women

Sign Up For Finding Ada!

by podblack on February 8, 2010

I got mail! Last year you supported Ada Lovelace Day, the international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology and science. It’s now time to pledge your support once more for Ada Lovelace Day, 24 March 2010. To sign up, please go to http://findingada.com and add your details to our brand [...]

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Oh — new Token Skeptic podcast episode should be out now — ‘On Women and Paranormal Belief (Part One)’

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News just in from Michael Shermer’s Twitter!

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Retrospectacle posts on Podblack is what happens when I’m working and I revisit older posts. Enjoy the earlier profiled content and I’ll see you later in the week! **** Funnily enough, it was through the Australian writer John Marsden’s series Tomorrow, When the War Began that I was introduced to the notion of an “Ellie”. [...]

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Gloria Jeans Coffee Dumps Mercy Ministries

by podblack on October 18, 2009

Many, many thanks to Sean the Blogonaut for the alert – here’s the scoop. Earlier on in this blog, I wrote of the Mercy Ministries and Gloria Jeans case, an entry called ‘A Coffee Shop in my Town‘. The article is due to questions about the former editor of young women’s magazines (Marina Go, from [...]

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My Not Drinking Alcohol Is Not Your Problem

by podblack on September 12, 2009

Funny about the timing of this post – I had someone ask me about this over dinner at Dragon*Con on the last night, and I think I surprised them with how I trotted out my answer. It’s because I had an email written about it quite some time ago, which I’ll now publish here. Today, [...]

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Why Dragon*Con?

by podblack on August 21, 2009

I’m heading out to a conference early next month, a special gathering of Australian skeptics. The agenda looks fascinating, the feedback should be great… it’s bound to be a valuable experience. I’m already starting to pull together notes and talk to people and read, read, read and research so I am able to contribute. I [...]

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Article in The UK Times – How many women does it take to change the face of comedy? It features Izzy Lawrence, who I saw live last year in London, with her very skeptical show (and I caught the train after with her!). Find out more in regards to research on sex differences and humor [...]

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