Tag: Women

Religious Liberty and the Right to Discriminate: How Privileging Religious Belief Endangers Civil Rights

By Elsa Roberts

On July 13, 2014

Deference to religious belief, specifically Christianity, is deeply ingrained in American culture, so much so that arguments that would look suspiciously like discrimination, bigotry, and hate are not only excused but held up by our Supreme Court when coated in the veneer of religious liberty. Such was the case with the recent, infamous Hobby Lobby […]

Atheism , Cross-Post , Feminism

The ‘Schism’ in Skepticism

By Lux

On August 20, 2013

Cross-posted from Teen Skepchick Over the last few years, and especially since the event known as “Elevatorgate,” we’ve seen a drastic increase in the visibility of sexism within t

Skepticism , Woo

Makes perfect sense!

By Yessenia

On February 8, 2013

One random bit of woo I encountered from a relative who first heard it on Oprah: Dr. Christian Northrup’s theory of thyroid pathogenesis. In many women thyroid dysfunction develops because of an

Deceased Novelist’s writing impoverished by spinsterhood

By Yessenia

In Feminism

On August 9, 2012

I was just gonna bring it up as a quickie, but after thinking a bit and discussing the matter with my cat Demosthenes, I had to expand it. Amanda Craig, noted writer/gestator, wrote an article in the Telegraph, “If Maeve Binchy had been a Mother…” [ellipsis in original] arguing that a recently deceased Irish author, […]

Afternoon Inqueery , Gay , Lesbian

AI: Stereotyping Relationships

By Aretha

On July 12, 2012

So as she listened to me complain about my latest squabble with the girlfriend, a friend of mine let out: “See, that’s why I don’t date other girls. They get upset so easily over not

Art & Media , Feminism , Media Portrayals of LGBT

Women in World of Warcraft: The Bigger Picture

By Will

On June 25, 2012

Cross-posted on Skepchick. Skepchick reader Sean sent in this link to a post on a World of Warcraft fansite that discusses the lack of strong, independent female characters in World of Warcraft’s lo

The Queerview Mirror: Lip Service

By Courtney

In Lesbian , Media Portrayals of LGBT , The Queerview Mirror

On June 1, 2012

Caution: this contains MASSIVE spoilers for the second series of BBC series “Lip Service”. You have been warned… In 2010 a Stonewall report found that, out of a sample of 126 hours and 42 minutes of UK broadcasting, just seven minutes depicted lesbians “positively and realistically”. That’s about 0.1% for you percentage fans. In […]

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