women’s rights
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Quickies
Quickies: 99% of women don’t regret their abortion…
It’s the first week of classes for me, which means I’m basically brain dead by this point and I have no actual idea what’s going on in the world. But I’ll try anyway… First long term study of women’s feelings about abortion say that five years after the procedure, 99% of women still say it was the right decision, and…
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Feminism
Bad Chart Thursday: Egalitarianism vs. Feminism
Did you know that egalitarianism and feminism are mutually exclusive? I had no idea until I started encountering people, online and off, who insist that they are not feminists but are egalitarians. The latter term is vague, with multiple connotations depending on the context, but when used in opposition to feminism, it is usually described as a belief in equality…
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Feminism
Guest Post: Coming Out as Feminist
Editor’s Note: Today’s post, by Chris (who also blogs at Grounded Parents), was written a while ago about finally coming to terms with the identity “feminist.” ****** I’m tired. I’m tired of tiptoeing around labels because “it politicizes the issue.” I’m going to have to put up with “what about the menz” and MRA manifestos of ignorance regardless; I may…
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Activism
How CFI’s Office of Public Policy is Kicking Ass and Coming for You Next.
I recently had a chance to sit down and ask Michael De Dora some questions about the work he does with CFI. You might remember Michael from my series on Speaking out Against Hate Directed at Women. Michael is the Director of Public Policy and the UN Representative for the Center for Inquiry. Many people in the secular community seem…
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Quickies
Skepchick Quickies 9.13
Well lucky for all of us, Amanda is off saving the world again with her sidekick baby sloth. So, I’ll be serving up this morning’s quickies! Editorial suggests that health care workers who want to provide abortions in opposition to anti-abortion legislation should do so under conscience exceptions. “Conscience means you’re a human being, and human beings vary in their…
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Afternoon Inquisition
AI: Keep Religion Out of Our Secular Events
Sam can’t come to the Internet today. He is busy distracting republicans away from my uterus with a song and dance routine about Jesus and fried rice. Don’t worry he will be back next week. I just needed a few minutes to jump in and ask you a few questions before I run off to Fort Brag for Rock Beyond…
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By the way, I’m totally a murderer
In May of 2009, I announced that I was pregnant. I announced it here at Skepchick. I announced it on Twitter. I announced it on Facebook. I announced it everywhere. I was pregnant. Three weeks later, I was no longer pregnant. It was heartbreaking. It was soul crushing. It was painful, physically. But it wasn’t out of the ordinary. In…
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Donate to Help Women’s Rights Activists in Iraq
The other day, I wrote a post about why women’s rights should be important to skeptics and I mentioned that there might be a way for all of us to help alleviate a desperate situation. The quick summary: activists working in Basra for women’s rights are being murdered in increasing numbers, and most recently a woman was gunned down while…
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