Science isn’t Pink!
The heading from the EU commission website. I “overheard” a discussion on Twitter today about a video on a website run by the European Commission: Research & Innovation titled Science: It’s a girl...
View ArticleStereotype Threats and Women in Science
Image: University of Texas When I recently watched the video recording of the panel debate from the Women in Secularism conference (which I posted here), a comment Rebecca Watson made about how gender...
View Article“Male” and “Female” Sexuality
I’m reading an excellent book at the moment on the science of sex difference. The book is written by Rebecca Jordan-Young, and is titled “Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Difference”....
View ArticleGirl Scout Responses
Video responses to the Honest Girl Scouts bigoted campaign has been made. Here are a couple good ones: A former Girl Scout tells it like it is A transgender boy’s response Also, the original video...
View ArticleGuyliners and All Things Pink
A while back I was watching one of Tim Minchin’s videos on YouTube, and against better judgement ended up browsing the comments. One person commented on him wearing eyeliner – calling it “guyliner”....
View ArticleRiley’s Rant
This video became very popular just over a week ago. It is a short clip with a little girl called Riley having a rant about why girl’s toys are pink and why they have to buy princesses. Over on We Are...
View ArticleThe Riley Chronicles – Episode II
The last couple of days the skeptic-blogosphere I follow has been very concerned with the colour pink. It all started when Ben Radford from CFI (Center for Inquiry) wrote a piece for the new blog We...
View ArticleThe Real Cookie Monsters
It saddens me greatly whenever I see young people publicly promote bigotry and hatred. My hope for the future lies with a new generation of open-minded and educated people. Unfortunately groups like...
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