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Guest Post: Ain’t I a Skeptic?
The following post by Raina Rhoades originally appeared on her blog, Rhoades To Reality. We liked it so much we asked if we could share it with the Skepchick audience, and Raina agreed. Not too long...
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Ask Surly Amy: Victim Blaming
Dear Surly Amy, At uni today I got into a discussion about victim blaming, and someone did the stock thing of saying ‘If a woman gets so bladdered she can’t think, it’s her fault. Especially if she’s...
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Gender is Complicated (and Other Breaking News)
You may recall that I recently criticized one of Harriet Hall’s posts claiming that gender differences don’t matter. It appeared to me based on reading that article that Hall did not really understand...
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A Final Response to Harriet Hall
Early this morning, I posted a critique of a post by Harriet Hall on SBM discussing the complexities of sex and gender. For those who may have missed previous posts, here’s a quick set of links in the...
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Xpost: The Weight of an Eating Disorder
This post was written by Aretha and originally posted on Queereka. If someone asked me one year ago if I knew something was wrong, I’d have said yes. Something has always been wrong, something has...
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Chicks, Tough Old Hens and Roosters. Oh, and T-shirts at TAM
It has been a long but very productive weekend for me. I spent my weekend in discussions with Dr Steve Novella with the hope of finding a way to end at least some of the drama surrounding the T-shirt...
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Speaking out Against Hate Directed at Women: Russell Glasser
As some of you may remember, back when the online harassment was first focussed on this website and some of the contributors at Freethought Blogs, I started a series of guest posts where I reached out...
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Tropes vs Women in Video Games is Now Live!
It’s an exciting day! Anita Sarkheesian, creator of the Feminist Frequency video series, has released the first of her new Tropes vs Video Games series. If you’ll recall, last year Anita used...
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An Extra-Historic International Women’s Day
Today, on International Women’s Day, Barack Obama signed the renewal of the Violence Against Women act into law. VAWA was originally written by then-Senator Joe Biden and first enacted into law in...
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Global Quickies: 2013.03.10
I have so many news items that I’m going to make this edition a two-parter. And since I feel like a lot of times I’m just bumming you guys out with bad news from around the globe, I’m mixing in some...
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Don’t tell me to love my body
I want to talk to you about how you talk to me about how I talk about my body, and how I talk about how I feel about my body, and what’s wrong with everything you have to say about what I have to say....
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Global Quickies: 2013.03.15
As promised, here’s part two of your March Global Quickies. And guess what? I still have a bunch of awesome links for a third part, so watch out for those soon. ISRAEL (from 9bar) 22 year old Noa...
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Speaking Out Against Hate Directed at Women: Adam Lee
Hello friends! I am pleased to bring you another edition of Speaking out Against Hate! This installment brings you the wise words of Adam Lee. His topic of choice is very interesting to me, as it is a...
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Steubenville & the Cult of Consequence-Free Forgiveness
The verdict is finally in: guilty (or, at least, the juvenile court’s version of guilty). There are some implications of the Steubenville trial that are abundantly clear to those who were paying...
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#SafetyTipsForLadies is a Hilarious Way to Start the Week
This has been going on for a few days now but I only just noticed because I am not very observant. Get thee to Twitter immediately and enjoy the awesome #SafetyTipsforLadies, suggested by people who...
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What Do You See? The Blinding Whiteness of Feminism
Warning: NSFW for artsy nudity. I have been a self-identified feminist for longer than I have been a self-identified [insert any other label with which I currently associate myself here]. I also am of...
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#EdgyHeadlines is the New Hotness
Feminists on Twitter are absolutely killing it lately. #AdviceforLadies hasn’t even had time to wind down, but already there’s a new stream of awesome social commentary happening. Enjoy...
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EVENTS This Week—Easter Fools’ Day Edition: Pirates vs. Zombies
This week, we’ve got Easter and April Fools’ Day back-to-back. [Insert plethora of obvious jokes here.] As usual, events are all over the map, from the spring opener of egg hunting season to...
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Fauxminism: It’s What Makes You Dinner
Fauxminism is the curious phenomenon where people think that featuring, talking about, or even just being a woman is an inherently feminist act and thus renders the person and/or act(s) in question...
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Global Quickies: 2013.04.02
Hey, Skepchick readers! It’s time once again to catch up on your news from around the world. With help of the links you guys sent our way, we’re hitting almost every continent today, which I guess is...
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