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Comment on For Instant Outrage, Just Add Sex by dr. dr. professor

That's true certainly, which is why we should legalize it.

12 apr 12

Comment on Skepchick Quickies 4.12 by azurite

I'm sorry, but could you point out to me, in the article, where it says Food Label Inspectors aren't going to be doing their job anymore, and that the whole thing will fall on Canadians...

12 apr 12

Comment on Au Naturel! by Luna

That is certainly true for acute illnesses. The problem is when doctors toss these symptom-killers at chonic illnesses like diabetes, depression, autoimmune diseases, etc without even bothering to di...

12 apr 12

Comment on Skepchick Quickies 4.12 by mrmisconception

This falls in line with the way many conservatives think; that only you, the citizen, are to be trusted with any important task and that the government is never to be trusted. These same conservative...

12 apr 12

Comment on For Instant Outrage, Just Add Sex by Reuben Kellen

It's easy to create an uproar over an issue as fraught and taboo as sex. It's far more difficult to examine the way in which workers in all industries are treated and work towards making al...

12 apr 12

Comment on You’re going to miss the hell out of me this summer by Madfishmonger

I'm glad they found it early. Fuck cancer indeed. Only fancy dressed-up taxidermied animals can truly express how shitty cancer is. Kick that cancer's ass. Sicne you're going to be eat...

12 apr 12

Comment on Skepchick Quickies 4.12 by Madfishmonger

There's a lot I don't understand about the food inspection labeling issue, but then again no one understands anythign Harper does anymore. I have an anaphylactic allergy to tree nuts, does ...

12 apr 12

Comment on For Instant Outrage, Just Add Sex by MrPopularSentimen t

@Camw – You're ignoring the broader context. Being a housewife isn't as simple as just folding laundry. It also carries the weight of hundreds of years of patriarchy behind it, and th...

12 apr 12

Comment on For Instant Outrage, Just Add Sex by absinthia

Legalizing it will make it safer, but not necessarily safe.  Heina's point is that many legal workplaces can still be dangerous, humiliating, and degrading.

12 apr 12

Comment on For Instant Outrage, Just Add Sex by MrPopularSentimen t

Why are we all assuming that sex workers are, by default, female? Or that sex work is, by default, "degrading to women"?  Bringing up that the average sex worker starts at 14 is just s...

12 apr 12

Comment on AI: Pretty Girls by Gordon Duffy

I tell my friend's little girl that she's pretty. And I tell her she's clever. And I tell her she's fun to be with. And I tell her she's strong. And I tell her she's a g...

28 mar 12

Comment on AI: Pretty Girls by KellyinJapanese

My mom (and others) told me I was pretty (still do).  Usually she said it when she was doing something that related to my looks, like brushing my hair or talking about clothes.  It was just...

28 mar 12

Comment on Science isn’t Science if It’s about Abortion by weatherwax

Thank you for posting this info.  I thought something seemed fishy, but was thinking it was some sort of "performance art" stunt.  Or maybe some mrm's trying to stir up ...

28 mar 12

Comment on AI: Pretty Girls by Artemisia

I generally try to avoid giving my children (daugher and son) compliments based on things that they haven't worked to acheive. So I don't call them pretty or smart. Because at the end of th...

28 mar 12

Comment on Science isn’t Science if It’s about Abortion by willradik

Women's reproductive health is a great science topic and a great skeptical topic, since there are plenty of highly-motivated cranks out there opposed to it.  "Secularprolife," huh...

28 mar 12

Comment on AI: Pretty Girls by k-rex

Also, there's an excellent short story by Ted Chiang called "Liking What You See: A Documentary" that has a lot to say on this subject, for anyone who cares. You can read it here: ...

28 mar 12

Comment on AI: Pretty Girls by k-rex

I know I'm late to the game and this is a sort of unpopular opinion, but I vote for not emphasizing prettiness, and focusing on good character qualities and intelligence. I grew up with parents ...

28 mar 12

Comment on MAL’S OWN VICTOR AT THE REASON RALLY (cross post from Mad Art Lab) by Kammy

That was amazing and inspiring and it made me feel all "fuckyeah!!!" and I'm crying, too. Thank you, Victor, for your words and your heart. *mwah*

28 mar 12

Comment on AI: Pretty Girls by violets

I definitely think that boys feel pressure as far as looks go – especially when it comes to things like height and physical fitness. But I do think the problem is exacerbated when it comes to g...

28 mar 12

Comment on AI: Pretty Girls by tedsdead

Compliment her as you would compliment any adult you know regardless of gender.  If she looks like she took time with her appearance, notice.  If you like what she did to her hair, nothing ...

28 mar 12

Comment on Reasonable Divisions? CFI Vancouver Cancels Women’s Skepticism Group by gregladen

Funny that it is “RW”… … Anyway, this is pretty much what one should expect. The “skeptics community” in the form of CFI and similar groups is trying very hard to ...

19 nov 11

Comment on Reasonable Divisions? CFI Vancouver Cancels Women’s Skepticism Group by robt

Natalie, I think you provided a very careful analysis. One angle which might have also been worth injecting is the “Charitable Organization” status of CFI. Under Canadian tax law, chariti...

19 nov 11

Comment on Skepchick Quickies 11.17 by mrmisconception

AWWW! I didn’t get a chance to call him a fuckwit again and have him whine about it for a week.

19 nov 11

Comment on Skepchick Quickies 11.18 by Improbable Joe

Its a fair criticism, I guess. I know his stuff comes off that way. I think that he goes about what he does with a very insular attitude, assuming that everyone knows what he means because they know ...

19 nov 11

Comment on Skepchick Quickies 11.18 by Improbable Joe

I always think it is weird when people get into it with me and carry it with them… maybe because I’m shallow, maybe because I’ve been arguing online since 1992, or maybe just becaus...

19 nov 11

Comment on Skepchick Quickies 11.18 by Natalie

P.P.S. But since it’s subjective, I can’t unilaterally say something like “Kevin Smith is a transphobe!”. All I can say is a dislike him, and I find his work to be problematic...

19 nov 11

Comment on Skepchick Quickies 11.18 by Natalie

P.S. I hate to say it, but I *really* hate Kevin Smith. I think his “offensive” comedy, unlike Louis C.K.’s, just comes across as crass, insensitive, immature, sophomoric, and demon...

19 nov 11

Comment on Skepchick Quickies 11.18 by Improbable Joe

I think you’re 1000% right. Maybe 5000% even. I’m even going to leave of the “you’re right, but…” part, because I agree with you so much.

19 nov 11

Comment on Skepchick Quickies 11.18 by Improbable Joe

If you like those, you should listen to Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, which is a huge behind-the-scenes look at the funny.

19 nov 11

Comment on Skepchick Quickies 11.18 by Natalie

I think one of the disagreements I have with people fairly regularly, regarding intent, involves the fact that I don’t see intent as having a privileged position in the overall equation of mean...

19 nov 11

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