Recent Blog Posts
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Rambling diatribe about atheism, politics, and the word “secular”
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 atheist activism means pissing off religious people, and if you haven’t succeeded in that then you’re doing it wrong. But apparently he’s now trying to get along with religious people,…
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Tropey criticisms of Tropes vs. Women
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 to Ashley Paramore aka healthyaddict on Youtube regarding her criticisms of Anita Sarkeesian’s video series Tropes vs. Women (sexism in video games, yanno). Ashley’s video here; mine here: Edited to…
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Repost: Equality worth working for
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. The true meaning, mind you– not merely what is reflected in the law, but in how…
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Further adventures in learning to draw using layers — Blackbeard
Blackbeard is based on this image, apparently an entrant in a contest to be a card in Brain Vessel’s Kickstarter project to make a deck of Seven Seas Playing Cards. I saw it on Justin Robert Young’s Facebook page and had to draw it.
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Prude vs. Feminist: A field guide
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 have, though, quite frequently seen the two confused. And I decided that “sex positive” and “sex negative” don’t do enough to describe the difference between them, so thought it would…
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Common Ground
In formal logic, a premise is a plank of an argument. If your premises are true and the form of your argument is valid, then your argument is sound. 1. All men are mortal.2. Socrates is a man.3. Therefore, Socrates is mortal. If you’re trying to persuade someone of your conclusion (“Socrates is mortal”), you’re…