Fatism and Going to Extremes
Discrimination against fat people is a problem. People who are overweight are often judged to be less competent, less intelligent, and more lazy–not to mention less attractive–than people who are of a...
View ArticleDifficult ≠ Impossible
I’m going to come out of my cave and write about something that pisses me off. (OK, so I could start any blog post this way, but whatever.) Here’s something that I consider one of the most glaring...
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Limbaugh Really Should Educate Himself About Birth Control
Up until this week, those of us with a shred of optimism and/or naivete could have pretended that the difference between liberals’ and conservatives’ perspectives on birth control were due to something...
View ArticleA Handy List of Ludicrous Anti-Abortion Legislation
For your reference. I’ll try to update this as needed. Read the linked articles for more information about these bills and why they are so harmful. Oklahoma State Bill 1433–defines a fertilized egg as...
View ArticleThe Pressing Issue of Sham Gay Marriages
This, sadly, is not an April Fools’ joke. (Gotcha with that last one, though, right??) Sue Everhart, chairwoman of the Georgia Republican Party, on same-sex marriage: You may be as straight as an...
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Viewing History Skeptically, Part 2: Beauty
One of the first things one learns in a college-level history or sociology course is that the ways we define and think about various human attributes and qualities—sexual orientation, mental illness,...
View ArticleSelf-Diagnosis and Its Discontents
There’s a certain scorn reserved for people who diagnose themselves with mental illnesses–people who, based on their own research or prior knowledge, decide that there’s a decent chance they have a...
View ArticleHelp Stop Ohio’s Terrible New Anti-Abortion Bill
[Content note: abortion] Note: If you already know all about Ohio’s terrible new anti-abortion bill, scroll all the way to the end to find out how to try to stop it. If not, read on. Last Tuesday...
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The Context of the Thing
[Content note: sexual harassment/assault, victim blaming, racism, police brutality, homophobia, fat shaming] Many debates in the realm of social justice and politics are debates about context. In what...
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Secular Students Week Guest Post: Tim Kolanko
Continuing Secular Students Week, I’ve got a guest post from Tim Kolanko, a student activist who was able to use the SSA’s support to bring a speaker to raise awareness of intersex issues and medical...
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