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Feminism
Why Did Almost All Questions on Quora Make My Head Explode? (Part One)
Over on Slate, there is an article that was cross-posted from an answer to this question on Quora’s Feminism category: “Why did almost all societies believe that women were inferior to men?” Quora is basically like a glorified Yahoo! Answers, and it is premised on the idea that people can pose questions and random other people “with first-hand experience” will…
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Religion
Breaking News: Saudi Arabia is a Thing
No really. It’s a thing. I had no idea. Never mind that I’ve been to Saudi Arabia. That, even though I should have been way too young to understand, I picked up on the fact that my mother was being treated like a piece of meat by Saudi men for daring to expose her face while accompanied only by my…
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Feminism
Please Don’t Try Again Later
TW for Sexual Assault & Sexual Coercion If you haven’t yet heard, Kickstarter was used as a platform to launch a so-called “seduction guide.” Not long before the Kickstarter ended (and funded well above and beyond its goal, to boot) some of us started to notice that there was something very, very wrong with what was being said by the…
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Feminism
Thanks for the Feminism, Nice Guys!
I grew up in the girl power 90s; my motto was “Anything you can do, I can do better.” I thought the need for feminism was over. Of my nearly two dozen first cousins, the boys were closest to me in age. As the girls were teenagers too cool to willingly deal with a grubby-fingered tomboy, I spent most of…
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Meta Stuff
ICYMI: June 2 – June 8 on the Skepchick Network
Got a case of the Mondays? Check out these Skepchick Network posts. Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 51: Pipe Dreams Mindy continues her quest for physics knowledge with an explanation of torque. Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes (to the DSM) Olivia summaries the changes to the DSM, for those who are interested. The Risk of Honesty Olivia knows that if potential employers were…
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Activism
Speaking Out Against Hate Directed at Women: Jonathon Figdor
Welcome to the 19th installment in my series where I ask secular leaders, who are men, to speak out against the violence and abuse we have seen directed primarily at the women in our communities. Today, I bring you the words of Jonathon Figdor. Jonathan is the Humanist Chaplain at Stanford University. Jonathan speaks about the fact that major activists…
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Activism
Speaking Out Against Hate Directed at Women: Eran Segev
Welcome to the eighteenth installment on my series where I ask men in the secular community to speak out against the hate we have seen directed primarily at the women in out movement. Today, I bring you the words of Eran Segev. Eran is Contributor to the Skeptic Zone podcast and to the Skeptic magazine (in Australia), and former President of…
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Activism
Speaking Out Against Hate Directed at Women: Aron Ra
Welcome to the seventeenth installment in my series where I ask leaders from the secular community to speak out against hate directed at women. Today, I bring you the words of Aron Ra. Aron is a YouTube vlogger, atheist activist and science advocate, producer of the Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism, a frequent co-host on the Magic Sandwich Show, and Texas’…
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