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Wanna see some atheist dirty pictures? When I was at Skepticon 3 earlier this month, I got to do a photo shoot for the 2012 Skepticon pin-up calendar. I prepared for the shoot for weeks; I agonized over what to wear and what props to bring; I even bought a new Dark Garden corset and [...]
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Happily Single, Happily Married
November 29th, 2010 
Greta Christina An edited version of this piece was originally published on AlterNet. This is the complete, unedited version. How long should you wait after a relationship ends to get involved with someone new? And is that even the right question to be asking? I write a lot about the hazards of making decisions about sex and [...]
Why Religious Believers Are So Desperate for the Atheist Seal of Approval
November 26th, 2010 Greta Christina “But surely you don’t mean my religion!” If you hang around the online atheist world long enough, you’ll notice an interesting pattern. Many religious and spiritual believers who engage with atheists seem very intent on getting atheists’ approval for their beliefs. Typically, these believers acknowledge that many religions are profoundly troubling. They share atheists’ revulsion [...]
Greta Speaking at Skepticon 3, Nov. 19-21 – and Brief Blog Break
November 18th, 2010 Greta Christina One last reminder: I’m going to be speaking at Skepticon — the totally awesome, free- of- charge atheism/ skepticism conference — this weekend, November 19-21 in Springfield, Missouri. I’ll be speaking on Saturday, November 20, at 10:30 am, on Atheism and Sexuality. (“The sexual morality of traditional religion tends to be based, not on solid [...]
The Fat Positive Feminist Skeptical Diet, Phase 2, Part 2: How Do You Know When Enough Is Enough?
November 17th, 2010 Greta Christina This is Part 2 of a two-part post. In yesterday’s piece, I talked about the process of switching from weight loss to weight maintenance… including the strange attraction of the process of losing weight, and the challenges of letting go of that process and embracing lifelong weight management. Today, I talk about how you even [...]
The Fat Positive Feminist Skeptical Diet, Phase 2: Switching from Loss to Maintenance
November 16th, 2010 Greta Christina I’m done. I am officially done losing weight. I’ve reached my target weight. Or, to be more accurate: I have reached the bottom of my target weight range. Or, to be even more accurate than that: I have made a final decision as to what my target weight range should even be (something I wasn’t [...]
Why Being Single Can Be Great for You — And Your Future Relationships
November 15th, 2010 Greta Christina In American culture, it’s generally assumed that everybody wants to be married, or to be in a long-term relationship. It’s assumed that everybody should be hitched up, and that everybody would be better off that way. Oh, sure, if you’ve just broken up with someone, it’s considered prudent to take a break between relationships. But [...]
Why Atheists Are Better Prepared for Death Than Believers
November 12th, 2010 Greta Christina I write a lot about atheist philosophies of death. I’ve written about how loss, including death, is necessary for life and change to be possible. I’ve written about death as a natural, physical process, one that connects us intimately with nature and the universe. I’ve written about the idea of death as a deadline, something [...]
The Vows
November 12th, 2010 Greta Christina Five years ago today… * VOWS First part: Celebrant prompts and brides repeat sentence by sentence: I, Greta/Ingrid, take you, Ingrid/Greta, to be my partner for life. I take you into my family, and take your family as my own. I promise to love you, honor you, and treasure you. I promise to trust you, [...]
Penitence as a Perpetual Motion Machine
November 11th, 2010 Greta Christina Warning: This is not a nice story. This story contains extensive sexual content — what with it being porn and all — and is not to be read by readers who are under 18, or who do not want to read adult material. In addition, this story contains content that some people may find disturbing, [...]
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