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
5d ago
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! I know this channel has basically turned into me documenting America’s inevitable descent into theocratic dictatorship and I know that this has been very depressing. Many of you have expressed a break, begging me to ..read more
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1w 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 went on the podcast House of Pod. The show is hosted by Dr. Kaveh Hoda, a gastroenterologist and good friend of mine, and the other guest was Robert TK of the Behind ..read more
Skepchick
1w ago
A common refrain from angry people online is that the media is refusing to cover a topic they care about. That may mean they think the topic is not being covered at all, that it IS covered but not often enough, or that it’s not being framed in the way they think it deserves. These ..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! Well, the Christian nationalists have finally done it: public schools in Louisiana will now be required to display the Ten Commandments despite the fact that this is blatantly unconstitutional. Fun! Last year, I celebrated the ..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! It’s no secret that when a state or a country restricts access to abortion, more women die. They die seeking unsafe illegal abortions, they die at the hands of abusive partners, and they die from ..read more
Skepchick
1M ago
Like all social media platforms right now, YouTube has a misinformation problem. There are anti-vaxxers, flat-earthers, election deniers–the gang’s all here! Personally, I don’t see a lot of it unless I seek it out, which I do when I’m not logged in, so I always thought the algorithm, and the humans at Google, did a ..read more
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1M ago
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! It’s June, and that means we have to talk about the gays. It’s not my rule, it’s the LAW. And yeah, I already talked about the Cass Report, but that video was serious and a ..read more
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1M ago
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! In the video I posted Tuesday about the “Lab Leak” hypothesis, I called out the US Congress for wasting time letting Marjorie Taylor Greene yell at Dr. Anthony Fauci instead of conducting an actual, helpful ..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! Well, it’s June, so I guess it’s once again time to talk about the lab leak hypothesis. If you haven’t seen my two previous videos on the topic, the first in June of 2021 and ..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! For several months now, many of you have contacted me here on YouTube or on Patreon to ask my thoughts about the “Cass Report,” the slang term for the “Independent Review of Gender Identity Services ..read more