What (I think) #TrustWomen means
Five years ago today, Dr. George Tiller was murdered. In my family’s church in Wichita, the church we’d been members of since…’92? Something like that.… Read More »What (I think) #TrustWomen means
Five years ago today, Dr. George Tiller was murdered. In my family’s church in Wichita, the church we’d been members of since…’92? Something like that.… Read More »What (I think) #TrustWomen means
Or, why good storytelling requires good representation: When the story doesn’t contain the “why,” the audience looks to the author. Let me back up. Writers… Read More »Why #WeNeedDiverseBooks
Saw this in my email newsletter from Think Geek this morning, and…I had thoughts: Main thought: This is creepy The thing that creeped me out… Read More »How to be the creepiest nerd at the beach
I don’t know American Atheists president David Silverman, but he strikes me as kind of a brash guy. The kind of person who thinks that… Read More »Rambling diatribe about atheism, politics, and the word “secular”
I am a blogger but not a vlogger, and the video below might be a good reason why. I decided to make a video reply… Read More »Tropey criticisms of Tropes vs. Women
Obligatory disclaimer: This is a comic. It includes generalizations. Obviously there is significant variation among both prudes and feminists, and occasionally overlap between them. I… Read More »Prude vs. Feminist: A field guide
Last night I made the worst decision ever about what to read right before bed: an article in the Guardian entitled The rape of men,… Read More »Feminism and male rape
Pictured: Nerd revenge First, a disclaimer: I’ve not seen a single episode of Big Bang Theory. I did, however, read an article about it entitled… Read More »The Revenge of the Nerds trope
The cocktail waitresses of Star Trek (2009) So I was watching the 2009 film Star Trek, which annoyingly has no subtitle. No Nemesis, no Insurrection,… Read More »Canon fodder
Katelyn Campbell Recently in West Virginia, a teenager objected to a particularly obviously problematic form of abstinence-only education. Wait, let me rephrase that– “Lying, slut-shaming diatribe”… Read More »The miseducation of Katelyn Campbell