Tag: should be obvious

Where’s the Skepticism?

By Will

On December 18, 2012

A few days ago, I posted an article about a “study” in which researchers have claimed to have found a causal link between in utero hormone levels and homosexuality. I originally posted about it on Queereka, but once I saw it circulating around the skeptical blogosphere some more, I cross-posted to Skepchick. One of the […]

Skepticism

God Can’t Lie, And You Can Trust Him On That!

By Yessenia

On November 26, 2012

Via PZ, check out this video of Eric Hovind arguing with a much more intelligent elementary school kid. The relevant quote: Eric Hovind: We all deal in the realm of certainty…If I, for example,

Quickies

QUICKIES 11/26/2012

By Yessenia

On November 26, 2012

Depressing: a judge in Maine ruled in favor of a school district after school officials prohibited a young transgirl from using the girls’ restroom. I’m incredulous that the judge found th

Did you…mean to say that?

By Yessenia

In Religion

On November 1, 2012

Dear Pastor I Talked to for Free Pizza, When I tell you that I doubt that your healing prayer will fix the malformation in my neck, and point out that others have tried to pray for healing for that very problem, with no success, you should probably not respond with: “That doesn’t matter, because it’s […]

Bullying , Discrimination , Feminism

Sometimes people surprise me.

By Yessenia

On August 16, 2012

Not all conference attendees are harassers. We get that. It’s just a few bad apples, right? But here’s why the few bad apples spoil the whole bunch. The experience of being harasse

Bullying

This Bullying Bullshit is Bad for the Brand

By Yessenia

On June 26, 2012

There’s been a lot of talk about sexual harassment from the obvious angles: how it’s bad for those targeted specifically (because barf, who wants to deal with some skeezy dude all up in yo

What if everyone did that?

By Yessenia

In Bullying , Skepchickism

On June 18, 2012

There’s been a lot of discussion in the last few days about sexual harassment at atheist conferences such as TAM, of the issue of unrelenting bullying of those, especially women, who speak out against it, and the vast room for improvement in how conference organizers discourage harassment and handle complaints. Ophelia Benson picked apart this article by Dr. […]

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