If you’re in Seattle, this weekend is packed with a lot of fun, nerdy, godless, feministy things for you to enjoy. On Friday the 10th I’ll be joining the Seattle Atheists to see my friend Rebecca Watson give a talk on “How Girls Evolved to Shop, and Other Ways to Insult Women with “Science.”” Tickets …
Category Archive: feminism
Aug 07 2012
The parade of misogynistic twits is live now!
I love waking up to a slew of comments about how repulsive I am. It always means some MRA has linked to me so he and his buddies can pat themselves on the back, and that’s exactly what happened. The author of the post I eviscerated yesterday tweeted this this morning: The link comes here, …
Aug 06 2012
Those boner-killing educated women
I’ve never been more glad that I’m getting my PhD. Apparently it’s a great way to keep away misogynistic idiots who think educated women decrease men’s happiness because they aren’t sexy. Because you know, fuck becoming educated and pursuing a career you’re passionate about – you should be acting sexy for some guy! Sorry lesbians …
Aug 04 2012
MRAs, Christianity, and Ancient Aliens
My three favorite types of nonsense have combined into a Megazord of stupidity: 2,000 years ago Mary Magdalene even if impregnated via test tube in the lab on the alien space ship, gave birth via the cunt, so no tight virginity there. Ever since then, the holy trinity… 1/ God, an ethreal being that no-one …
Aug 01 2012
In which my ladybits further destroy religion
First it was my boobs. Now it’s my ovaries: Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Kelly (R), an ardent opponent of abortion rights, said that today’s date would live in infamy alongside those two other historic occasions. Wednesday marked the day on which a controversial new requirement by the Department of Health and Human Services, which requires health …
Jul 06 2012
Feminazism runs in my family
This story broke while I was still in Europe, so you may have already heard of it: Republican state Sen. Marty Golden’s office was planning career-development classes for his “female constitutients,” where participants will “‘refresh’ their knowledge of what’s new in 21st century business etiquette and social protocol.” “POSTURE, DEPORTMENT, AND THE FEMININE PRESENCE: walking …
Jun 17 2012
Feminism and Sansa Stark
Warning: This post contains Game of Thrones spoilers, especially for the first book/season. There are vague spoilers for books 2 and 3, but I haven’t read past that yet. I recently read an interesting piece titled “In Defense of Sansa Stark” that viewed the character from a feminist perspective. The author argued that Sansa is …
Jun 16 2012
Depressing infographic of the night
Click here to see a larger version: My initial reaction: Holy fuck is that biased. The only group that comes even close to a 50/50 gender split is Time Warner, and they’re at 67% men, 31% women. If there are any topics where women should be interviewed more often than men it’s abortion, birth control, …
Jun 16 2012
Video: Susan Jacoby at the Women in Secularism conference
Susan Jacoby had the difficult task of taking on the 8:30am slot during the Women in Secularism conference…and she rocked it. It’s a long talk, but worth the time: One of my favorite parts was when she talks about how some men have responded when people ask why more women aren’t involved with secularism… “Because …
Jun 16 2012
Female Michigan legislators to perform Vagina Monologues at their capitol building
This is such a fantastic response to a mind-numbingly stupid controversy. For those of you who aren’t up to date, Michigan legislators barred Rep. Lisa Brown (D) from speaking in the House after she used the word “vagina” during a debate on an anti-abortion bill. Yes, people are losing their shit over the word “vagina”: …
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