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Skepchick Sundaylies! Mary, Queen of the Jurassic, Pinteresting New Years, and Finding a Job in Academia
Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 125: Timmy Fell Down the Potential Well Mindy tip-toes into the world of molecular energy. Godly Marriage and Other Christian Cruelties Elizabeth explains how her upbringing gave her a messsed up view marriage relationships. Mad Art Lab Unearthing the World Jurassic: Mary Anning and the Founding of Paleontology Meet the under-appreciated behind modern paleontology.…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Gift Guides, Circumcision, and Dealing with Holiday Stress
Sunday Funny: Boiling Point (via Tree Lobsters) Teen Skepchick DBT: Take a Sad Song and Make It Better Olivia helps you cope with distress this holiday season. Mad Art Lab Women Painting Themselves, Pt. 7 Celia explores Angelina Kauffman’s Self Portrait The Official Skepchick & Mad Art Lab Gift Guide Courtney compiles a list of gifts for all you holiday…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Phone Judgment, Secular Christmas, Plankton and Galaxies, Asexual Nudes, and Gendered Kid Clothing
Sunday Funny: Recursion (via Manfeels Park) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 122: Heat of the Sublime Mindy explores what happens when water melts and boils. DBT Skills: Chillaxin Olivia explains how focusing on one thing that makes you feel good can help diffuse a stressful situation. The Inevitable Judgment Against Phones Elizabeth has had just about enough of your…
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The Silencing of Richard Dawkins
EDIT: The original introduction to this post contrasted Dawkins’s feelings of being “silenced” with the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which occurred at the same time that I wrote the piece. It has been brought to my attention that the trans community has been frequently used by various atheist factions to make points that come at their expense or have nothing…
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Skepchick Sundaylies! Just the Facts, Psychoneuroimmunology, MOOCs, and Kim Kardashian
Sunday Funny: Landing (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 119: Turn Up the Heat After several weeks off, Mindy is back with a brand new Physics Philes! DBT Skills: Use That Skepticism Don’t be afraid to use your skeptical superpowers on yourself. Escéptica Introduction to Pseudoscience: Psychoneuroimmunology (en español) Elara talks about how people combined a bunch of…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: Resting Bitch Face, Cepheid Stars, The Romance Myth, and Raising Feminist Toddlers
Sunday Funny: The Sake of Argument (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick How Best to Be Pleasingly Decorative to Complete Strangers: Facial Expression Edition Elizabeth explains her problem with “resting bitch face.” 50 Shades of Fail Chapter 3: Where Creepy Muffin Eating Occurs and the Intimidation is Purposeful Alice defies reason and continues reading “50 Shades of Grey.” DBT Skills: I AM…
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Guerrilla Feminism Founder Takes On Victim-Blaming Campus Police in Madison
TW: Sexual assault Lachrista Greco, founder of the organization Guerrilla Feminism, experienced rape culture firsthand when she was sexually assaulted on the UW-Madison campus in her hometown of Madison, Wisconsin, ten years ago. When she caught the UW-Madison campus police spreading victim-blaming “advice” in the form of a public service announcement this week, she took matters into her own hands, drawing attention…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: Werewolves, Gay Wizards, Problematic Music, and Disability as a Feminist Issue
Sunday Funny: Broadside Ballads (via Hark! A Vagrant) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 116: Relativistic Doppler Shift Mindy’s back and she has special relativity in tow. Cryptophile: Werewolves Eddy discusses the plausibility of werewolves. DBT Skills: Adulting! Olivia explains why it’s important to take care of yourself in very basic ways. Escéptica Gods! Lugh (en español) Silvia continues introducing…
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