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The Power of Oprah-ugrh – Newsweek Tackles Her Pseudoscience

by podblack on June 1, 2009

Great article, hat-tip to Pharyngula – From Newsweek: …Her viewers follow her guidance because they like and admire her, sure. But also because they believe that Oprah, with her billions and her Rolodex of experts, doesn’t have to settle for second best. If she says something is good, it must be. This is where things [...]

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Miss Polly Had A Dolly (That Kicks Kangaroo Arse)

by podblack on November 8, 2008

Thanks to Hoyden About Town and Life in the Field Blog for the heads-up – I headed out to check out a new Australian doll for girls today: The official Australian Girl Launch will be held this Saturday, November 8th, 9:30am at Toyworld, Subiaco, Western Australia. Why would one bother making such a trip on [...]

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Let’s Do The Title IX Time Warp!

by podblack on September 22, 2008

I’ll be popping up a blog about how wonderful it was to meet the Western Australian Humanists later today(hello!) – but I was intrigued by the following article popping up, by Christina Hoff Sommers -’Foolishly Seeking Gender Equity in Math and Science’. And I got deja vu. Weird… and here I am, a skeptical-kind of [...]

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