Token Skeptic Talking About ‘Loxtongate’

by podblack on March 10, 2010

I blame Twitter for that particular term…Picture 2

Head over to the Token Skeptic website for the podcast that has started to head off into all sorts of interesting directions beyond just superstition and science -  Token Skeptic Episode #12 features an interview with Junior Skeptic’s Daniel Loxton.

You can subscribe to the (very short!) episodes of Token Skeptic podcast on iTunes. There’s an mp3 link here.

Daniel Loxton’s posts on Skeptic Blog, called “The Standard Pablum” — Science and Atheism and Further Thoughts on Atheism discuss reviews and issues raised by his new book Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be.

Since comments on those posts have numbered over two-hundred and the debate has raged onto other people’s sites – I took this opportunity to get Daniel’s perspective and gain some understanding on his views about skepticism, atheism and his thoughts on how people viewed his new book.

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>Leave Perth

by podblack on March 9, 2010

>Head to Melbourne

It will be kind of like this:

Okay, maybe not. But it’s well worth catching. See you there.

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If you haven’t checked out the distinctly full-of-attitude and piece-of-her-uncensored-mind given by Helen Razer, just in time for International Women’s Day called Louis Nowra Needs a Good Vajazzling then perhaps you should be clicking that link to learn exactly why Nowra’s snark is well and truly given the kicking it deserves.

Last Friday, Australian magazine The Monthly published an essay on The Female Eunuch to “commemorate” the book’s fortieth anniversary. Here was an opportunity to contextualise what is arguably the most popular work ever written by an Australian public intellectual.

What a shame that didn’t happen. What a shame they didn’t count on Razer having both a mind and female genitalia. Bad Hostess website gives you all the details on that, the puzzlement that is … I decline to use the word ‘vajazzling’, since I’ve already pointed out that pubic hair is not the vagina… and dyeing parts of one’s body for reasons I’ve yet to quite fathom, let alone figure out.

You can probably read it whilst listening to Professor Angelou reciting her poem, “And Still I Rise,” from her volume of poetry, published in 1978.

In the meantime, I’ll be getting back to writing on the philosophical and social issues that involve the notion of a utopia., something I’m currently teaching to my high-school classes.

Still got a long way to go, in my opinion.

From Femnisting.com:

The two definite highlights of the evening were Mo’Nique’s win for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Precious and Kathryn Bigelow’s win for Best Director for The Hurt Locker.

Kathryn is the first woman to ever win in the Director category, and as was pointed out by AnnaLeighClark on twitter last night, it happened just before midnight and the start of International Women’s Day. Also, as Shelby Knox pointed out, the statistics about this award were pretty stark: 82 years, 400 nominations, 4 women nominated, 1 awarded.

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Little Kitten – Signs

by podblack on March 8, 2010

I think I neglected to post this earlier – had a good response via Twitter.

Quick update – I’m going to be VERY busy this week and won’t blog much at all – but I will try to post video of the excursion I did to the Gravity Centre, so you’ll know what the interview I’ve done for the next 365 Days of Astronomy podcast is all about! :)

Will be leaving here Thursday; may very well do some short films about what it’s like at the convention.

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H/T to the ever-wonderful Milton.

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Skeptic Zone At The Global Atheist Convention!

March 7, 2010

If you’re heading to Melbourne – look out for Dave the Happy Singer and Kylie Sturgess!
The 2010 Global Atheist Convention – Melbourne, Australia
12-14 March at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Presenters will include: Richard Dawkins, Catherine Deveny, Phillip Adams, Taslima Nasrin, Peter Singer, PZ Myers, Dan Barker, Stuart Bechman, Sue-Ann Post, Kylie Sturgess, John Perkins, [...]

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