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Feminism
Why ‘Nasty Woman’ was a Sexist Comment
Featured Image from SurlyAmy. You can get it on a shirt (or other product) here. See her awesome new Red Bubble shop for other designs! A few days ago, we got a question about the third presidential debate sent to us through the contact form. With permission from the author, I am providing the question and answer I gave…
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Featured
A Response to Jordan Peterson
An interview with University of Toronto Psychology professor Jordan Peterson has been circulating around social media for a few days now. In the interview, Peterson says a number of disturbing things, using his position as an academic to cloak his claims in the authority of expertise. Mostly for my own satisfaction, I want to address the points Peterson made in…
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Meta Stuff
Queereka looking for writers!
Hey everyone! Queereka is looking for new writers. The gig requires with some commitment and provides zero monetary pay, but what it lacks in generating coin is made up for with friendship and love! And glitter! So what are we looking for? At a minimum, applicants should self-identify as queer (by which we mean any non-normative sex, gender, or sexuality) and…
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Skepticism
Prince and Hegemonic Masculinity
On Thursday, April 21, the world lost a truly unique and eminently talented artist. Prince was a prolific musician who put out albums nearly every year since 1978 (and a few times two in one year). But even more than that, Prince was a cultural icon who challenged normative beliefs about race, gender, and sexuality. So it should come as…
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Featured
Hemant Mehta Misses the Point: Atheism is Full of Assholes
Hemant Mehta—“The Friendly Atheist”—has one of those holier-than-Salon articles on his blog where he goes after Jeff Sparrow for his opinion piece in The Guardian advocating for movement atheism to find new leaders besides Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris. I’m not usually one to wade into movement atheism shit-flinging contests; atheism is not one of the facets around which I…
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Featured
Let’s Talk About Gender Baby*
There’s been an uptick in discussions about gender theory in the atheoskeptosphere lately, and I’ve noticed a not insignificant number of people throwing around ideas about gender theory in ways that clearly demonstrate they don’t know what they’re talking about. Rather than wading into the specific discussions that have inspired this post, I want to try to clarify some key…
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Reviews
Cross-Post: Iceman is gay because being bi is unthinkable
This post was written by Vince at Queereka. If you’re a comic book fan you probably already know that Iceman of the X-Men has been outed as gay. It’s been covered extensively in the press and that, I think, is a good thing representation. Or rather it would be in any other circumstance. In the past I’ve felt ambivalent toward…
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Skepticism
Cross-post: Like a Horse and Carriage
This post was written by Allie T Jones on Queereka. Last week, American Atheists’ Jamila Bey spoke at the yearly meeting of CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Committee. To give you some idea of CPAC’s tenor, this year’s highlights include: Phil Robertson, patriarch of Duck Dynasty, said that “I believe Jesus came down from Heaven in flesh 2000 and 15-years…
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