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Quickies
Quickies: Equal Rights, Primary Picks, Hominid DNA, and more…
Welcome to your Friday Quickies! The US House of Representatives votes to extend the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. This comes on the heels of ratification by Virginia as reported in a previous Quickies. As with most good things these days, the Senate is not likely to follow suit until we VOTE TRUMP AND MITCH AND THEIR…
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Quickies
Quickies: This week in loss, resistance, nostalgia, and more…
Is it Friday already? A veteran of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and leader in Congress today, Representative Elijah Cummings has died at age 68. Did you celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the US last Monday? Read why this holiday is an act of resistance to colonization even today. My friend from college tagged me in post about a real-life…
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Meta Stuff
It’s the Sundaylies! With James Dobson’s Sex Ed, Swiss Army Hairclip, the Silver Lining of Donald Trump, and Gender Neutral Toilets
Sunday Funny: Science Communication (via The Upturned Microscope) Teen Skepchick Sex Ed with James Dobson: In Which We will Most Certainly Drive the Metaphorical Car of Our Life Off a Cliff Without Reading this Book James Dobson warns about the perils of being a teenager. Mad Art Lab Company Makes Awesome Swiss-Army Hair Clip, Also Makes Shittier Ladies’ Version What’s…
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Meta Stuff
Skepchick Sundaylies: Rape Culture, Trans* Tales, Ovulation, Tenure, and the Patriarchy of Surnames
Sunday Funny: Astronaut Vandalism (via xkcd) Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 99: I Have a Need. A Need for Wave Speed! Mindy learns one way to calculate wave speed. On the Nonexistence of Anything Creepy: Network Edition Elizabeth finds evidence of rape culture where you least expect it. Mad Art Lab A Series of Black and White Portraits from…
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Activism
Nicole Harris of Secular Woman
Hey remember that conference called Women in Secularism that happened a few weeks back? Remember how cool it was? Oh what? You couldn’t go? Awww, well don’t feel too bad about that because I found a way to bring some of the wonderful people at the event to you! You can meet them right here in the comfort of your…
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Get To Know Your Skepchicks: Julia
I am a lucky lady for a whole bushel load of reasons. One reason in particular is that I get to meet a lot of wonderful, brilliant people. And every so often one of these amazing people lets me photograph them. And on a very good day they also let me pick their brain so that I can learn even…
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Feminism
Get to Know Your Skepchicks: Veronica
Way back in the day when Bigfoot roamed the earth and Sylvia Browne was a name that gave Skeptics™ a boner, I first became a Skepchick. And back in those fun and exciting days of yore, I used to do a feature on this here blog called, “The Skeptic Next Door.” I was young and enthusiastic and I just wanted…
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Events
I Love the Science of Mixology and Food at SkepchickCON
SkepchickCon at Convergence is going to be completely fantastic this year! And to prove that to you I am bringing you another interview with one of the fabulous presenters! Today, I am serving you up a quick taste of the science of mixology with Mad Art Lab contributor, Anne Sauer. Anne is known as our “Iron Chef” over on Mad…
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