I’m belatedly listening to Citizen Radio on Women in Secularism 2. It starts 16 minutes in. It’s as good as everyone said it is. Update. Great line. Jamie Kilstein: If Ron LIndsay was opening an NAACP conference, he’d be the guy who’s like, “Welcome! WHERE’S WHITE HISTORY MONTH?”
Category Archive: Notes and Comment Blog
May 22 2013
American Atheists cares about feminism and social justice
I mentioned PZ’s post about Silverman v Vacula on Twitter. (PZ is on his way to Romania. Jeez. I felt all exotic going to DC.) Dave Muscato also mentioned it. First he quoted this part. How much do I appreciate it? With my dollars. My wife is going to sign us up for a lifetime membership …
May 22 2013
Don’t bow your heads, but look around you
Juan Mendez! Yes! On Tuesday, May 21, Juan Mendez, a 28-year-old Democratic State Representative from Tempe, Arizona, was given the task of delivering the opening prayer for the afternoon session of the House of Representatives. Instead of offering a prayer, Mendez spoke of his secular humanist tradition, while asking those in the room to recognize …
May 22 2013
Stop pretending there are no assholes
PZ has a post pointing out that Dave Silverman has been telling off Vacula and co on Twitter. David Silverman, a principled atheist, is the title. Commenters who don’t do Twitter found the discussion hard to follow and I just happen to have grabbed some screen shots, so I thought I might as well make …
May 22 2013
Rebecca Goldstein on mattering
Now enough kvetching, it’s time to say how great the conference was, and why. As I mentioned on Saturday morning, Rebecca Goldstein’s talk was brilliant. Miri did an incredible job of liveblogging it, so you can just read her post to learn what RG said. Ditto Jason and his post. From Miri’s: In preparation for …
May 22 2013
Do you thank the lord? I said, DO YOU?
Good old mass media and conformity and assuming everybody thinks the same thing. Wolf Blitzer chats with a woman who just barely escaped the tornado and simply assumes that a lot of god-blather will be welcome. At the end of the interview, Blitzer told her, “You’re blessed. Brian, your husband is blessed. Anders is blessed… …
May 21 2013
In the lobby
I had no idea anyone was taking pictures. Candids! Photo by Beth Zucker I was talking to Michael DeDora about Imad and Waleed and the Bangladeshi atheists, or rather he was talking to me about them, since his office (CFI’s Office of Public Policy) works on these issues.
May 21 2013
A beseeching gesture this time
It’s like this, you see… Also by Monica Harmsen. That’s the panel I was on.
May 21 2013
If the pepper spray doesn’t work
Dave’s turn to demonstrate throttling techniques, this time from below. Also by Monica Harmsen.
May 21 2013
Just grab it
But we don’t want to let all this mishegas overshadow the brilliance of the actual conference, do we. No we don’t. So time to post some happy place stuff. Like pictures for instance. Monica Harmsen took this. She’s a friend and a CFI intern. I really don’t remember what I was saying to Dave Silverman …
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