women
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Activism
Women in World of Warcraft: The Bigger Picture
Skepchick reader Sean sent in this link to a post on a World of Warcraft fansite that discusses the lack of strong, independent female characters in World of Warcraft’s lore. The author of the article refers to “barnacle characters,” which are characters that depend upon the storyline of other characters for their existence. While I like this idea, I think…
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Activism
Surly Women Grants Round THREE
You guys! I’m am proud to announce that I have raised enough money to send another group of women to TAM this year. This brings the total number of grants awarded so far up to EIGHTEEN! This also means I have officially beat last years record. WOOOOOT! Want to know how to get more women involved in science and skepticism?…
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Feminism
Your Body is Obscene if You’re a Woman, or Look Like One
I should begin by warning you that the following article may be not safe for work . . . and that’s the entire problem. Jezebel is reporting that the new issue of Dossier, a fashion and art magazine, is wrapped in opaque plastic on the stands at Barnes & Noble due to a cover image that has been deemed offensive:…
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By the way, I’m totally a murderer
In May of 2009, I announced that I was pregnant. I announced it here at Skepchick. I announced it on Twitter. I announced it on Facebook. I announced it everywhere. I was pregnant. Three weeks later, I was no longer pregnant. It was heartbreaking. It was soul crushing. It was painful, physically. But it wasn’t out of the ordinary. In…
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Every Lady Scientist Who Ever Did Anything
Okay so last week I posted a Kate Beaton cartoon and many of you were like, “Whu?” But I love her and I will make you love her, too. Click the panel below to see Every Lady Scientist Who Ever Did Anything, a great comic using Rosalind Franklin as an example:
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Kitty Genovese: March 13, 1964
Today, 45 years ago, a beautiful young woman was sexually assaulted and stabbed in New York. The assault lasted half an hour, and occurred outside of an apartment building where 38 witnesses either heard or saw the attack and did nothing to stop it. They did nothing. It was not reported at the time, but Kitty was also a lesbian,…
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Women at TAM: The Results Are In
One of our goals here at Skepchick HQ is to get more women interested and involved in skepticism and science, and as a part of that I like to keep an eye on skeptic events to see how many women are showing up. It’s kind of tough since most events don’t have participants fill out surveys, so usually you just…
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Do Women Boast Enough?
I was just reading a BBC News article (well, an opinion piece really) about how Brits boast more than they used to. I think there’s some truth to that. However, the writer, Lucy Kellaway, then claims “In this brave new bigged-up world, women are struggling a little. A recent piece of research from London Business School shows that by far…
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