I love this because it illustrates some really bizarre assumptions and why they’re bizarre. Like the all-too-common-among-pro-lifers assumption that an […]
art
#Inktober 2014
I got a late start– not for any good reason, but because it just completely slipped my mind until October […]
comic, feminism
Totally not sexist
Some of my best friends are women! Inspirations: http://the-toast.net/2014/09/11/father-daughters-think-treat-women-like-daughters/ http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2014/09/im-right-youre-wrong-and-shes-a-feminist-detractor/
atheism, comic, feminism
Rat Queen Dee
Dee in conversation with her mother I’m in the market for new comics– but let’s note that to me, all […]
logic
Good Arguing: the low-hanging fruit
So I’ve talked in the last few posts about making good arguments by addressing the substance of your opponent’s position […]
logic
Good Arguing: How to steelman (and why it’s hard)
In the last couple of posts I’ve been exploring different ways in which it’s possible to make bad arguments against […]
atheism, logic
Don’t do this either
Okay, so we’ve pretty well covered how not to talk to and about people you disagree with, right? It can […]
atheism, ethics, sexual harassment
It should go without saying
Yesterday Ophelia Benson and Richard Dawkins both published, on their respective blogs, a brief joint statement on how atheists should […]
morality, politics, psychology
Things you might not want to say about hot car deaths
I live in Wichita, Kansas. Kansas is a place of extreme temperatures– it can get bitterly cold in the winter, […]
contraception, feminism, politics
Sex without fear
“Consequence” is one of those words that has taken on a connotation of the negative, even though the denotation does […]