Skepchick
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Skepchick was founded by Rebecca Watson in 2005 to discuss science and skepticism from a woman's perspective. Over the years, it's grown to be a home to dozens of writers who tackle those issues as well as progressive politics, feminism, and social justice.
Skepchick
22h ago
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! I have very serious, breaking news to report: US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has brainworms. Well, “had.” “Brainworm.” Singular. But I am NOT being sarcastic, for once: RFK, Jr. literally said that a ..read more
Skepchick
1w ago
I know that this channel is focused primarily on correcting egregious misinformation in the public eye, but it brings me no satisfaction to address today’s topic: turbo cancer. I’ve danced around it, addressing many similar anti-vaccine conspiracy theories that have cropped up in the years since the COVID vaccine first dropped, but I’ve stayed away ..read more
Skepchick
1w ago
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! As many of you know, I got my start in this business – the business of talking to you on YouTube – through psychics. When I was 17 I started working at a magic shop ..read more
Skepchick
1w ago
Good news and bad news, everyone: the good news is that anti-vaccine kook RFK, Jr. did NOT choose NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers as his running mate in his doomed presidential campaign. The bad news: people are still listening to what Aaron Rodgers has to say. The worse news: what Aaron Rodgers is saying is getting ..read more
Skepchick
2w ago
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! A few weeks ago, I talked about a study that refuted a key part of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel, and in the comments a lot of you recommended the podcast “If Books Could ..read more
Skepchick
3w ago
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Last year, I thought my best friend was dying. My dog Indy suddenly got clumsy, tripping over his own feet, having trouble jumping up on the sofa, and even as we were rushing to the ..read more
Skepchick
1M ago
Well, Richard Dawkins is in the news once again, and not for one of the normal fun reasons, like when he tweeted about dogs 69ing. No, he’s in the news because he went on tv and announced that he’s a “cultural Christian,” and that has for several reasons shocked people. For instance, this shocked some ..read more
Skepchick
1M ago
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Monday, Monday Monday! It’s the event of a lifetime, assuming you live in a specific band of North and Central America, you were born in the past few years and will die in the next ..read more
Skepchick
1M ago
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! I’ll be honest, everyone, I’ve really struggled with how to introduce today’s topic. I like to open these videos with a good framing for what I’m about to talk about, to give you some context ..read more
Skepchick
1M ago
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Way back in 2022 when leaks revealed that the Supreme Court was going to overturn Roe v. Wade, I said that they may try “to send us back to 1972, but the fact of the ..read more