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| + | In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of some phony gods blessing, but because I am enlightened, by my own intelligence. |
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| − | '''Atheism and skepticism''' are two overlapping geek communities, with many prominent writers identifying with both communities, overlapping conferences and similar. |
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| − | The '''atheist''' position denies the existence of the supernatural and of gods. The '''skeptical''' position holds that beliefs should be well-supported by the evidence. In the geek community form skepticism usually involves a high respect for rigourous scientific inquiry and evidence and a low respect for other origins of beliefs. It is possible to hold one position but not the other, and both positions can be held as private belief systems, but this article deals largely with the geek communities that are organised around and activists for these principles. |
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| − | The visible atheism and skepticism communities have [[Minority women environment|low numerical representation]] of women. |
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| − | Misc reading, to be sorted/contextualised: |
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| − | * http://geekfeminism.org/tag/atheism/ |
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| − | * May 2012: [http://www.womeninsecularism.org/ Women in Secularism] conference |
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| − | * [[Boobquake]] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boobquake Wikipedia]) |
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| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheist_feminism Wikipedia: Atheist feminism] |
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| − | * [http://freethoughtblogs.com/nataliereed/2012/08/10/all-in/ Natalie Reed's post about quitting the atheism movement] |
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| − | ==[[Intersectionality]]== |
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| − | * [http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2009/09/race-sex-atheism.html Getting It Right Early: Why Atheists Need to Act Now on Gender and Race] by Greta Christina |
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| − | * [http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2009/09/race-sex-atheism-2.html Race, Gender, and Atheism, Part 2: What We Need To Do -- And Why] by Greta Christina |
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| − | * [http://www.daylightatheism.org/2009/09/atheism-race-and-gender.html Atheism, race and gender] by Daylight Atheism |
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| − | * [http://freethoughtblogs.com/nataliereed/2012/08/10/all-in All In] by Natalie Reed: "It gradually became clear that ''our'' values were what were incidental, not the problematic elements I thought could be minimized to help the movement become the positive force I saw it as having the potential to become. Most people just wanted to get together to make fun of astrology and stuff." |
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| − | ==Prominent women== |
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| − | * [[Rebecca Watson]] ([http://skepchick.org/ blog]) |
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| − | * [http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/11/03/where-are-all-the-atheist-women-right-here/ Where are all the atheist women? Right here] |
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| − | ==Incidents== |
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| − | * [[Incident at World Atheist Convention]] (known as 'Elevatorgate') |
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| − | * [[Treatment of 15 year old girl at rAtheism]] |
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| − | * [[2012 atheist and skeptic harassment policies campaign]] |
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| − | * [[Skeptic harassment revelations 2013]] |
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| − | ==Cons that have adopted anti-harassment policies== |
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| − | * [[Conference anti-harassment/Reading#Atheism/skepticism]] |
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Revision as of 17:04, 7 September 2013
In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of some phony gods blessing, but because I am enlightened, by my own intelligence.