by podblack on September 27, 2010
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these… and it’s probably about time, considering how little ‘proper blogging’ I’ve done while on the road / working as a teacher again / writing the thesis / editing anthology / writing for CSI’s website / doing podcasts… okay, maybe I have a few excuses up [...]
by podblack on July 17, 2010
Just as I’ve been enjoying reading the very skeptically-minded breakdown (and an excellent one at that) of ‘Is that a fallacy in your pocket or can you cite some sources? A Response to “Feminism at TAM”‘ — here’s some more skepticism! From the official site: “In October 2008 Tim worked with Animator Martin White to [...]
by podblack on July 3, 2010
The following probably isn’t news at all for many of you – essentially, Pharyngula (PZ Myers) in his post The Woman Problem reflected upon another post Where are all the female skeptics at? by SkeptiFem. This led to PZ urging comments with links to sites – there were even a few very pertinent comments that [...]
by podblack on April 6, 2010
Skepticism and Women’s Intuition – and much more! Token Skeptic Podcast – episodes 14 and 15, now out! Scott Sigler features in “Episode Fourteen – On Science Fiction And Skepticism” – conducted on Monday during the final day of SwanCon, the Perth Science Fiction convention. Dr Scott Lilienfeld features in “Episode Fifteen – On Women’s [...]
by podblack on March 24, 2010
It’s about… some-kind-of-absurd-hour of the night (or is it morning?) where I am now and I’ve been up for about an hour already. This is the time when there are no children squeaking in the yard. No sound of breakfast being made. No party banging on down the street and the television isn’t blaring the [...]
by podblack on March 23, 2010
Blogging For Girls by Quiet Riot Girl – in response to Margaret Wente of Canada’s Globe and Mail, who wrote ‘Why Are Bloggers Male‘? “She thinks blogging is ‘a guy thing’, like driving a snowmobile up a mountain ‘at 120 miles per hour’ is a guy thing (for James Bond maybe). According to Wente, women [...]
by podblack on March 18, 2010
An article on the Global Atheist Convention is now winging its way to feature on the Curiouser and Curiouser column on the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Website! Big thanks to Mike Rotkowitz for this shot! Right, back to work – Token Skeptic episode out tonight (despite my awful-sounding voice, horrid cold) called ‘On Women and [...]
by podblack on February 28, 2010
Okay, this is not the kind of thing I usually write about. I’d like to apologise to those who find this a little squeamish, off-topic, weird, so-old-news (or, like myself, find this just kind of daft). But I have an opinion, and that’s what this blog sometimes foregrounds. I don’t care whether you shave your [...]