, protests against the election of Donald Trump continued in Dallas, TX. The event was organized by the Next Generation Action Network (NGAN) as a rebellion against minority rights being “put on the back burner for bigotry and hate.” Before the night’s events commenced at Main Street Gardens, two or three counter-protestors stood in opposition to…
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Why ‘Nasty Woman’ was a Sexist Comment
Featured Image from SurlyAmy. You can get it on a shirt (or other product) here. See her awesome new Red Bubble shop for other designs! A few days ago, we got a question about the third presidential debate sent to us through the contact form. With permission from the author, I am providing the question and answer I gave…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Doctor Who/Star Wars Mash-Up, Teaching the Presidential Election, Donald Trump Art, and more!
Sunday Funny: Rosetta (via xkcd) Mad Art Lab Mad Art Cast Episode #70 — A Has Questions A gets her creativity questions answered. The Making of Obi Wan Tenobi Ryan had a clever idea that got totally out of control. Trump Words Celia finally figures out how to make art out of Donald Trump. School of Doubt If You’re That…
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It’s the Skepchick Sundaylies! Refugee Nation, Naked Trump, Singing Your Love for Calculus, and more!
Sunday Funny: Resting Geek Face. (via Wondermark) Teen Skepchick Awesome Sauce Music Friday: I Love Calculus The Joan Jett/math crossover you didn’t know you needed. Mad Art Lab Make It Stranger Stranger Things meets typography to make the perfect nostalgia storm. Do You Have a Flag? The Olympics put a spotlight on refugee athletes, and now they have a flag…
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