So the first Feminist Frequency Tropes vs. Women video has been posted, and I was very excited to see it. I was not disappointed. If you haven’t seen it yet, have a watch: What we have here is a thorough, polished bit of media analysis with obvious effort and expense put toward editing, research, design, … Read more
Skeptics of Oz is a free skeptical conference held in Wichita, Kansas, this year on March 16-17 at Wichita State University’s CAC Theater. Here’s the Facebook page. Here’s the line-up of speakers: Introduction to Skepticism by Caleb Lack Depression and Mental Illness by JT Eberhard Busting Sex Myths by Emily Boyer Psychic Charlatanry by DJ Grothe Ageism by Lux … Read more
Credit: http://www.tomandlorenzo.com/ I don’t generally do this, but I just want to write a blog post to gush about another blog post– this one, by Greta Christina, about an episode of Project Runway in which the contestants, fashion designers, were asked to design an outfit for an older female client. Now, I’m not watching Project Runway … Read more
In which Pat Robertson advises someone who frequently buys second-hand clothing that she should “rebuke any spirits that happen to have attached themselves to those clothes” lest there be any demons who might have become connected to them via the prayers of a witch, as he heard had happened once in the Philippines: Okay, first let’s … Read more