Mark Simpson has a great article up at OUT about male sports stars strutting their loveliness for their adoring audiences, and guess what? They love it! They find it a source of power! How can that be? We all know that looking at someone’s body is teh heinous!!…
One of the most puzzling and annoying things about our gender system is the paradoxical way femininity is constructed as both deserving of special protection from society (read men) as if they were children and yet simultaneously so morally superior to masculinity that it entitles women to judge men on their performance of masculinity and their manners and behavior in general. …
In my last post, I looked at fallacious medical arguments in favor of routine neonatal circumcision. Careful examination of the facts and application of logic to the available information led to the conclusion that there is no medical excuse for the practice.…
Badger Pod Nerdcast 23: Smegheads! Join the badgers as we discuss Red Dwarf and HitchHiker’s Guide to the Galaxy on a nerdcast devoted to british humour in space! Host: Brian Martinez Participants: Rachel Edwards, Anna Cherry, Mike(DoctorRandomercam), Alison Tieman Date: February 2nd, 2015 Time: 5 PM Eastern BadgerPod Gamergate # 2: Gaming on the edge Join the badgers as we discuss...
The circumcision debate never seems to end. Once promoted as a cure for all manner of unrelated and often harmless conditions, it has repeatedly been proved unnecessary and damaging. Each time society appears prepared to abandon the practice, proponents seek out another excuse to continue it.…
Badger Pod Nerdcast 22: Sex IN SPACE!
Join the badgers as we discuss Serenity/Firefly, The Guardians of the Galaxy and Farscape.
Host: Brian Martinez
Participants: Rachel Edwards, Anna Cherry, Mike(DoctorRandomercam), Alison Tieman
Date: January 26th, 2015
Time: 5 PM Eastern
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In my first article, I introduced the Global Gender Gap. The Global Gender Gap is meant to represent how balanced a society is. Based on how it measured a variety of variables, I concluded that it measure Women’s Status in a society. It was quick to ignore any advancement women had and any instances of men being dominated by women.…
Badger Pod Nerdcast 21: Villains and Victims, 5th Edition Join the badgers as we discuss the invasion of table top gaming. Host: Brian Martinez Participants: Sour Grape, Rachel Edwards, Anna Cherry, Mike(DoctorRandomercam), Hannah Wallen Date: January 19th, 2015 Time: 5 PM Eastern Honey Badger Radio: The Sarkeesian Effect Deus Ex Machina: the ghost in the media Join the badgers as...
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University of Ottawa Hockey team file 6 million dollar lawsuit
The men’s hockey team of the University of Ottawa is now filing a class action lawsuit against the unversity after it’s suspension last year. The entire team was punished following allegations of sexual assault against two of their players.…
How social justice ruined the Legend of Korra
by Rachel Edwards
When I last spoke on this Nerdcast about Legend of Korra, I still had a great deal of praise for the show. Despite it’s many flaws I really believed in it, and I wanted the franchise to succeed.…
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