by Carl Howard | May 28, 2014 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Feminism and LGBT, History, Medicine, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Philosophy
You’ve probably seen stuff about the Isla Vista shooting everywhere (I’ll have links to good resources at the bottom of the post). Still, I thought it was worth addressing whether or not Elliot Rodger had a mental illness or not. Here’s a Facebook post by Maddox that...
by Carl Howard | Apr 29, 2014 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Ethics, Evolution and Biology, Feminism and LGBT, Science and Skepticism
There have been some stories over the last few years of parents who are raising a “genderless” child. Of course, this always gets a severe case of moral panic and I have found even people who are usually a bit less prone to such stuff lose their shit a little. Two of...
by Carl Howard | Apr 9, 2014 | Atheism and Religion, Atrocities and Oppression, Charity and Philanthropy, Feminism and LGBT, History, Medicine, Resources, Food and Environment, Society
In 2010, John Scalzi wrote a pretty good post of the things that he doesn’t have to think about every day (that other people do). I wanted to try something similar but make it very detailed about a specific area. Food’s really yummy so why not food? Below is a list of...
by Carl Howard | Apr 3, 2014 | Atrocities and Oppression, Blog Topics, Feminism and LGBT, Race, Society
I’d like to discuss one of the most long-standing and ignored oppressions. It’s had a tremendously destructive influence over the centuries and it may just be one of the last taboos we have to overcome. This hidden killer — because it definitely kills — is when...
by Carl Howard | Mar 25, 2014 | Atrocities and Oppression, Blog Topics, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Race, Society
Shortly before I took a blogging hiatus, I wrote a post on the rape singularity. To illustrate it, I wanted to find an image from one of the SlutWalk protests. It was meant to illustrate a strong counterpoint to victim blaming in a way that I thought might be a bit...
by Carl Howard | Mar 18, 2014 | Atheism and Religion, Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Society
Fred Phelps is in a hospice and close to death [UPDATE: he has now died], having also been excommunicated from his own church, with the believing family not allowed contact with him. If you don’t know who about Phelps, he is the founder of the God Hates Fags church...
