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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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Skepchick Sundaylies! Christian Love, Bathing in the Ganges, and SAHPs
Sunday Funny: “You can calculate the area of my annulus and goddamn kiss it!” (via SMBC) Teen Skepchick Depending on What You Mean by Love Elizabeth realizes that her family tries to convert her out of love, but it’s still kind of terrible. The Physics Philes, lesson 120: Very Specific Heat Mindy battles the cold by thinking about physical quantities…
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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! The Youth (Non)Vote, Inventer of Endocrinology, Learning about Students, and Reckless Cancer Assumptions
Sunday Funny: Typographic Chemistry (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick The Not So Beautiful Game Step 6: In Which an Opportunity for Research and Plot Development is Lost Elizabet may not have posted about this book in a while, but that doesn’t mean that things got interesting. Millennials Don’t Vote, And For Good Reason Young people didn’t vote in the midterm elections,…
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Skepchick Sundaylies, Monday Edition! Bogus Ebola Meds, Cause Marketing, and Jesus as Disability Cure
I’m terribly sorry. I had super-secret Skepchick business this weekend, so the Skepchick Sundaylies are a day late. Don’t worry, though! I would never abandon you completely. Check out the links below for some of the awesome posts you missed last week on the Skepchick Network. Teen Skepchick Suspension of Disbelief: Nimona Alice reviews the webcomic, Nimona. DBT Skills: Do…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: Paper Classes, Dinner Time, and Guide Dogs
Sunday Funny: Orb Hammer (via xkcd) Escéptica Pakistan and Nobel Prizes (en español) Lulú explains why many Pakistanis are not thrilled with their Nobel laureates. School of Doubt Campus Security Apostrophobia talks to her admins about ebola and guns on campus. Be Careful What You Wish For (Especially When It Involves Prison) An old acquaintance of Alasdair’s is in jail…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: Genetic Smarts, GMOs, and Looney Toons
Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 118: Heat, Temperature, and the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics Mindy dips her toe into thermodynamics. DBT Skills: Yes You Get To Have Fun Remember to do something today that makes you happy. Escéptica Movie Review: Pandorum (en español) Lulú has very mixed feelings about this 2009 flick and then finds other ways to marvel…
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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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