Miri, Professional Fun-Ruiner

Author's details

Name: Miri Mogilevsky
Date registered: November 30, 2012
URL: http://freethoughtblogs.com/brutereason

Biography

Miri is a progressive feminist atheist currently attending a Large Midwestern University and studying psychology. After that, she hopes to get a degree in social work and pursue a career that combines activism with counseling. When not doing school things, Miri spends her time reading and writing about social justice, mental health, sexuality, and politics. Occasionally she also interacts with people and sleeps. A few of her other interests include Russian literature, photography, and Cheez-its. In addition, she enjoys asking people about their feelings.

Latest posts

  1. On Useful and Not-So-Useful Definitions of Racism — May 24, 2013
  2. “It’s not about gender.” — May 23, 2013
  3. Assorted Thoughts on Women in Secularism 2 — May 22, 2013
  4. [guest post] Hello from a Severely Disenchanted Former Democrat — May 19, 2013
  5. [#wiscfi liveblog] What the Secular Movement Can Learn from Other Social Movements — May 19, 2013

Most commented posts

  1. Why You Shouldn’t Tell That Random Girl On The Street That She’s Hot — 481 comments
  2. “But I’m a man and I don’t feel like I have any privilege.” — 173 comments
  3. [In Brief] Do Feminists Care About Men’s Issues? (A handy list!) — 138 comments
  4. Totally Unsolicited Advice For Feminist Guys — 114 comments
  5. The Supposed Virtue of Not Being Offended — 109 comments

Author's posts listings

May 17 2013

[#wiscfi liveblog] Faith-Based Pseudo-Science

The panelists! From left: Carrie Poppy, Sarah Moglia, Rebecca Watson, and Amy Roth.

It’s the first panel of WiS2!! The topic is faith-based pseudoscience and the panelists are Carrie Poppy, Sarah Moglia, Rebecca Watson, and (Surly) Amy Roth. The moderator is Desiree Schell. 2:05: Panelists are introducing themselves! Rebecca’s talking about Skepchick: “We also have Teen Skepchick, which is just like Skepchick except without the profanity.” Desiree: We’re …

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May 16 2013

Occasional Link Roundup

It’s finally WiS2 weekend! Kate, Jason, and I will be taking turns liveblogging everything, so check our blogs if you want to follow along. If you’re going, I hope to see you there! ~~~ 1. Greta points out the hypocrisy of expecting religious communities to “police their own” while not doing the same within our …

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May 14 2013

“But I’m a man and I don’t feel like I have any privilege.”

Another one inspired by the comment thread of doom. The hardest thing about explaining privilege to members of dominant groups is that, usually, the fact that you’re advantaged in certain ways doesn’t mean you’re not disadvantaged in many other ways. So when we’re talking about gender and a man is told that he’s privileged–or when …

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May 13 2013

[meta] On Tone, the Policing Thereof, and What It Is I Do Here

So my “Why You Shouldn’t Tell That Random Girl On The Street That She’s Hot” post went a little bit viral and I’m still responding to comments on it. One thing that has come up a lot are guys telling me that they basically agree with me, but that they are very concerned that the …

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May 12 2013

Richwine and the Inherent Goodness of Intelligence

[Content note: racism] In news that should surprise absolutely no one, conservatives have once again embarrassed themselves by attempting to “prove” with “science” that people of color are stupider than white people. Yup, again. You’ve probably read this story elsewhere so I’ll make my recap brief: It has come to light that Jason Richwine (I’m …

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May 10 2013

Self-Diagnosis and Its Discontents

There’s a certain scorn reserved for people who diagnose themselves with mental illnesses–people who, based on their own research or prior knowledge, decide that there’s a decent chance they have a diagnosable disorder, even if they haven’t (yet) seen a professional about it. I understand why psychologists and psychiatrists might find them troublesome. Nobody likes …

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May 08 2013

Excited, Worried, Scared Shitless: How I Feel About Moving

Photo May 08, 19 16 27

As I’ve certainly mentioned here countless times already, I’m moving to New York City at the end of the summer–in just three and a half months. I’ve wanted to do this for years, and I’ve visited the city so many times while I’ve been in college that it’s long felt like a second home. Or …

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May 05 2013

[blogathon] Restorative Justice for Sexual Assault

This is the eighth and last post in my SSA blogathon. It was requested by a reader. Don’t forget to donate! [Content note: sexual assault] Restorative justice is a word you sometimes hear in discussions about how to reform our criminal justice system. It refers to “an approach to justice that focuses on the needs …

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May 05 2013

[blogathon] Female Bullying, Internalized Misogyny, and Challenging Cognitive Bias

This is the seventh post in my SSA blogathon. Don’t forget to donate! I’ve seen a lot of great articles lately about women who don’t like women and don’t have female friends. One starts out: For as long as I can remember, there’s been this sub-breed of girls and women who seem to think that …

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May 05 2013

[blogathon] Against Pokemon-Style Polyamory

Looks like a pretty strong team!

This is the sixth post in my SSA blogathon. Don’t forget to donate! When I first started exploring and getting into polyamory about a year ago, one of the things that appealed to me about it was this idea of having “different partners” for “different needs.” It made a lot of sense to me and …

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