Your governor is a monster. So’s mine, of course– my governor is Sam Brownback, after all. But yours might be even worse. Why’s that? Well, because on Thursday Indiana’s Governor Mike Pence signed into law a bill that makes abortion illegal in the event that a woman seeks one because of fetal disability– any kind of … Read more
The toupée fallacy is named for a particular example of the informal fallacy that goes something like this: All toupées look fake; I’ve never seen one that I couldn’t tell was fake. Like a lot of fallacies, it’s so painfully obvious when it’s spelled out that you might have a hard time believing that anyone … Read more
Operation Save America, the successor to Operation Rescue, has announced that they’re returning to Wichita for a “Summer of Mercy” anniversary tour. The city is reportedly unenthused. Hundreds of people from around the country are expected to converge in Wichita this summer for a week of anti-abortion rallies, protests and prayer vigils marking the 25th … Read more
Screenshot from Firewatch Feminist Frequency has begun producing a newsletter called FREQ, and their first edition is an interview with Jane Ng. Ng is a 3D environmental artist who most recently worked on Firewatch, which looks like an amazing game. You can read the interview with her here. My favorite part about the interview, aside from … Read more
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard arguments for Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. This case involves the claim that two laws create an undue burden on the right of a woman to obtain an abortion in the state of Texas. One of the laws requires that doctors at abortion clinics have admitting privileges at a hospital … Read more