I’m not going to pretend that this petition by Rocko 2246 from Australia is going to succeed, but it merits discussion at least. In fact, unless we have a crowdsourced effort by people at this blog and others on “our side” of the great rift, I seriously doubt they could get 100 unique signatures per …
Tag Archive: secularism
Aug 03 2012
Catherine Dunphy, Acting Executive Director of The Clergy Project
Going to play catch-up on some things that need amplification on my tabs for the weekend. Apologies for being so absent lately, and for being so late on a few extremely newsworthy items. It couldn’t be helped. First up, allow me to extend hearty and heartfelt congratulations to Catherine Dunphy, the first graduate of The …
Jun 16 2012
SSA Blogathon – Some video game nonsense to wrap up (9 of 9)
Okay, so I’m basically out of real content at the moment, so have some ramblings for my last post of the night. I had originally scheduled a four hour shift because I wasn’t sure if I’d end up having to work tonight, but luckily, I don’t. I say luckily because I’m actually pretty close to …
Jun 16 2012
SSA Blogathon – ‘The many kinds of girl’ (7 of 9)
I’ve previously spoken about how media portrays women and how the general messaging leads women to believe they aren’t “pretty enough”. Comics are especially guilty of this, with women being generally identical only with anatomical impossibilities intended to facilitate the male gaze. Some folks are trying to counter that message, though. And thank goodness. DeviantArtiste …
Jun 16 2012
SSA Blogathon – #misandryinvideogames: a response to misogynist trolls (6 of 9)
In the wake of the blatantly misogynistic attack Feminist Frequency has endured over the Tropes vs Women In Video Games video kickstarter, wherein trolls claimed that video games showed significant levels of misandry as well, Twitter launched a counter-offensive. The #misandryinvideogames hashtag has Twitter users describing all the instances of misandry they could find in …
Jun 16 2012
SSA Blogathon – Glenn Beck opens fire at a new target in his war on sanity (5 of 9)
Glenn Beck launches his newest front on the war on sanity: a war against Glee. Seriously, what gets this guy so hot under the collar about this show? I’m going out on a limb and saying all of the content where homosexuality is treated maturely and with respect. Or where atheism is mentioned without the …
Jun 15 2012
SSA Blogathon – SSA adopts a harassment policy for conferences! (4 of 9)
Some excellent news to those among you who’ve been following the ongoing secular harassment policy campaign (though if you haven’t that’s okay too): the Secular Student Alliance has officially adopted a strong and publicly available harassment policy. Making the Secular Student Alliance Conference Welcoming to Everyone Everyone at the Secular Student Alliance is committed to …
Jun 15 2012
SSA Blogathon – Jay Smooth Vs. Misogynist Internet Trolls (3 of 9)
So you remember all that nonsense misogynist flack Feminist Frequency took for daring to talk about female tropes in video games? Jay Smooth tore that shit up. Ill Doctrine: All These Sexist Gamer Dudes Are Some Shook Ones from ANIMALNewYork.com on Vimeo. From the transcript: But it’s still been an intensely ugly spectacle that raises …
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