Category: Events
Investing in the Future
The Secular Student Alliance and Camp Quest, two great organizations that hopefully you’re familiar with, have both been nominated for the Chase Community Giving program. Each organization has the potential to win up to $250,000, and this will best be achieved with your involvement. How it Works You have two votes, and they must be [...]
I’m Late, I’m Late, For My Graduation Date!
Religion contains the biggest collection of superstitions in existence. People jump out of the way of a cute black kitty, someone’s out there vengefully pricking a voodoo doll, or a self-proclaimed prophet is about to declare the date of the latest doomsday. I have realized recently how far people are willing to go to avoid [...]
Arbitrary Celebration
In thirteen months of blogging, I’ve hit an anniversary: 100 blog posts. Eighty-two of these are my own posts, and the rest are from my four fabulous contributors: Bridget Gaudette, Zach Lorentz, Homer Carroll, and Hypochristi! Congrats to Zach for posting the official 100th! These 100 posts contain, on average, 522 words each and have [...]
Pushing the Confidence Button
Do you have a hobby? I’ve the supplies, equipment, and skill still for one, but what I didn’t have when I started it was confidence. That’s changed, mostly. In 2009, I started making rings out of old buttons. My Mom and a few friends contributed to what’s now a stockpile of around a thousand unique [...]
Are You a Secular Woman?
Introducing Secular Woman, Inc., the first national membership organization dedicated exclusively to advancing the interests of non-religious women. Their mission is to amplify the voice, presence, and influence of non-religious women. For more information, please visit the website at http://SecularWoman.org and click on “Press” to see the official Press Release. Like them on Facebook and [...]
Altruism in Action
Short post, exciting news! With the generosity and support from so many people, including a match of $10/necklace from @Data_Jack, Skepchick’s ‘Surly Amy’ beat last year’s record and raised enough money with her Surly Women Grants to send EIGHTEEN women to TAM2012! Among the recipients are Sheree Ko, Tawnya Mendosa, Taylor Proctor, Sarah Moglia, Kathryn [...]
Venus in Transit
There are some things worth sitting without air-conditioning in Houston traffic for. Viewing the last opportunity in my lifetime to view the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun is one such event, and it happened yesterday! Phil Plait, @BadAstronomer, requested and received pictures from all over Earth and I highly recommend checking [...]
Secular Women on Twitter
This post is in honour of all the great women attending and watching the Center For Inquiry‘s Women in Secularism Conference from afar. (#WISCFI). If the following women aren’t on your twitter feed, put them there now: @schemaly @MaryamNamazie @SecularlyYours @AnaKasparian @JuliaSweeney @HugAnAtheist @mandy0904 @JentheHumanist @IDoubtIt @ErickaMJohnson @donovanable @MelodyHensley @BridgetGaudette @healthyaddict @SunsaraTaylor @SurlyAmy @jennifurret @Shannon10Marie [...]
Science. Skepticism. Women!
James Randi’s (JREF) annual conference, The Amazing Meeting! (TAM), is in June! Once again, Skepchick blogger (and more) ‘Surly Amy‘ is selling special edition necklaces to raise funds for ‘Surly Women Grants‘. By purchasing a necklace, you will help get (several) women TAM tickets! Read the article and make a difference by making a purchase/donation [...]
Angry Atheist
Reap Paden, the AngryAtheist, interviewed me last week for his podcast. We had a great chat about activism and more! Tune in, and be sure to subscribe to TheAngryAtheist, if you enjoy the show. For quick viewing, and my personal records, I’ve added the file to YouTube. If you view it here, be sure to [...]
