I share a lot of links on Twitter and Facebook that I don’t blog about because I don’t have much to add. The reading list is a periodic feature where I share those links with my blog audience too. Of course, you’re still welcome to follow me on Twitter.
Around FtB
- Are you visiting colleges? Here are some questions you should ask–“You’ve got some power. Universities may be courting you, because they want your tuition dollars, or they see you have some skills that would bring honor to the school. Use your clout. Ask questions.”
- On Bodily Autonomy–“I doubt I need to put this in context.”
- Post the whole sentence, cheaters–“Of course we acknowledge it. A human embryo is of the human species. The issue is not that it’s not human and the issue is not that it’s not alive.”
- Massimo Pigliucci, Abortion, and the Scope of Tradition–“Dear Massimo Pigliucci: You seriously think abortion has nothing to do with atheism?”
- I Lost My Best Friend to Abortion – I Can Stand to Lose the Atheist Orgs–“We’d survived about everything together. We made it through the years of horrible clingy-ness and self-esteem issues brought on by a lifetime in a church that told him he was worthless.”
- A Secular Argument for Transphobia–“My previous post, Green, which I presented without comment, was actually a piece of creative nonfiction. It was about my family’s response to my transition: taking advantage of my disability to isolate me.”
- Masimo Pigliucci – Abortion ethics without the experiences of real life is just inadequate–“I thought the debate was over. Pro-Choice vs. Pro-Life? We sit and debate ethics in the ivory tower when we should base our ethics on real world outcomes.”
- “Rape is caused not by cultural factors”–“Nobody blames rape culture in the sense of thinking rape culture does the raping.”
- Exposed to 18 years of prevention messages–“They’ve been exposed to no repeated messages that pull the other way?”
The Wider Web
- The Legend of Bug Girl–“It was a foggy evening in May. The air seemed thick and still. Gwen stood silently on the porch.”
- Lake Superior North Shore 2013 Outtakes–“Anyway…”
- Beyond Funny–“Of course, more than one person pointed me towards The Onion’s video, “Leading Cause of Death in the US is God Needing Another Angel,” this week.”
- Family planning program in Senegal drawn into conflict with religious leaders–“From the corner of his family’s bustling courtyard, El Hadji Fally Diallo looked out approvingly at his large extended family.”
- Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism And Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit–“The exit of engineer Julie Ann Horvath from programming network GitHub has sparked yet another conversation concerning women in technology and startups.”
- Rending the Tent: A Statement from the Secular Woman Community–“The Secular Woman Board of Directors and larger community hold a woman’s bodily autonomy to be out of bounds for debate, negotiation, or compromise.”
- Messaging is important. Women are furious. Stop being blockheads.–“No, the controversy hasn’t gone away.”
- The Surprisingly Large Cost of Telling Small Lies–“I expected the standard ‘never give up’ or some other T-shirt slogan, but what he said took me by surprise. ‘The secret to success in business and in life is to never, ever, ever tell a lie,’ he said.”
- A Thing That Lives on Tears: Goodness and Clarice Starling–“He knew he was making her a sacrificial animal; the second he saw her, Hannibal Lecter knew it, too—the hidden language of powerful men who understand each other.”
- Procrastination, Failure, and Me–“This is not an inspirational post.”
- Being White in Philly St. Patrick’s Day Weekend–“As I continued to make my way down the shit show covered in shamrocks, I asked myself, what if all these people outside were black?”
- Not a Saint: How I Bought Con Man Kevin Trudeau’s Belongings–“Kevin Trudeau doesn’t have very good taste. I know because I just got back from his house in Ojai, California.”