Because I’m not Christian, people frequently ask me about topics within spirituality and religion. I answer their questions on Facebook and Twitter, but those are limiting in their scope. Also, because of my personal perspective, my approach to spirituality and to religion is different than other people’s. I have several questions people have asked me […]
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NEWS: Morning After Pill Officially Approved for Girls Under 16 in the UK
Great Britain has good news and bad news for teenage girls who might desperately need the morning-after pill. GOOD NEWS: Girls under 16 can get the morning-after pill in the UK. BAD NEWS: The girl will first be interrogated by the pharmacist before being able to purchase it. The pharmacist gets to choose whether or […]
OpEd: Rape Culture: “Game of Thrones” and Violence Against Women
The last two minutes of Sunday’s “Game of Thrones” finale sent the internet into a frenzy as Jon Snow succumbed to an “Et tu, Brute`” ending. And yet, no one is talking about the beatings of the women in the finale, Cersei’s solo walk of shame, or the systematic abuse and rape of women throughout […]
NEWS: Wall Street Journal Editor Blames Intoxicated Sexual Assault Victims for Getting Raped
Today, the endemic rape-culture of the United States is front and center again, only this time, it’s not Rush Limbaugh shaming women and victims of sexual assault or GOP gyneticians re-inventing women’s physiology — it’s an editor for the Wall Street Journal. In today’s WSJ article, “Drunkenness and Double Standards: A balanced look at college […]
OpEd: My “Steubenville” Experience – The Night I Don’t Remember
I awoke last Sunday, dreading checking my Twitter because I anticipated a plethora of “Happy St. Patrick’s Day” tweets, and I wasn’t in the mood to explain (again) the lies of the Patrick myth as invented by the Catholic Church. But check Twitter I did, and the tweets that caught my attention revolved around the […]
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