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Bad Chart Thursday: The Skeptic’s Secret
We’ve had a lot of discussions of privilege lately, and I’ve noticed that whenever the topic comes up, whether the focus is on race, gender, sexuality, ability, or any other axis, someone comments along the lines of suggesting we should all focus on simply being human. Usually, there’s a moral high ground implied in somehow being above all this prejudice…
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Guest Bloggers
Guest Post: Oh GOWD! (or, Dear Privileged People, It’s Not Always About You)
Today’s Guest Post is from Dena Roth about NECSS 2013 and the importance of safe spaces for underrepresented groups within the skeptic/secular community. It’s important to have empathy for another’s experience, especially when you don’t regularly experience being the “other” in the room (with regards to age, gender, color, etc.) and equally important to give them the space so that…
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Checking My Privilege and Still Speaking Out
It’s funny how that sort of thing works. One can realize the ramifications of one’s position in society that has been either been granted or attained and that realization can then make your life experience even richer yet. Then you can use that position to make the world better. I am privileged in many ways. I am a straight, able…
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Random Asides
Bad Chart Thursday: Map of Hate Speech against Conservative White Male Christians
Rebecca is off to the Women in Secularism 2 conference, so I’m covering Bad Chart Thursday this week. In today’s Quickies, Amanda included a link about a map showing hotspots in the United States for racist, homophobic, and ableist language in geotagged tweets, and commenters expressed valid concerns and questions about the methodology and data presentation. So I went to…
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Quickies
Skepchick Quickies 9.17
On September 17th, 1683, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (a.k.a. the Father of Microbiology) first described “animalcules,” which we now know as protozoa (although animalcules sounds cuter!). Gabriel Vahanian dies at 85; key figure in ‘God Is Dead’ movement – From Amy. Creationists Boycott Dr. Pepper over “Evolution of Flavor” Facebook Ad – They must have a lot of free time, considering…
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Skepticism
All the World’s an Echo Chamber
One of the many criticisms leveled at the atheist, skeptic, and feminist community (and its related intersections) is something along the lines of “you all form your little communities and then you all just nod and agree with each other all the time.” What, may I ask, is wrong with that? Of course, there are intragroup disagreements. In fact, those…
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Skepticism
Unquestioned Privilege
“What are you?” is a really weird question to ask someone, especially in the United States. As many times as I’ve been asked, I still find it a bit odd. I want to answer with “a carbon-based life form,” or “a Skepchick writer,” or “someone who is pretty sick of this question.” Such an answer would be read as snark…
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