Jezebel and Lindy West fail at social justice

Writing for Jezebel.com, Lindy West mocked Caucasian Jeopardy contestants adding nothing to what could have been a productive discussion. Lindy West, author at Jezebel.com, recently wrote a piece titled “Last Night On Jeopardy No One Wanted to Answer Qs About Black History” [see here without giving Jezebel pageviews]. This piece ridicules “all-white” Jeopardy contestants, as […]

When feminism is incompatible with skepticism

Some feminists within the ‘atheist community’ continue to claim that their particular approaches cohere with skepticism, but words betray their claims. Julia Burke, writing for the organization Secular Woman, dubs 2013 as The Year of Speaking Out, a “remarkable year saw an unprecedented level of public conversation about harassment, inclusion, intersectionality, and what it means […]