I share a lot of links on Twitter and Facebook that I don’t blog about because I don’t have much to add. The reading list is a periodic feature where I share those links with my blog audience too. Of course, you’re still welcome to follow me on Twitter.
Around FtB
- That’s a progressive sexual politics?–“He’s speaking up for the endangered right to ask a stranger for sex.”
- So Why Did You Ask? Some Thoughts on Religion and Willful Ignorance–“And my antagonist said No. Even if given a free copy of my book, he would not read it.”
- Dr Henry Morgentaler’s Legacy–“That’s about as transparent a reasoning as you can get for Conservatives’ anti-choice efforts. It was a refreshing moment of honesty from that party.”
- Help Miri Speak At Cons!–“Most of these cons do not cover my flight and hotel room, and even for those that do, food at cons ends up being around $100 for the weekend.”
- No, You Probably Don’t Want ‘Peer Reviewed Evidence for God’–“A long while ago, two scientists undertook a review of the literature surrounding precognition, and their names were Bem and Honorton.”
The Wider Web
- Top 4 Myths About Being a Skepchick–“You haven’t heard the last of me, though — I’m going to be starting up at Freethought Blogs in the coming weeks.”
- Who Are The People In Your Neighborhood, Sesame Street?–“How does this jibe with Sesame Workshop’s stated and completely admirable goal of ‘reducing misconceptions’ and ‘highlighting commonalities’ among children with and without autism or emphasize ‘diversity, acceptance, and inclusion’?”
- White people on offence–“It is an interesting thing to observe that whenever I hear the term ‘real racist’, as in ‘maybe you’re the real racist here!’, it’s coming from the mouth of a white person.”
- A second look at “White People on offence”–“That is, while I might be able to spit on a white person and call hir ‘honkey’, I can’t avail myself of a black supremacist systemic apparatus to ensure that ze has a higher risk of poverty, poorer health outcomes, and less access to a quality education.”
- Fight for Libraries, Prevent Book Deserts–“Listen, I’m not stupid enough to argue that the job of reducing deficits and balancing spending is simple.”
- The Ada Initiative Founders on Funding Activism for Women in Open Source–“In 2010, the smart money said that the world-wide economic capacity for paid activists for women in open source was well under one person.”
- The Unfair Marginalization of Janeane Garofalo–“Sprinkle in a healthy dose of lazy sexism and you have a comedian who, despite being instrumental in practically re-inventing the form of standup comedy, receives little of the accolades that she deserves.”
- Morgentaler Clinic in Fredericton to Close–“From the moment Dr. Morgentaler announced his intention to open an abortion clinic in Fredericton, the provincial government planned to thwart his efforts.”
- The Cool Kids: Why To Be One–“But I think that as the next generation of potential internet cool kids (seriously guys, we’re gonna take over), we should be aware of what we can accomplish when we take the microphone.”
- Hey Man, You Have IQ All Over Your Face–“In actuality, this study showed that when we try to judge a person’s intelligence just by their looks, we’re really bad at it because we’re too blinded by their attractiveness or lack thereof to get a good assessment.”
- Hot Or Not Is Not Hot–“Then I suddenly found myself being ‘groomed’ to be an artist myself and it really hit home, how toxic this mentality was, and that I had been a misogynist myself. Me? A feminist? Yes.”
- Flirtation or sexual harassment? Here’s how to tell the difference–“‘Equality means never paying a woman a compliment’ … said no feminist ever.”
- How a Hennepin County DFL endorsing convention collapsed–“Pick your term: political debacle, circus or slapstick.”
- All You Need to Be a Modern Digital Stalker Is a Smartphone–“Where Lincoln has a statue, you have a picture of yourself mid-sneeze.”
- ‘The system is designed to make you give up’: An American tackles domestic violence in China–“People ask Lee why she didn’t leave him the first time he hit her, but she says it wasn’t that bad at first.”
- Owning Our Words: Gatekeepers and Gender in Children’s Books–“Today, I want to talk about some words I’ve heard coming out of grown-up mouths lately. Words spoken by great people. Words that were meant as friendly, harmless fun, I’m certain.”