Harassment policies are pointless
PZ Myers, in a post titled "Why Cons Need Anti-Harassment Policies":Wired has an excellent article on why harassment policies are needed— it’s because the social dynamics of conventions can mess up...
View ArticleBlack men in elevators are terrifying
Here's the story, prompted by the killing of Trayvon Martin and the trial of George Zimmerman:Musician Questlove wrote an article about how a [white?] woman neglected to tell him what floor she lived...
View ArticleAmerican atheist social justice warriors are hypocritical assholes (again)
The Royal Baby has caused quite a stir among "progressives".First, PZ writes "My deepest regrets to the people of the United Kingdom"Apparently, your antiquated monarchy is going to continue, and the...
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Sex sells
Not too long ago there was a conference in Minnesota named CONvergence. It is like any other science fiction/comic convention, however with a few minor add-ons.Notably, one was "SkepchickCON" which was...
View ArticleWaving a dildo for social justice
The Atheism+ crowd is outraged! What happened?Predictably my appeal was denied. I have until 5 pm tomorrow to turn myself in.— Ian Murphy (@Ian_Murphy) July 29, 2013@MattBors Using a dildo as a...
View ArticleDoes Atheism Plus want people to go to jail?
The last article was called out for perhaps being unfair. Unfair is not good, so let's have a second look:Unknown writes:To be fair, in most of the instances, the A+ers in question never said someone...
View ArticleTransphobia is fun
Cruising Twitter for the latest on the topic of social justice, you will find several very active users.Thousands of tweets. Several every hour, throughout the day.Some of these people happen to be...
View ArticleFeminists threaten to kill their critics
Many words have been spilled about Twitter user and blogger 'ElevatorGate'.Essentially ElevatorGate's largest crime is putting tweets of feminists on a service called 'Storify' which makes it easier to...
View ArticleConflict resolution skills
Background:JT Eberhard, the same guy that Greg Laden says is into feminism for the chicks, told a black woman that she was needlessly hostile in her response to a naive question from the audience.Of...
View ArticleA Social Media Expert
Everyone on Twitter is a "social media expert".Maybe it's a bit of an exaggeration, but it isn't too far off the mark. Nearly everyone that has tweeted more than ten times thinks they've learned...
View ArticleWords were said
It seems a little bit of Atheism+ drama has now cleared itself up. I try to be truthful & not to hurt people. Sometimes I fail at latter when too motivated by the former. I'm sorry and won't keep...
View ArticleTwitter Lessons from Sarah
Lately a person named Sarah (let's call her "SJ" for short) had a few issues on Twitter (and Facebook).She claims she was being harassed. The details of this harassment will come later.Note: Names...
View ArticleDragonCon rules are rules
Remember DragonCon? The event that had posed some ethical problems for Skepchick?It turns out that DragonCon has since resolved that particular issue. Now we're on to the next dramatic events.First,...
View ArticleSkepchick's not-so-accurate DragonCon story
Skepchick responds to their table being punted in a post titled "How Skepchick Got Booted from DragonCon Today"(Background - Earlier article about this here)Even the title is a lie. More on this...
View ArticleSkepchick fans are true believers
The comments over at Skepchick about the latest Skepchick drama are amazing.FledgelingSkeptic If I were you, I’d talk to Cody’s boss and find out what gives. Get him to show you the complaints in...
View ArticleSkepchick named the wrong man
Some interesting edits were made to the DragonCon story as told by Skepchick.In place of naming David Cody as the supposed asshole, a clarfication has been made:(EDIT: A few people have suggested this...
View ArticleA Regrettable Statement
It seems the most quoted lines of the post about the "tablegate" drama is the following:Skepchick may say they're not trying to make a profit, they're trying to "break even" when accounting for the...
View ArticleSkepchick Standards
Eventually we'll get back to writing about feminist topics.For now we're stuck on the Skepchick trainwreck, as the Skepchick bloggers have outdone even the ridiculousness that is tablegate ( Posts...
View ArticleEveryone must have a penis
In a post titled "The future will not be the past", PZ writes:The future? Right now. There are a lot of people within atheism staring at the new kids in puzzlement and horror. They don’t have penises,...
View ArticleA Circumcised Frontal Lobe
Believe it or not, there happen to be days when Hensley is right:@slate writes disgusting, biased article on male genital mutilation http://t.co/EjnFBq1Efp— Melody Hensley (@MelodyHensley) September...
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