Aug 30 2012
Note: If you haven’t already read this FAQ about Atheism Plus, please read it before you comment on this post. It answers many of the most common concerns and most frequently asked questions about Atheism Plus. What with it being a FAQ and all. Is Atheism Plus divisive? Is it divisive to create a subset …
Jun 19 2012
I’ve written two posts this week about the topic of sexual harassment at conferences: Holy. Fucking. Shit. and Update/ Clarification/ Correction on “Holy. Fucking. Shit.” Both posts were about a report that was made to D.J. Grothe/JREF at TAM, about incidents in which a male attendee of TAM was (a) persistently harassing women even after …
Jun 17 2012
I have an update/ clarification/ correction to make on my recent Holy. Fucking. Shit. post. One of the twp people who made the report to JREF on the situation being discussed, Lee, has made a comment (and then some follow-up comments) clarifying what exactly happened in this situation, and what exactly was reported. Quick note: …
Jun 15 2012
UPDATE: There is an update/ clarification/ correction on this post. It is summarized at the end of this post, and explained in fuller detail here. I haven’t been getting as involved in the recent “sexual harassment at atheist/ skeptical conferences” discussions as I would like to. This is my last week at my day job, …
Jun 13 2012
There’s this argument that keeps cropping up. Some skeptics argue that skepticism — skeptical organizations, conferences, publications, meetups, etc. — should branch out from the traditional topics we’re usually associated with, such as astrology and UFOs and Bigfoot, and spend more time applying skepticism to social justice issues. The drug war; abstinence-only sex education; laws …
Jun 05 2012
I’m working on a longer post about this whole “sexual harassment at atheist/ skeptical conferences” thing. I may not be able to get it out for a couple/few days, as I’m more than usually swamped right now. But there’s a particular point that I haven’t yet seen addressed, and I want to address it quickly …
Jan 10 2012
JREF President D.J. Grothe has responded in the comments to my previous post, in which I expressed serious concerns about his responses to sexist and misogynistic behavior in the atheist/ skeptical community, and his attitudes towards bloggers who point it out. In that comment, he expressed concern that his comment might be overlooked. So I’m …
Jan 09 2012
UPDATE: D.J. Grothe has replied to this post in the comments, and has requested that I link to that response here in the original post. I will respond as soon as possible; it may not be until tomorrow. I have two questions for JREF President D.J. Grothe. They’re questions that I find unsettling and upsetting …
Jul 22 2011
Thanks for your patience during my blog break! I was at The Amazing Meeting last week: speaking on the diversity panel, schmoozing networking, talking deep-level strategy, drinking, giving interviews, meeting readers, getting my brain stuffed, and laughing my ass off. And because Ingrid and I haven’t had a vacation alone together in approximately 865,673 years, …
Jun 23 2011
Hi, all! I’m going to be at some upcoming events that I thought you might want to know about. I’m marching with the atheist contingent in this Sunday’s LGBT Pride Parade in San Francisco. I’m going to be speaking at The Amazing Meeting — along with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Carol Tavris, Adam Savage, …
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