Banana hammock feminism
So there's this: When do we have the World’s Funniest Phrases contest again? ‘Cuz ‘banana hammock’ really really needs a lifetime achievement award.— Maggie McFee (@tankgrrl) May 23, 2013@tankgrrl...
View ArticleThe Rape Card
The other day, David Silverman called on Justin Vacula to denounce the hatred:@justinvacula for example, the fake pic of @rebeccawatson in sexually demeaning position. Can you agree that's shit?...
View ArticleElevatorgate never ends
Recently this article was brought up as a point of discussion.The article was written 2011 (ages ago!) about elevatorgate. That little incident that defined how one should behave at a conference. And,...
View ArticleIs this rape?
Often the rape cases that get a lot of online publicity are simple.What happened in Steubenville, for example, was very obviously wrong. Football team, passed out victim, pictures posted online....
View ArticleHaters of Dawkins find new friends on Twitter
So, a lot of people apparantely think Richard Dawkins is racist.Dawkins said the following things on Twitter:"White people are privileged and therefore never the victims of racism." There. How could I...
View ArticleThe Definition of Harassment
Once upon a time, a one Justin Vacula went to the Women in Secularism 2 conference in Washington DC.Despite many thinking that Vacula would be the troublemaker, it turned out that the "feminists" found...
View ArticleAnother year, another SkepchickCon
Now that "Women in Secularism" is over, one may think the 'feminist' conference season is over.No! It would be impossible to build a career in "feminism" by attending only one conference a year. One...
View ArticleBreadwinners and breadlosers
Reading this article about Egypt presented the following statistic:Yet one fact can't be overlooked: Almost 40% of Egyptian women are the sole breadwinners in their households. Many have had to...
View ArticleA Note about Doxxing
The latest online drama related to the "FreeThoughtBlogs" gang is just who is guilty of more "doxxing".To "dox" someone is to reveal personal information about someone online that they would not want...
View ArticlePZ the breadwinner
On Wednesday, this post was made in response to things read in the LA Times and other papers.Turns out the subject of women as breadwinners is making the rounds in the media, and conservative news...
View ArticleProgressive Victim Blaming
In the day to day cycle of reading and writing about feminist topics, it is clear that one thing that is terribly wrong is "victim blaming".One tragedy of the recent days has been the Woolwich...
View ArticleJamie Kilstein makes a joke
Jamie Kilstein is once again sharing his insight, and his Tumblr fans are all about it:"If the president was walking around stabbing innocent Muslim people? People would be like ‘Oh he’s a murderer’....
View ArticleFeminist ideas
Amanda Marcotte is wondering why nobody is challenging feminist "claims" and "ideas". What I get when I ask atheist anti-feminists for substantive arguments against feminist claims:...
View ArticleA Short Story about Agent Orange
There are a lot of protests going on in Turkey right now.As usual, there are a lot of pictures and rough reports of the situation flying around the internet.One that made it around was a user...
View ArticleAbleist Amanda
Today, you may agree with something that appeared on the Atheism Plus forum!What is the topic?The topic is that Amanda Marcotte is a bit of a jerk. Even worse, an ableist jerk.Oh, and the...
View ArticleWhy does nobody trust FreeThoughtBlogs?
PZ posts his thoughts about anonymity, in a post titled "I support your right to post anonymously"There are very good reasons to use a pseudonym on a blog. Perhaps you have opinions that are contrary...
View ArticleThe Feminist Rape Joke
One cottage industry of late is blogging about the "rape joke" epidemic among comedians.For sites like Jezebel, the hangup is definitely the male comedian making a joke about rape.As a backgrounder,...
View ArticleUsing rape jokes to make a point
While writing about rape jokes several related things came up that seem to be noteworthy. Or at least related to the previous discussion.It turns out that this back and forth happened on...
View ArticleSlandering LousyCanuck
There is a FreeThoughtBlogger using the name "LousyCanuck" He has some issues with what people are saying about him online.Hey @micknugent, did you know your comments are being used to slander people,...
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Feminists are entertained by villainy and murder
After writing about rape jokes and whether or not references to rape are bad, a thought came to mind.If someone spends a night at a comedy laughing at jokes about people being brutalized, they might be...
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