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The Evolution of Racism in America
Some of the most eye-opening information on the internet comes in the form of a tweet thread, with Black twitter and History twitter leading the way. This week’s post combines the best of those worlds with a thread on the history of racism in the United States, by Michael Harriot of the Root. “One of the most popular misconceptions about…
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Science
Coronavirus: Myths, Pseudoscience, and Racism
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: The sudden discovery and spread of the Coronavirus at the start of the new year forces us to consider what is the real virus: this, or misinformation? I mean, obviously Coronavirus is the real virus. It’s literally a virus.…
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Politics
Bad Chart Thursday: How Trump Sees Voters
In response to an argument no one was making, a Trump supporter gifted everyone on a Facebook thread with this week’s featured chart. I think it was secretly a cry for help because it (unintentionally?) mocks Trump. Here’s the chart in question: The top of the chart is not credited, although it resembles a US government agency pie chart, such…
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Feminism
Abuse of Abuse
This post has been cowritten with Maria Walters. It includes discussion of domestic abuse, especially emotional and psychological abuse. Last week, the news reported that the editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, an evangelical newspaper founded by Billy Graham, called for Trump’s removal from office. There have been many different takes on what this means… but I don’t want to talk about…
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Science
Spacelink, the Sky, and Colonialist Attitudes
Rebecca already posted an excellent video critique of Elon Musk’s Starlink concept, but as Skepchick’s resident astronomer, I thought I’d expand upon it a bit. You all might know that I’m a radio astronomer, but I have at least a little bit of experience with visual observing as well. As an astronomy professor at a small college, I also run…
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Activism
People of Quality Don’t Fear Equality
I was reading the news on Saturday, when I saw that there was a KKK rally in Indiana. At first, I was completely disgusted. What type of person could possibly be so racist that they would even be in the KKK? And what type of even worse person would think it was a good idea to advertise that racism by…
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Science
Insects are Disappearing! Here’s How We Stop It
Support more videos like this at patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: What would happen if all the mosquitos in the world suddenly disappeared? The loss of any species is generally considered a bad thing for the planet, but in that case I’ve seen actual biologists sort of shrugging their shoulders and admitting that maybe we’d all be better off. Fuck those needle-nosed assholes.…
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Science
The ACTUAL SCIENCE Linking Mental Illness and Gun Violence
Support more videos like this at patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: You know, I’m tired of talking about divisive, hot-button political issues. Let’s talk about something that’s just pure, uncontroversial science. Let’s see, let’s just crack open Preventative Medicine and here we are: “The temporal associations between gun violence and mental health.” Ah, shit. So yeah, this is that age old question: with…
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