I ended up missing the last two talks of the Women In Secularism conference because I had to catch a stupid plane that was stupid ten hours earlier than I would have stupid liked. Stupid. Blah. Okay, I’m happy that I’m home, and completely bloody spent, but in a good way. A mostly good way. …
Category Archive: Privilege
May 19 2013
Women In Secularism 2 – What the Secular Movement Can Learn[...] liveblog #wiscfi
What the Secular Movement Can Learn from Other Social Movements with Greta Christina, Carrie Poppy, Desiree Schell, and moderator Soraya Chemaly
May 18 2013
Women In Secularism 2 – Maryam Namazie liveblog #wiscfi
Secularism: A Right and Demand of Women Worldwide Maryam Namazie
May 18 2013
Women In Secularism 2 – Jennifer Michael Hecht liveblog #wiscfi
The History of Atheism, Feminism, and the Science of Brains with Jennifer Michael Hecht Tremendous hope and despair expressed here. Very first thing we can do to forward our goals is to show up.
May 18 2013
Women In Secularism 2 – How Women’s Concerns[...] liveblog #wiscfi
How Women’s Concerns Can Best Be Advanced within the Context of a Secular Agenda Moderator: Jamila Bey Panel: Soraya Chemaly, Susan Jacoby, Amanda Marcotte, Katha Pollitt
May 18 2013
Women In Secularism 2 – Susan Jacoby liveblog #wiscfi
Author of The Great Agnostic, about Robert Ingersoll. E-book called Last Man On Top. Why the Lost History of Secular Women Matters Today
May 18 2013
Women In Secularism 2 – Gender Equality in the Secular Movement liveblog #wiscfi
Moderator: Greta Christina Panelists: Ophelia Benson, Elizabeth Cornwell, Debbie Goddard, Stephanie Zvan
May 17 2013
Women In Secularism 2 – Amanda Marcotte liveblog #wiscfi
Set up late after the 20-min break. Missed opening. Amanda Marcotte – Skeptics Love Challenging Popular Beliefs Standing up to patriarchy is not easy, does not make you popular. Anti-secularists make everything about gender, about sexuality, moreso even than school prayer etc. Theocrats spend 90% of their time on gender-related issues.
May 16 2013
Privilege, Dialogue, Harassment, and the Anti-Availability Heuristic
The Availability Heuristic is a well-known cognitive bias that primes people to more readily believe something when they can easily come up with examples. Of the cognitive biases that I’ve encountered among rationalists in the skeptical and atheist communities, this bias is the one I’m most capable of coming up with examples. I am therefore …
May 13 2013
Cumberbaaaaaatch!
Okay, look, there are big spoilers for some relatively new nerd media that I’ve probably already given away by the title if you’re savvy, but I’m putting below the fold anyway. And to spoil the post proper, just to be meta for meta’s own sake: I’m going to rant about what I’m spoiling.










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