by Carl Howard | Feb 13, 2016 | Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, History, Resources, Food and Environment, Society
Some people celebrate Valentine’s day and some do not. Both categories of people though tend to talk about Their OpinionTM of the day. Every year, you will probably be able to find statements from both sides of this “debate” that are assholish, whether in meatspace or...
by Carl Howard | Feb 9, 2016 | Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Philosophy
So the Ethics Centre in conjunction with IQ2 have an upcoming debate called Sex, Gender & Indentity (Title TBC) which will be about transgender “””issues”””. Uh oh. Will it be a giant case of false balance that seeks to give a platform to TERF hate as a just...
by Carl Howard | Jan 19, 2016 | Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Race
[CN: Body hate inc slurs] You might have seen media coverage this week about the following tweet, and reactions to it. walmart underwear vibes pic.twitter.com/wo66OQGIdo — yasmin was here (@iranikanjari) December 24, 2015 When @iranikanjari (Suraia) posted the above...
by Carl Howard | Jan 12, 2016 | Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, History
I’m not a David Bowie fan but now that he’s died I’ve become even more aware of the profound effect he’s had on the world. Many people are grieving (some more than they expected to!); if that’s you I’m sorry for your loss. Hopefully, you’ll have also seen something in...
by Carl Howard | Jan 6, 2016 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Charity and Philanthropy, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Medicine, Race, Resources, Food and Environment
[CN: All the things] Dear noodly overlord, I know that 2016 has already started but you’re as generous as the FSMas season is long. I know that if you look at it from one way there’s never been a better time to be alive. Last year was the first year child mortality...
by Carl Howard | Dec 1, 2015 | Ethics
Years ago the place I worked would send out EDMs for Father’s/Mother’s Day to a database had around 40,000 users, who would get a message like “treat your father to XYZ this Father’s Day”. What do you think happened? We’d always get a few replies like “my father just...
