Skepchick

March 5, 2020

With Warren’s Concession, There’s Only One Path Forward…

March 3, 2020

The Cure for Coronavirus? Medicare for All & Worker’s Rights

February 26, 2020

Is Your Smartphone Addiction Making You Dumb?

February 21, 2020

Scientists Discover Drinking Milkshakes for Breakfast is Bad For You

February 17, 2020

What Is Sonic The Hedgehog Really About?

February 13, 2020

BCT: A Boring Boring Chart

February 11, 2020

The Evolution of Racism in America

February 7, 2020

Coronavirus: Myths, Pseudoscience, and Racism

February 6, 2020

Bad Chart Thursday: How Trump Sees Voters

December 23, 2019

Abuse of Abuse

Isis the Scientist9 hours ago
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Thoughts on The Queen’s Gambit

I mean, I get it. I really do. It’s a story of female exceptionalism and we all need to feel exceptional when faced with the power of the patriarchy. But….also…… I cannot watch another episode of this goddamned show right now. Bambi, Dumbo, Little House on the Prairie, Fullmetal Alchemist… I am tired of dead mothers. Can’t we just have a movie or mini-series or TV show where the kid has such an incredible mother…
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Science

Mary5 days ago
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The COVID-19 Vaccine is 95% Effective. What Does That Mean? And Why is Herd Immunity via the Vaccine Better than Just Getting the Virus?

Great news has been released in the past two weeks. There are multiple vaccines that are emerging and preliminary results…
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Podcast

Rebecca Watson6 days ago
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A Very Skepchick Thanksgiving

Rebecca chats with Maria D’Souza, Jamie Bernstein, and Mary Brock about whether Thanksgiving is Christian, why it’s great, why it…
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Anti-Science

Rebecca Watson1 week ago
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How the NY Times is Going to Kill More People

This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca!…
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Feminism

Isis the Scientist1 week ago
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The Confidence Gap May Not Predict the Gender Pay Gap: Indignant Thoughts on That PNAS Paper

Why is everyone in the world over-interpreting their data this week and coming for women in science? How can authors…
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Politics

Rebecca Watson1 week ago
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Why I (Don’t) Hate Thanksgiving

This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca!…
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Science

Rebecca Watson2 weeks ago
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Walking Your Dog Doesn’t Give You COVID

This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca!…
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Podcast

Rebecca Watson2 weeks ago
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My Nemesis the Lithosphere (About That Jade Amulet COVID Study)

This week on the Skepchick podcast, Rebecca chats with Maria D’Souza and Bjørnar Tuftin about the study that claimed jade…
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Activism

Isis the Scientist2 weeks ago
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Do Not Fall Prey to Nature’s Trap Without Changing Your Behavior

Yesterday I wrote about a problematic new paper from Nature Communications suggesting that trainees are disadvantaged by being mentored by…
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