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Skepchick Sundaylies: Rape Culture, Trans* Tales, Ovulation, Tenure, and the Patriarchy of Surnames
Sunday Funny: Astronaut Vandalism (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 99: I Have a Need. A Need for Wave Speed! Mindy learns one way to calculate wave speed. On the Nonexistence of Anything Creepy: Network Edition Elizabeth finds evidence of rape culture where you least expect it. Mad Art Lab A Series of Black and White Portraits from…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: Montessori, Human Sacrifice, Creationism, and the Debut of Skeptability!
Everyone! Welcome our shiny new sister site Skeptability in the Skepchick Family! Sunday Funny: Science Works. Sometimes. (via Twisted Doodles) Teen Skepchick Treating Depression is Not Medicalizing Sadness Depression and sadness are not the same thing. The Physics Philes, lesson 98: The Most Important Equation in All of Physics Who knew that wave velocity and acceleration would be so important?…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: Nightvale, Minecraft, Ashley X, and Critical Thinking Ponies
Sunday Funny: Academic Priority (via SMBC) Teen Skepchick Suspension of Disbelief: Welcome to Nightvale Alice recommends Welcome to Nightvale for all your procrastination needs. Mad Art Lab This is What Happens When I Avoid Doing Work Minecraft has been Minecraft’d. Escéptica Introduction to Pseudoscience: Positive Energy (en español) Elara explores the strange world of the believe of magical positive and…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: “Free Gifts,” Hedy LaMarr, Google Classroom, and Mother’s Day
Teen Skepchick Sex and Sexuality: Masturbation Alice makes the case for masturbation. Do Your Research: Campus Sexual Assault Olivia encourages would-be college freshmen to look into how their choice in university handles sexual assault. If Proselytizing Speech Were Held to the Standards of Advertising Speech When you’re promised a “free gift” that seems too good to be true, be sure…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: Baby Love, Your Inner Fish, Creationism, and the Frozen Agenda
Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 96: Surf the Wave Function Ever wonder what a wave function is? Mindy finds out. What If I Don’t Know? Olivia acknowledges that, for some people, their sexual orientation is not obvious to them. A Mandatory Love for Babies Elizabeth doesn’t get those fuzzy feelings around babies she’s been told she’s supposed to have.…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: Mutant Super Rats, Slime Mold of Life, Drag Race, and “Momnesia”
Teen Skepchick Science Sunday: Bleeding Hearts and the Tribulations of Initializing Variables in C Elizabeth explains what went wrong with OpenSSL. Adulthood: Mourning the Past Being an adult is more than just gaining responsibility. You lose something important, too. In Defence of Giant Ravenous Mutant Super Rats The British don’t need to fear a rat infestation. Mad Art Lab Parity…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: Nerd Girls, Bisexuality, Creationism, and Raising a Young Skeptic
Sunday Funny: xkcd explains free speech Teen Skepchick Suspension of Disbelief: Magic Time Elizabeth reviews the 2002 novel by Barbara Hambly. What It Means to be a Woman in Nerd Culture: The Mary Sue Alice explains what bugs her about the Mary Sue trope. Don’t Worry, You’ll Change Your Mind: Making Life Decisions Young Olivia discusses the implicit sexism and…
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Skepchick Sundaylies: Computer Gamer, Silent Spring, and Doodling Dongs
Sunday Funnies: Adventures of Not-All-Man! (via Please Listen to Me); Girl Pants (via Sociological Images and Dumbing of Age) Teen Skepchick Science Sunday: Go to the Computer! Elizabeth explains why the computer Crazy Stone is playing Go so well, and why it’s so impressive. The Physics Philes, lesson 93: Do the Wave Mechanical waves! How do they work? The Cool…
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