Alas, poor Yorick! I knew himas an Australopithecine. Apparently in his Easter address last night, the Pope had some unflattering […]
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Update
The ACLU of Michigan has filed a brief on behalf of Terry Jones: The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan […]
cognition, religion
Some thoughts on religious anthropomorphism for Easter
Michael Blume writes concerning the “personification of the universe” model of religion: Religious traditions seem to derive their motivational, cooperative […]
blogging, politics
Quote of the day
From Glenn Greenwald, via Ed Brayton of Dispatches who says it’s true for him as well: I always tell people […]
LGBT
“That Was A Man….He Was Dressed Lik A Woman”
On Monday the 18th a trans-woman attempted to use the womens’ restroom at a McDonald’s in Baltimore, MD and was beaten […]
freedom of speech, religion
Demonstration denied in Dearborn; Dawud declares doubts
Dawud Walid Anti-Islam pastor Terry Jones takes his show to Michigan…or at least attempts to. In a bid to become […]
art
Threadless photography
Here’s a video on how Threadless does their seemingly endless t-shirt photo shoots, featuring photographers Sean Dorgan and Sean Donohue. […]
feminism, sexuality
Don’t dress your children provocatively…or major news sites will call them “tramps”
I find it difficult to imagine how someone could read this without being creeped out by the author rather than […]
food, LGBT, links, police, sustainability
Tuesday links
New Hampshire Tea Partiers’ opinions of gay marriage range from apathetic to vaguely supportive. I wonder how many of those […]