Posts tagged ‘atheism’

Here’s the thing, boys and girls: I don’t get this crap anywhere else I choose to invest my time. This is very much about atheism. It’s also about the more general skeptical community, of course, but atheism is a big part of that and getting bigger.

Warning: linked posts have, and quote, misogynist commentary.

15yo atheist woman posts pic of herself with Carl Sagan book to the atheism sub-reddit. Misogynist jokes about rape, women’s appearance, women’s intelligence, women’s attention-seeking follow.

Another old project moved (copied) to the GF wiki: Mary imported the Women in FLOSS bibliography she originally wrote for LinuxChix and added some new material. Add all material you know of related to women ...

Black and WTF: photographs of suffragettes. In 1912, Scotland Yard detectives bought their first camera to covertly photograph suffragettes. A bit of an oldie, but relevant to our recent Google+ discussions: Falsehoods Programmers Believe About ...

Warning for quoted misogyny, Islamophobia and descriptions of violence against women and harassment, not to mention Oppression Olympics. On June 20, Rebecca Watson of Skepchick posted a video discussing a panel she spoke on at ...

(Trigger warning for ‘net harassment.) Surprise surprise, it turns out that if you describe harassment and don’t name the harasser, you get criticised a lot too! Silencing, coming to a cinema near you. Daddy Blogger ...

Does anyone know if a new carnival owner was found for the Carnival of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy Fans? There was a call for help up at Free to Good Home: The Carnival of ...

Horror wants women to scream, but not to talk – The British Fantasy Association interviews 16 horror writers. None of them women. Overview of English grammar by Suzette Haden Elgin. 11 post series and still ...

Jennifer Ouellette at Twisted Physics blogs about people playing the Doctor Who theme on two Tesla coils Women 2.0 startup weekend creates 19 startups Alaya Dawn Johnson takes the creator of TV’s “Supernatural” to task ...

Technology for “keeping kids safe” unsurprisingly sometimes serves a dual purpose, as Lauredhel points out: Your kids’ ’secure’ online chats being sold to marketers Pink Brain, Blue Brain: Claims of sex differences fall apart. Newsweek ...