sexism

From Decficio Mens: Women in Skepticism: Breakdown of the data. (Do note, they write – ‘I know that this is NOT a scientific study, nor a statistically sound sample, nor anything like that. Still, I believe that the data in response to the question asked can be quite illuminating.‘) This is a small section from [...]

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This one is for @Ilijasx, who apparently just discovered one of my two favourite characters in British crime TV…

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This is due to the Twitters of Dr Petra Boynton, who you can hear interviewed on the Skeptic Zone podcast (episode #78) – The UK Mirror has also picked up on the story. The ‘Ask Danny’ column in Zoo Magazine gives advice to a ’23, not-bad-looking bloke’, who can’t get over a lost love. What’s [...]

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Just a update, from a CNN news article: Blogger: Show cleavage to test cleric’s quake theory ..She said no woman should feel pressured to participate. “It’s not supposed to be serious activism that is going to revolutionize women’s rights, but just a bit of fun juvenile humor,” she wrote. “I’m a firm believer that when [...]

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Before I begin – thanks to everyone who has been waiting for the Token Skeptic podcast to come out – I strongly recommend you check out the Princess Scientist Podcast while you’re waiting over the next twelve hours or so for me to post up the ‘missing episodes’! As Mur Lafferty, podcaster, author and continual [...]

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Little Kitten – On Feminists and Burkas

by podblack on July 30, 2009

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From GayGamer.net – a total legend. In response to the situation also detailed in ‘EA puts sexual bounty on the heads of its own booth babes‘ at Ars Technica. …While I’m grateful for the team ‘randomly’ choosing me as one of the runners-up for your #Lust contest, it seems as though the internet has once [...]

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On Skeptic Conferences – Part Two

by podblack on July 17, 2009

Okay, this will probably be the way-too-long ’post for the day’ – I have been meaning to address a literacy issue, but I think I’ll wait until the weekend to get that done. Those who are unfamiliar with the situation as it stands – read the earlier post ‘On Skeptic Conferences‘. Much of the following stems [...]

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