Blog Profile / Skepchick
| URL : | http://skepchick.org/ | |
|---|---|---|
| Filed Under: | Society & Culture / Skepticism | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1236 | |
| Posts / Week: | 11.3 | |
| Archived Since: | April 19, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Time for Cicadas!
They’re HERE! The East Coast of the US is in the middle of a noisy invasion…. by completely harmless insects. Cicadas spend most of their life underground sucking on the the roots of trees, until it is time to emerge as flying adults. Show More Summary
Bad Chart Thursday: The Skeptic’s Secret
We’ve had a lot of discussions of privilege lately, and I’ve noticed that whenever the topic comes up, whether the focus is on race, gender, sexuality, ability, or any other axis, someone comments along the lines of suggesting we should all focus on simply being human. Show More Summary
Growing Up Online: Why & How I Care About the Comments
This post contains graphic discussions of bodies and pornography. TW for body image issues. I can’t pretend that some of my reasons for engaging in the comment sections aren’t personal. I first hopped online when I was just over a decade old. Show More Summary
Skepchick Quickies 5.23
The wanted generation – Amanda Marcotte on why we should thank feminism for the open attitudes of the millenials. From nowoo. People want to matter – Greta Christina on the talk that Rebecca Goldstein gave at WiS2. She has a new and interesting way to think about an old problem that secularism faces. Show More Summary
Skepchick Auctions: Winged Shape-Shifter, GMO & UFO signed photographs by GiGi Chickee
This week’s auctions feature three incredible photographs created just for SkepchickCon by Gigi Chickee, from Mad Art Lab. She has signed and framed her “Winged Shape-shifter,” “GMO,” and “UFO,” and donated them to help us raise money for travel costs for the con. Show More Summary
Guest Post: Oh GOWD! (or, Dear Privileged People, It’s Not Always About You)
Today’s Guest Post is from Dena Roth about NECSS 2013 and the importance of safe spaces for underrepresented groups within the skeptic/secular community. It’s important to have empathy for another’s experience, especially when you don’t...Show More Summary
Checking My Privilege and Still Speaking Out
It’s funny how that sort of thing works. One can realize the ramifications of one’s position in society that has been either been granted or attained and that realization can then make your life experience even richer yet. Then you can use that position to make the world better. Show More Summary
Skepchick Quickies 5.22
On May 22, 1826, the HMS Beagle departed for its first voyage. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because this is the ship that carried Charles Darwin (albeit on the second voyage) and he wrote a book about it called The Voyage of the Beagle. Show More Summary
Talking About Unwanted Attention & Harassment Differently
Included in yesterday’s Quickies is a link addressing the internet-infamous phenomenon of the Nice Guy. The clever piece turned the narrative of the Nice Guy around and humorously expressed female frustration with the “Girlfriend Zone.”...Show More Summary
Dealing With Tragedy as an Atheist
Originally posted at schoolofdoubt.com, written by Alasdair Unless I’m guilty of a particularly morbid form of confirmation bias, it seems like there have been quite a few high-profile tragic events across the world recently. The Sandy...Show More Summary
Why I Will Always & Forever Read the Comments
Lately, it seems that I can’t turn anywhere on the Internet without coming across statuses, memes, and even entire Twitter accounts dedicated to anti-comment sentiment. People repeat the refrain over and over: don’t read the comments. Show More Summary
Skepchick Quickies 5.21
Afghan law to protect women’s rights blocked by opponents – From Critical Dragon1177. Why do men keep putting me in the girlfriend zone? – This is brilliant. From Blakut. Felicia Day on the women in the new Star Trek movie – Spoilers, of course. Show More Summary
How to Stop Patronizing Your Fat Friend: Self-Loathing Edition
Trigger Warning for Body Image Issues and Eating Disorders So you’ve stopped making the political into the personal when it comes to your fat friend. That’s awesome! Thank you so much for hearing what your fat friend has to say rather than your own internalized assumptions about her feelings. Show More Summary
ICYMI: May 12 – May 18 on the Skepchick Network
On your mark! Get set! GO READ ALL THE SKEPCHICK NETWORK AWESOME! Teen Skepchick The Physics Philes, lesson 48: Physicists Make Weird Things for Science Mindy draws a weird picture in the name of physics, and also talks tries to explain moment of inertia. Show More Summary
Auctions End in Less than 2 Hours!
If you want a crack at the items up for sale this week, you are running out of time. In less than 2 hours, these donated items may be lost to you FOREVER. Can you live with that kind of regret? CAN YOU?! Here’s what we’ve got up forShow More Summary
Skepchick Book Club: Gulp
Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! This month, we read Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach. (NOTE: Details for next month’s book are at the bottom of this post.) I’m a huge fan of her writing style–witty, full of facts (the footnotes are usually where the best anecdotes are), and delightfully gross. Show More Summary
Skepchick Quickies 5.17
Fun fabulous female funeral directors wanted – I want to be this fabulous female’s friend, this video is hilarious. Here’s the casting call she references. From Hayden. Transgender Studies Quarterly Kickstarter – “TSQ: Transgender Studies...Show More Summary
Bad Chart Thursday: Map of Hate Speech against Conservative White Male Christians
Rebecca is off to the Women in Secularism 2 conference, so I’m covering Bad Chart Thursday this week. In today’s Quickies, Amanda included a link about a map showing hotspots in the United States for racist, homophobic, and ableist language...Show More Summary
AI: What’s going around and coming around?
In December I put down my eighteen-year-old cat George Burns. It was awful, and it still makes me tear up to think he won’t be there when I get home from work today. Bah. Now I live in a one-cat household. Abe Vigoda doesn’t seem to mind being an only, and so far, it’s even made him a bit more outgoing. Show More Summary
How to Stop Patronizing Your Fat Friend: Fatphobia Edition
Trigger Warning for Body Image Issues and Eating Disorders Ah, fat — that charged, overloaded, connotation-carrying word. There is a lot I could say about the word, but for the sake of my point, let us fast-forward past the debates over fat-shaming, Health at Every Size, thin privilege, BMI, and so on. Show More Summary