Not enough women have what it takes to behave like arrogant self-aggrandizing jerks.… Read the rest
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Brain-training games are just games 
Apr 20th, 2010 |
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They don’t improve general cognitive abilities.… Read the rest
Indonesia: court upholds blasphemy law
Apr 20th, 2010 |
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If Indonesia’s constitutional court had overturned the law, other religions would have been allowed to practice freely.… Read the rest
The religious lobby and women’s rights
Apr 20th, 2010 |
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Why would a modernising ‘New’ Labour, which claims to uphold the rights of women and minorities, seek to expand the religious sector?… Read the rest
Human rights discourse is the new secular religion
Apr 20th, 2010 |
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Anthony Julius is seriously confused.… Read the rest
Somalia: no music on the radio for you
Apr 19th, 2010 |
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Islamists told all stations to stop broadcasting music because it’s “unIslamic.” All but two submitted.… Read the rest
The male voice is what expertise comes to sound like
Apr 19th, 2010 3:27 pm | By Ophelia BensonNPR’s On the Media did a piece about the disproportionate number of men in the media, including NPR and On the Media. An NYU professor did a blog rant on the subject awhile ago, and On the Media brought him (yes, him, and they did the irony-check) to talk about the issue. He said women aren’t quick enough to say “Me me me me look at me I’m good me me me.”
… Read the restCLAY SHIRKY: I said it then, I believe it now. I think the concern for how other people think about you is one of the sources of essentially work paralysis among women.
One of the big skills that you need, and my institution does not do a
Media: where are all the women?
Apr 19th, 2010 |
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When women put themselves out there, the word “shrill” is applied to them. They are not called strong, they are called strident.… Read the rest
No you may not
Apr 19th, 2010 12:29 pm | By Ophelia BensonSo here it is again – Christian groups getting up in public and demanding the right to treat certain people badly.
… Read the restIn a case that pits nondiscrimination policies against freedom of religion, the Supreme Court is grappling with whether universities and colleges can deny official recognition to Christian student groups that refuse to let non-Christians and gays join…The Christian group said its constitutional freedoms of speech, religion and association were violated when it was denied recognition as a student group by the San Francisco-based school.
The group has made this argument at several universities around the nation with mixed results…
Hastings said it turned the Christian Legal Society down because all recognized campus groups, which are eligible for financing and
The Nerds Are on the March
Apr 19th, 2010 |
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Far from being depressed, the audience turned into a heaving mass of furious geeks. Be afraid, charlatans.… Read the rest
Christian Group Wants the Right to Exclude Gays
Apr 19th, 2010 |
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Group requires members to sign statement of faith; statement forbids “sexually immoral lifestyle”; gays are immoral. See?… Read the rest
Miami Selectively Censors Bus Ads
Apr 19th, 2010 |
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A ‘submission to God: Islam’ ad is fine; a ‘Refuge from Islam’ ad is taken down.… Read the rest
Iran: Mullah Says Women Cause Earthquakes
Apr 19th, 2010 |
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The slutty bitches make men think about sex, and that causes earthquakes.… Read the rest
Catholic Clerics Continue Blaming Everyone Else
Apr 19th, 2010 |
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It’s eroticism on TV and internet porn; it’s lecherous 13-year-olds who seduce poor helpless priests.… Read the rest
Keep commenting
Apr 18th, 2010 5:40 pm | By Ophelia BensonI think I may have accidentally deleted some authentic comments…accidentally by accident don’t you know. Don’t be discouraged if I dropped anything of yours, don’t go away, comment again. In particular I think there was one with “Indian philosophers” in the email address – which I unchecked so that it wouldn’t be deleted, but it was anyway. I wish it hadn’t been. Anyway, I’ll stop bumbling before too long. Though not today…I’m hungry…… Read the rest
Freedom From Religion Foundation celebrates
Apr 18th, 2010 |
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All presidents since 1952 have issued proclamations designating the National Day of Prayer each year.… Read the rest
Archbishops and idiocy
Apr 18th, 2010 |
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“Good terminal care can usually achieve adequate pain control.” That’s nice, but the issue is what to do when it can’t.… Read the rest
Eric MacDonald et al. debate ‘whose death is it?’
Apr 18th, 2010 |
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Also Sholom Glouberman, Jose Pereira, and Margaret Somerville.… Read the rest
Scholarly Standards in Feminist Science Studies
Apr 18th, 2010 | By Allen EstersonIn September 2009 I submitted an article to the feminist journal Women’s Studies International Forum, and in February 2010 I was informed that the journal had decided against publication. Nothing unusual in that, of course. No doubt the great majority of articles submitted to journals are rejected, for a multitude of reasons. But when I enquired why no reason had been given, the Editor-in-Chief replied that the paper had not been sent out for review as she did not feel that it had sufficient evidence in terms of references or citations to back up some of the claims that were made.
Now, whatever deficiencies there may have been in the article, insufficient citation was not one of them. In … Read the rest
Hello world
Apr 18th, 2010 9:11 am | By Ophelia BensonOkay, so here we are! New and shiny and exciting. Tell Josh what you think.… Read the rest
