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Skepticism
Your Guide to the Worst Anti-Racism Campaign Ever
You may have about a week ago about Starbucks amazing new plan to deal with race problems in America. It’s called “Race Together” and involves a barista writing those words on your coffee cup to start a conversation with you about race. Nothing could ever go wrong with asking a low paid employee to try to have a deep and…
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Bad Chart Thursday: Redefining Race
So you want to make a point about Americans’ skewed perceptions of race? Step One: Don’t use a racist chart. Even if your heart is in the right place. Even if you really, really didn’t mean to be racist while making what you thought was an anti-racism point. Step Two: Educate yourself on what “race” means in the context you’re…
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Religion
Fellow Atheists: Quit Bragging About Our Prison Underrepresentation
Dan Arel’s piece on atheists and the prison population has been making the rounds, along with the seemingly inevitable assertion that the statistics prove that atheists are no less (and perhaps) more moral than theists. I understand the impulse. Truly, I do. Every time I speak at a high school or in any other context where I’m engaging a theist…
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Atheist Priorities in Fundraising
Consider two examples of crowdfunding projects aimed at atheists. Just before the holidays, Secular Student Alliance announced that it would be matching funds donated to the Los Angeles-based Women’s Leadership Project. As stated on its Indiegogo page, Women’s Leadership Project (WLP) fills a vacuum in a school district that has few programs that specifically address the intersection of sexism, racism, misogyny…
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Feminism
A Shout-Out to LGBT & Pro-LGBT Rappers
There are many people of color in hip-hop who have come out in favor of LGBT people: A$AP Rocky, Snoop Lion, Beyonce, T-Pain, T.I., as well as Mr. Beyonce, Russell Simmons, Will Smith, and 50 Cent (I am aware that some of them might be problematic). I consider B. Dolan to be an honorable mention because he rapped in favor of a black trans woman, which is, arguably, less career-friendly…
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Meta Stuff
ICYMI: August 25 – August 31 on the Skepchick Network
Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 62: Spin Cycle Mindy eats crow and does some physics. GISHWHES! Olivia puts all the world’s horribleness to the side and goes on the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World has Ever Seen. The Narnia Dilemma Zhanpei loves the Narnia books. But she recognizes that they are, in many ways, problematic. Mad Art Lab…
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Feminism
After All, It Was Just a Question
The following is an exercise in assuming the best intentions of people who ask things. How did this all this end up happening? To quote the only dynamic (and possibly most problematic) adult character on South Park, there are no stupid questions, just stupid people. I’m pretty sure I’m not stupid. Therefore, I planned to ask a question that’s been…
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Religion
There’s a Wrong Way to Talk About Trayvon
Saturday night was a heartbreaking, if not surprising, one for many of us, when George Zimmerman walked away to a legally consequence-free life after having killed an unarmed teenage boy. He currently fears the same vigilante justice he so unceremoniously doled out. As of right now, the NRA has made no calls for young black men to arm themselves in…
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