Jen

Author's details

Name: Jen McCreight
Date registered: September 2, 2011
URL: http://freethoughtblogs.com/blaghag

Biography

Jen McCreight is a liberal, geeky, nerdy, scientific, perverted feminist atheist who recently escaped Indiana for Seattle. Learn more about Jen here. Contact: blaghagblog (at) gmail (dot) com Disclaimer: The views on this blog are mine and not associated with my school or employer.

Latest posts

  1. Paleofantasy: When people act like cavemen because they misunderstand evolution — March 11, 2013
  2. The Conundrum — February 19, 2013
  3. Happy Darwin Day! — February 12, 2013
  4. Indiana high schoolers want to ban gays from prom — February 11, 2013
  5. I’ve figured out why the Vatican hoards its wealth! — February 7, 2013

Most commented posts

  1. How I Unwittingly Infiltrated the Boy’s Club & Why It’s Time for a New Wave of Atheism — 953 comments
  2. And the boobquake experiment has begun… — 739 comments
  3. Women who don’t amuse Penn Jillette are cunts — 610 comments
  4. In the name of science, I offer my boobs — 608 comments
  5. When Gender Goes Pear-Shaped — 601 comments

Author's posts listings

Jan 27 2013

Welcome to Pokébiology 101

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biology, genetics, pokemon

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Hello there! Welcome to the world of Pokémon! My name is Jen! People call me the Pokémon Grad Student! …Okay, I don’t think anyone has actually called me the Pokémon Grad Student. But I’m a PhD candidate studying evolution and genomics who has been playing Pokémon since its release in 1998. My friend showed me …

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Jan 24 2013

Republican lawmaker wants to criminalize aborting your rape baby because it’s “tampering with evidence”

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biology, feminism, genetics, politics

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I’d say it’s a new low for Republicans, but really, it’s their usual low: A Republican lawmaker in New Mexico introduced a bill on Wednesday that would legally require victims of rape to carry their pregnancies to term in order to use the fetus as evidence for a sexual assault trial. House Bill 206, introduced …

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Jan 23 2013

I get email?!?!?!

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atheism, religion

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“Hi Jennifer, Have a good time! I have seen your blog and wondered about your activities. you are active, honest, lover of nature, and a girl with grate fillings. After reading your blog, I have wondered how such woman with such open mind, can disclaim her creator or her God !!!!?? Do you really deny …

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Jan 19 2013

Come see me at Nerd Nite Seattle!

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biology, pokemon, seattle

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I am living the dream: I’ve been invited to give a talk of extreme geekiness this Monday: Pokébiology 101 There may not be a Pikachu Genome Project, but the unusual biology of the Pokémon Universe can teach us about biology in the real world. How do Pokémon species differ from species here on Earth? What …

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Dec 21 2012

Movin’ on up

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indiana, seattle

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My boyfriend and I were reading the news, and we happened to be reading an interesting pair of articles at the same time: Boyfriend: *reading title* University of Washington research ranks fourth among world universities. Me: *reading title* Purdue ranks second in FBI hate crime report. Boyfriend: Well, at least it wasn’t first. We’re number …

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Dec 19 2012

Urgent: Friend’s car stolen in Seattle

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I hate people, seattle

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I know I have a lot of readers in Seattle, so I want to ask you guys for help. A dear friend of mine had their car stolen in the last 24 hours. For reasons I won’t get into for privacy’s sake, they believe it was moved somewhere and possibly made to look abandoned. If …

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Dec 19 2012

I get email

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blog

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I haven’t really been blogging for months, but weird emails still find their way to my inbox. Dear Private, Registration: I work for [Annoying Business] and we have discovered that a company we hired to help promote our website have used a variety of techniques to secure links to our site. These links were placed purely …

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Dec 14 2012

The practical reason why atheists should care about diversity

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atheism, race, skepticism

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I’ve long argued why increasing diversity if the right thing to do for ethical reasons – hey, we shouldn’t be unintentionally excluding people based on their race or ethnicity, right? But as those arguments don’t seem to work for some atheists, let’s turn to the numbers: Within three decades, there will no longer be a …

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Dec 13 2012

But…but…that’s not exact at all!

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I’m probably the only person who has been bothered by this ad.

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Dec 06 2012

Seattle just became a little more awesome

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I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t wake up to a cloud of pot smoke and glitter snuggling the city, but I’m still pretty happy about the laws. Both gay marriage and marijuana become legal in Washington state today. No longer will people be barred from marrying the people they love because of the outdated …

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