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Featured
Why Gender Differences Don’t Matter (and Other Myths)
Cross-posted at Queereka. A few days ago, Harriet Hall wrote a post on Science-Based Medicine titled “Gender Differences and Why They Don’t Matter So Much.” The article left a bad taste in my mouth for a number of reasons. Aside from what I feel is a gross misrepresentation of various criticisms of Michael Shermer (which I will leave to Ophelia and PZ to deal with as…
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Random Asides
Twix Helps Dicks Get Chicks?
(I wrote this flippant piece back in December 2011 but didn’t post it for some reason. But what else am I going to do with it? It’s just been staring back at me from the Drafts folder for the last fourteen months…so here you are.) PB + chocolate. Worth the calories. I sat down at the computer last night for…
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Skepticism
Breaking News: Organized Secularism Different for Women
Main Image Credit: Classic Blag Hag The American Secular Census is something I had seen but in which I had not participated before today because I am mostly interested in seeing the results without someone as (ahem) loud as I am skewing it in any possible way. Many of us here at Skepchick felt the same and did not join.…
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Skepticism
Possibly Worth Studying: Women and Low-Carbing
Trigger Warning for Eating Disorders/Body Image/Diet Talk In two weeks, I will report my low-carb findings. Right now, I can’t stop being surprised by how little of the information on low-carbing available online is relevant to most women. After two decades of trying to lose weight, I thought I knew what to expect with low-carbing. What I’d never considered was the fact…
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Skepticism
ICYMI: November 4 – November 10 on the Skepchick Network
It was a wild weekend at SkeptiCon. But never fear. I have still managed to read and compile some of the Skepchick Network hits from last week. Enjoy. I’m gonna go pass out. Teen Skepchick Sexism: Scaring Away the Good Ones Vy argues that sexism in the skeptic movement is scaring away young people. Gender v. Sex: Important Distinction Lux…
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Activism
Women in World of Warcraft: The Bigger Picture
Skepchick reader Sean sent in this link to a post on a World of Warcraft fansite that discusses the lack of strong, independent female characters in World of Warcraft’s lore. The author of the article refers to “barnacle characters,” which are characters that depend upon the storyline of other characters for their existence. While I like this idea, I think…
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Religion
Religion and Social Justice in America: The Push
This piece is adapted from my research and notes for the speech I gave this past Sunday, May 20th, at the Orange County Freethought Alliance Conference. The talk was entitled “Push and Pull: The Role of Religion in Social Justice.” Look for the follow-up to this piece tomorrow about the positive role religion has played in social justice. Generally speaking,…
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Feminism
How to Please the Patriarchy
We’ve all seen it, right? Heard about it? This idea that women are complicated — no really, super duper hard to understand — while men are simple and want simple things. One particular image has made its rounds on Facebook recently. Movies with titles like What Women Want, memes referencing “What She Said vs. What She Meant,” and bandwagon appeals along…
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