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Religion
Thank God for Ebola!
The current outbreak of ebola has been in the news for awhile now, and for good reason: it’s already killed more than 1,200 people in Western Africa, and it infected a few Americans, too, which of course is about the point when Americans started giving a shit. Two missionaries were flown back to the US for treatment, and both are…
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Feminism
The Church vs. Game of Thrones!
First of all, a big fat SPOILER ALERT for Game of Thrones! The books as well as the TV show. OK, everyone ready? So the next season of Game of Thrones has one of the biggest moments for Cersei, played by Lena Headey. Cersei is an awesome character: she’s a woman living in an incredibly misogynistic, patriarchal world who is…
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Feminism
Happy Women’s Equality Day! Celebrate By Not Being Drafted Into the Military
August 25, was Women’s Equality Day. On that day in 1920, women finally won the right to vote in the United States. That’s right – the US has only been a democracy for 94 years. Some would argue it’s still not. On Twitter I linked to the Wiki page for Women’s Equality Day without actually reading it to make sure…
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Skepticism
Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence – Except in Rape Claims?
Support more videos like this at Patreon! No Gods No Masters tee available on Skeptical Robot (remember to take 50% off with code hellyeah50 at checkout)! Transcript: In a previous video, I talk about the science of false rape allegations. One point I made was that the vast minority of rape allegations – at most 8% but probably more likely…
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Religion
Christian Attempts to Outlaw Boobies in Ohio
Support more videos like this on Patreon! Keep the Thor in Thursday tee available here (don’t forget to take 50% off with the code “hellyeah50” for a limited time!)! Transcript: Patrick Johnson runs Personhood Ohio, a religious group that lobbies politicians to restrict women’s access to healthcare under the guise of protecting unborn babies. In his free time, Johnson has…
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Skepticism
Throwing Cold Water on the Ice Bucket Challenge
L’il Darwin Tee available here! Use code “hellyeah50” to get 50% off your entire order! Donate to the ALS Association here. Support more videos like this on Patreon. Transcript: The Ice Bucket Challenge is currently sweeping the Internet, in which people are challenged to either donate $100 to an organization focussed on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease) OR…
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New Video: Rob Schneider Offers Ignorant, Unwanted Opinion on Robin Williams
Sorry about the quiet audio on this one! Next will be better, promise. Support more videos like this on Patreon. Here’s a close-enough transcript: The world lost a great man last week when Robin Williams died of depression. Whenever a celebrity dies, assholes will use the death as a hook to talk about their pet cause. I’m going to do…
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Feminism
The Science of False Rape Allegations
Conor Oberst, frontman for the band Bright Eyes, was last year accused of raping a woman. The woman, named Joanie Faircloth, posted a comment on an XOJane article claiming that Oberst raped her after a concert on her 16th birthday. Oberst said he was innocent, and filed a defamation lawsuit against Faircloth. A year later, Faircloth has publicly apologized and admitted…
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