What feminists make noise about
In reply to my previous post, “Jokuvaan” made the following comment: What you are missing here is the current double standard of european mainstream feminists… Read More »What feminists make noise about
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. Ann Taves was president of… Read More »Aping Morality: video
Sam Harris on a NDE as drug trip
I wrote this week about Eben Alexander’s account of his must-be-true experience with the afterlife, which made the cover story in Newsweek. Now I see Sam… Read More »Sam Harris on a NDE as drug trip
Tripping a little more
A few more thoughts on Eben Alexander’s near-death experience: PZ Myers describes the story in a post called Newsweek panders to the deluded again, which isn’t… Read More »Tripping a little more
Belaboring the obvious
Just a follow-up thought on my last post– you know, even if everyone’s personality matched their appearance exactly, and all beautiful people were good and… Read More »Belaboring the obvious
Thanks for the confirmation
So you may remember a couple of weeks ago when I wrote about a particularly ridiculous blog post which claimed that the popularity of the… Read More »Thanks for the confirmation
Defenders of male imagery in gaming strike back
So, some of the people who took exception (let’s call it that) to Anita Sarkeesian’s “Tropes vs. Women” Kickstarter project— which has now been officially… Read More »Defenders of male imagery in gaming strike back
Sexist trolls, meet Streisand Effect
Not the kind of video game trollI’m talking about It’s now nearly the end of the funding period for Anita Sarkeesian’s Kickstarter project “Tropes vs.… Read More »Sexist trolls, meet Streisand Effect
The last I hope to say on this is…
…That you really should go read Ken at Popehat’s entire commentary on the discourse regarding Limbaugh/Fluke. I have nothing to add, and couldn’t agree more.
Why no women? Well…
Byron York at the Washington Examiner reports that Sandra Fluke’s testimony for the Democratic Steering Committee and the necessity for having it was a bit…manufactured.… Read More »Why no women? Well…