Feminism pop quiz

Someone I’m following on Twitter, @quietriot_girl, recently put out a call for any interested men to discuss feminism. I volunteered, and she sent the following list of questions, to which I’ve attached my answers here. 1. Do you consider yourself to be a feminist? If so, why? If not, why not? Yep. People have many [...]

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Blasphemy for nice people

I’m still going back over a few recent news stories, highlighting and commenting on stuff that happened while I was feeling too lazy to blog about it at the time. The latest example is a couple of things the Friendly Atheist brought to my attention. Firstly, a report on Blasphemy Day, which I’m hoping to [...]

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I have made no effort to check the accuracy of this blog

First, a quick reminder: I’m hosting the next Carnival of the Godless blog carnival on 1st August. If you’ve got a blog post you’d like featured, submit it here before the end of the month – or tweet at me, comment here, or email cubiksrube @t hotmail d0t co d0t uk. Any efforts to spread [...]

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Burq, Burqa, Burqest

First of all, let’s not ban the burqa. David Mitchell wrote an excellent piece for the Guardian recently, on the subject of the illiberality of the recent French parliamentary decision to ban the traditional Islamic face veil in public. I agree with just about every word he writes, and even flatter myself that he even [...]

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The wheels on the bus go NOWHERE NEAR THE ABORTION CLINIC

Well, I hadn’t rolled my eyes and despaired of humanity in, ooh, hours, so I suppose I should be grateful this story came along when it did. What happened was, someone got on a bus in Texas, wanting to go to a Planned Parenthood office. Apparently the Capital Area Rural Transportation System does “some door-to-door [...]

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Still A Lie

Just a quick link today, shared earlier by my brother: Intelligent Design Is Still A Lie. GLaDOS meets Ben Stein and some dodgy auto-tuning. Watch. Chuckle. Go to bed. (That’s my schedule, anyway. You may adapt it as you see fit.)

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Skepticulosity revisited

First, a quick reminder: I’m hosting the next Carnival of the Godless blog carnival on 1st August. If you’ve got a blog post you’d like featured, submit it here before the end of the month – or tweet at me, comment here, or email cubiksrube @t hotmail d0t co d0t uk. So far there’s precisely [...]

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Inception (with spoilers below the cut)

So I saw the new Christopher Nolan film Inception yesterday. Here’s the spoiler-free part of the review first: This is a seriously impressive film, and you should go see it. It’s thoughtful, it’s visually stunning, it’s challenging without being obtuse and inaccessible… You’re almost guaranteed to get something out of it, and even if there [...]

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Carnivals aplenty

The latest Humanist Symposium is up, which compiles some great posts, plus me. The latest Carnival of the Godless, likewise. And on the subject of godless carnivals, I’m hosting the next one of those. So, anytime between now and the end of the month, if you have an irreligiously themed blogpost you’d like to be [...]

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Penn & Teller

I realised, sitting in the fourth row of the Hammersmith Apollo on Friday night, that I’m basically the ideal Penn & Teller audience member. I’m predisposed to like them and enjoy their company a great deal, which helps, but that’s not what I’m getting at. I mean in my approach to watching the magic they [...]

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