THIS BLOG HAS MOVED! As of this writing, I am no longer blogging at this address. This blog has moved to the Freethought Blogs network. My new blog is now at: Greta Christina's Blog The archives...
I have gone to the dark side, and am now on Twitter! If you want to know the things that are on my mind that can be compressed into 140 characters, come follow me! I'm @GretaChristina. Atheist f...
The phenomenon of women who have sex for its own sake seems to baffle many people. Its widely believed that women have sex for love, commitment, poor self-control, to manipulate men, to please men, t...
As regular readers already know, this blog is going to be migrating. Im going to be part of the new Freethought Blogs network, started by Ed Brayton at Dispatches from the Culture Wars and PZ Myers a...
This piece was originally published on AlterNet. In a society that reflexively copes with death by using religion, grieving atheists are turning to each other. How do you deal with death -- your own,...
Im going to be moving my blog to the Freethought Blogs network soon, and I need a banner! Any designers out there want to help? Ill send you copies of all four of my books if I use your design! Specs...
And here it is, as promised -- video of me singing karaoke. Jesus fictional Christ. As some of you may remember, a few months ago a bunch of atheist bloggers did a fundraising competition for Camp Qu...
Yall know about the It Gets Better project, right? Where people make YouTube videos telling gay teenagers that life gets better after high school, and that living as a gay person can be okay... and i...
Are you a podcast fan? If so, check out my latest interview! I was recently interviewed for the "Ask an Atheist" radio show, and the program is now available in podcast form. The main topic o...
In a society that reflexively copes with death by using religion, grieving atheists are turning to each other. How do you deal with death -- your own, or that of people you love -- when you don'...
I feel like the scales have been lifted from my eyes. I was blind, but now I see. For most of the time Ive been going to conferences, Ive been avoiding conference reports as tedious drudgery... but n...
"But religion is useful. It makes people happy. It comforts people in hard times. It makes people better-behaved. And losing religious faith can be traumatic. So what difference does it make if i...
Hi, all! I have two pieces of kind of monumental news, Im ridiculously excited about both of them, and I wanted to let yall know. Piece of News #1: Do you all know about the Reason Rally? The atheist...
I typically havent been good about the whole "conference report" thing. It always seemed like an overwhelming task -- trying to sum up the essence of an entire multi-day conference in a succi...
Just a quick reminder: I have some nifty and exciting speaking gigs coming up in Seattle and Omaha, and I hope yall can come by and say hi! Im going to be speaking at the Seattle Atheists on Saturday...
I gave a brand new talk at the Secular Student Alliance conference last weekend, one I'd never given before: "Resistance Is Not Futile: Why Arguing About Religion Is Not A Waste of Time.&qu...
This piece was originally published on the Blowfish Blog. I never reprinted it here, since the piece was topical and time-sensitive. But the Blowfish Blog archives are apparently no longer on the Int...
I have some nifty and exciting speaking gigs coming up, and I hope yall can come by and say hi! Im speaking at the Secular Student Alliance Annual Conference this week -- along with PZ Myers, Jamila ...
Thanks for your patience during my blog break! I was at The Amazing Meeting last week: speaking on the diversity panel, schmoozing networking, talking deep-level strategy, drinking, giving interviews...
This piece was originally published on AlterNet. Do atheists really misunderstand religion? I read the recent piece in Tikkun by Be Scofield, "5 Myths Atheists Believe about Religion" (reprin...
In all the kerfuffle, I neglected to mention: I'm at TAM, and will be staying in Vegas for a couple of extra days after it's over. Plus I'm having to spend rather more time than usual ...
I know. Were all sick of talking about it. Im sick of talking about it; youre sick of talking about it. And not just this latest blow-up, either, the one thats been dubbed "Elevatorgate." All...
Do atheists misunderstand religion? Or do believers still misunderstand atheists? Do atheists really misunderstand religion? I read the recent piece in Tikkun by Be Scofield, "5 Myths Atheists B...
This piece was originally published on AlterNet. "The Ledge" is available now through On Demand and through online streaming from SundanceNow. It opens in theaters in New York and Los Angeles...
Forgot to mention: I'm on a family vacation, with limited time to blog, and also with an intense desire to actually take something that resembles a break. So I won't be blogging much this w...
Carl Sagan told me when I was young We are all made of stars And Darwin said all lifes descended from Ancient common ancestors... * Dont get me wrong. I like Lady Gaga. I respect Lady Gaga. Im even r...
How can atheists be civil and friendly with religious believers -- particularly believers who are actively representing their beliefs -- while maintaining our integrity about our atheism? Last Sunday...
"For just a dollar a day, you can help guarantee these students spiritual emptiness for years to come." Hi-larious -- excuse me, heartbreaking, poignant, deeply touching -- video from the Sec...
This piece was originally published on AlterNet. The cultural ideal of masculinity isnt just narrow and rigid -- its literally unattainable. What can men do about it? If youre familiar with feminism ...
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