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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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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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Skepchick Sundaylies: Numismatic Quilling, Names on Facebook, Atheist Rosh Hashanah, Life Before Disability
Sunday Funny: Being a woman at an atheist convention. (via Medium) Teen Skepchick The Not So Beautiful Game: In Which Our Intrepid Narrator Validates his Ideological Convictions via Reality Television, Name Drops, and then Blames the Internet for Mental and Societal Ills Elizabeth isn’t even offended by this book anymore. She’s just bored. DBT Skills: Be Excellent To Yourselves Olivia…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: Scottish Art, Student Privacy, Dating with Kids, and the Intersection of Racism and Ableism
Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 115: The Doppler Shift Mindy learns about Doppler shift at non-relativistic speeds. Mad Art Lab Making a Book Celia and Treelobsters make a book and show you how they did it! As Others See Us – Will Scotland Be Brave? In honor of the Scottish independence vote, Beth shares some Scottish art. Escéptica Into…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: Hobbies v. Crafts, Vaccines, Scottish Independence, and the End of the Forced Apology
Sunday Funny: SMF (via SMBC) Teen Skepchick DBT Skills: The Calm Yo Tits Edition Olivia provides the keys for interpersonal effectiveness. The Physics Philes, lesson 114: We Got da Beats Mindy discovers how physics drops some dope beats. Mad Art Lab The Woman Who Saved Shakespeare and Helped Win Two Wars: Cryptanalyst Elizebeth Friedman (Women In Science 20) Dale investigates…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: Implausibility of Griffins, LGBTQ Homelessness, and Special Needs Pets
Sunday Funny: Cure for Pants (via SMBC) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 113: Don’t Interfere (Or Do) Mindy explains wave interference. Cryptophile: Griffins Eddy starts his series on the plausibility – or implausibility – of the biology mythical creatures. The Not So Beautiful Game Step 4: In Which our Narrator Talks about Himself Elizabeth is even less impressed with…
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Crosspost: The Problem of LGBTQ Youth Homelessness does not Start or End with Daniel Pierce
By now, most of you will have already seen the viral video “How not to react when your child tells you that he’s gay.” The young man is 20 year old Daniel Pierce of Kennesaw, GA. In the video, Daniel’s family claim that his homosexuality is a choice, a choice that dishonors his family. They disown him, and when he tries…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: How Not to React to a Suicide, Lunar Influence, Male Circumcision, Safe Sex, and the Politics of the Emergency Room
Sunday Funny: The Science Channel (via SMBC) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 110: Ring My Decibel Mindy is all about wave intensity. 5 Inappropriate Responses to Robin Williams’ Suicide Olivia gives advice on how not to respond to someone’s suicide. Mad Art Lab The Curve Who Became a Witch: The Mathematics of Maria Agnesi She wrote the first comprehensive…
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