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And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Here, by the excellent and talented Casimir Fornalski, is the book cover for Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things that Piss Off the Godless. I am so excited! Having a cover design is making this whole “book” thing feel very real indeed. And I [...]
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Diversity and the Best Atheist Blogger Award – Please Don’t Vote for Me
February 24th, 2012 
Greta Christina So I noticed the other day that my blog was one of the nominees for the About.com Readers’s Choice Award for Best Atheist/Agnostic Blogger. “Neat!” I thought. I voted for myself. I started getting ready to post a little post announcing the thing. I noticed that Pharyngula was one of the other nominees, and gave [...]
Why Sex is Not Spiritual
February 22nd, 2012 Greta Christina And while we’re on the topics of both sex and atheism, I wanted to point you to an excellent piece by Chris Hall, Why Sex Is Not Spiritual. Here are a couple of awesome pull-quotes to whet your appetite: The fact that it is so very, very popular in sex-positive communities to put sexuality in [...]
Porn or Erotica?
February 22nd, 2012 Greta Christina Is there a useful difference between porn and erotica? My usual answer to this question is that the distinction between porn and erotica is pretty artificial. It generally comes down to subjective taste, conveniently dovetailed with character and even moral judgment. “I like erotica; you like porn; they like filthy smut.” But when I have [...]
Greta Speaking in Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia, and Chicago, 2/25 – 3/2
February 21st, 2012 Greta Christina UPDATE: The time for the University of Chicago event has been corrected — it’s now 6:30 pm on March 1 — and the location has been set, Harper Memorial Library Room 140. Hi, all! Starting at the end of this week, I am embarking on an epic speaking tour. I’ll be in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Auburn, [...]
The book is done
February 19th, 2012 Greta Christina The book is done. I just sent the manuscript for Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things that Piss Off the Godless to the formatters (the folks who format manuscripts for ebook and print-on-demand self-publishing). I still have a shit-ton of work to do on this project: setting up accounts with Kindle, etc., creating [...]
Greta and JT Speaking at U of Arkansas, Fri. 2/17
February 13th, 2012 Greta Christina If you’re in or near Fayetteville, Arkansas this Friday, some hear me speak! JT Eberhard and I are doing a joint speaking event at the University of Arkansas, hosted by the school’s godless/ skeptical group, Occam’s Razors. I’ll be speaking on “Happy Thoughts about Godless Death,” and JT will speak about “Reason as a Moral [...]
Cover Design Contest — “Why Are You Atheists So Angry?”
February 6th, 2012 Greta Christina I’m self-publishing a book — “Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things That Piss Off the Godless” — and I’m going to need a cover. And since I know there are talented designers among my readers, I’ve decided to turn it into a contest! Here’s what you need to know. The book is largely [...]
“Why Are You Atheists So Angry?” – Suggestions for Resource Guide?
February 4th, 2012 Greta Christina I’m writing the resource guide for my upcoming book, “Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things That Piss Off the Godless” — and I could use some suggestions. What are the organizations, online forums and support groups, books, blogs, etc., that you think atheists should know about? If someone wants to learn more about [...]
Can’t blog… writing book…
February 3rd, 2012 Greta Christina So I’ve decided, “Fuck it.” I’ve been wanting to write a book for years. My readers have been pestering me to write a book for years. And I bloody well want to have an atheist book out when the Reason Rally comes around. So I’m going ahead and publishing it myself. Get ready for “Why [...]
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