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Cell Phones Don’t Cause Cancer!
Support more videos like this at patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: Hey guys: cell phones don’t cause cancer. I’m putting that write here at the top of the video, just like I did the last time this bullshit study made the rounds, and here we go again. The Guardian has just published a completely ridiculous article claiming that scientists know that cell phones…
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Anti-Science
New Video: Yes, Mike Cernovich, Straight Men Can Get AIDS
Support more videos like this at patreon.com/rebecca! Sorta transcript: Mike Cernovich is man currently famous for being one of the loudest and proudest voices of #Gamergate, the movement to terrorize women who have the temerity to make or review video games. Recently, it came to light that he is a curious version of an AIDS denialist – while standard AIDS…
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Activism
Skeptability is launching!
Hello! In case you don’t know me, I’m Sarah, and I’ve been blogging for Skepchick for almost a year now. I’ve written about my disability a couple times before, and I’ve wanted to write about it more, but I’ve always worried about doing that. Will writing about it ruin my future career chances, publicly declaring that I’m disabled? Will people stop reading what I write if…
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Activism
Why I am Boycotting the 2014 Winter Olympics
[TW: Homophobia, violence, rape] I’m not a particularly big fan of most sports. It’s not so much that I dislike them as that I’m indifferent to them. I live in San Antonio, Texas, and Spurs fever is pretty big around here. People are always perplexed when I have no idea that there was a Spurs game, let alone that they…
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Quickies
Skepchick Quickies 3.1
Google boss: Using a smartphone is “emasculating” – But Google glasses just make you look like a bro with bad taste in shades. Read it and Weep: 19 Kids and Counting – I was asked to be a guest on Read it and Weep again and for that privilege, I had to watch 5 hours of Duggars. Please go listen…
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Skepticism
Super Bowl Winner Predicts N. Korea’s GDP
It’s time once again for Bad Chart Thursday! This week, I was thinking a lot about the old joke that the Super Bowl winner determines whether the stock market will be bullish or bearish (is “bearish” a thing? OK) or that it predicts presidential elections. With that in mind, this week I took things to the next logical step by…
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Skepticism
Ditch those Roids for Antler Spray
Yes, you read that correctly. For those of you that don’t operate in the sports universe like I do (I assume most of you), it is Super Bowl week. The media is concerned with many topics: brothers coaching against each other and how a double murder ten years ago affects a players legacy. But with any large sporting event, there is always…
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Ninja Infiltrates Skepchick
Hi Everyone! My name is Jamie and way back in 2008 I sent an email to Rebecca saying I was interested in becoming a Skepchick. Needless to say, I didn’t make the cut. I spent the next five years slowly infiltrating my way into the inner circle of Skepchicks, by way of alcohol and unrestrained enthusiasm, until they finally gave…
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