To refresh: A heckler’s veto is when a group objects to something and uses the threat of their own disruptiveness or potential […]
abortion, feminism
Women who reject their own freedom
I’ll admit– I’m still surprised when I hear an anti-feminist argument coming from a woman. Women who don’t just reject […]
abortion, politics
How to be a moralizing blowhard
Have you always aspired to be a moralizing blowhard, but just can’t seem to get your message down pat? Are […]
musing, religion, science
No special snowflakes
Dr. X commented recently on just world bias, as displayed by Oprah while interviewing Lance Armstrong: Just one slightly weird […]
feminism
Failing to please
In the comments for a Pharyngula post about online harassment of women journalists, Rachel Kiernan wrote: This insanity isn’t just levered […]
follow-up
Aping Morality: video
As a follow-up to yesterday’s discussion, here’s Frans deWaal’s plenary talk from the 2010 American Academy of Religion conference in Atlanta. […]
morality, philosophy, psychology, religion
Aping morality
Whenever I’ve been involved in a discussion of the evolution of morality, the English language trips things up a bit. […]
Uncategorized
Update on “contempt of cop” cases
People sometimes find my blog by searching for some variation on “Is it okay to be rude to a cop?” […]
LGBT, rape
I must have missed that part of PCU…
Yesterday in my hometown, a man received seventeen life sentences for the repeated rape of two minor girls, some of […]
feminism, philosophy, psychology, rape
Secret Agent Woman
Jennifer Shewmaker, a psychology professor at Abilene Christian University, has a blog post blaming the Steubenville rape case in part on […]