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Sexism and Transphobia in Doctor Who
I love Doctor Who (the show. I have mixed feelings about the character). I think it’s an excellent show, particularly New Who. We all love Doctor Who. I look ridiculously forward to new episodes. At...
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Unskeptical Monogamy: “Monogamy is Natural”
Some time ago, I wrote a post about Skeptical Monogamy. My goal there was to go over a bunch of the reasons why I think monogamy is justified. There are other reasons, though, that are unjustified and...
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The Physical Touch Spectrum
Ace, at The Thinking Asexual has a great post up discussing a concept which Ace calls “the physical touch escalator” The physical touch escalator is based on the premise that each form or level of...
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Descriptive Norms, or Why Your Beliefs Affect Me
Scientific American has an article up discussing the difference between descriptive norms and prescriptive norms. The gist is that descriptive norms describe how things are and prescriptive norms...
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The Other Reason Why Your Beliefs Affect Me
Earlier this week, I wrote a post regarding some of the reasons why even “harmless” religious beliefs affect nonbelievers. The basic idea was because being an atheist is considered weird and being...
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Faith, not Religion, is the Problem
Have you seen this video? It’s a poem called “Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus.” It points out a lot of the hypocrisy that pervades organized Christianity and concludes that faith in Christ is the...
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Can We Please Stop Using “Mens Rights Activist” as an Insult?
So, stop me if you’ve heard this one. Someone (usually a woman) makes a Facebook update, blog post, or forum comment discussing an idea which has something to do with feminism. Next, some Privileged...
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The Fat Kid, 1994-2013
When I was in 5th grade, I found out that I was fat. I was cast to play Santa Clause in the school Christmas play, Some kid, I don’t remember who, said something to the effect of “heh, you won’t even...
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Free Speech and the Value of Social Punishment
So, this happened the other day: The first part was a question by me. The second part was the other guy’s answer. It was part of a discussion about the value of boycotting Barilla pasta. Other Guy was...
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Relationship Anarchy and The Spectrum of Relationship Control
For most people, having a sexual/romantic relationship with a person means exercising some kind of control over that person. Traditional couples vary in the amount and types of control they exercise...
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Brighter Than Today
Yesterday was the winter solstice. While the solstice has significance in many religions, it has always been a powerful secular symbol to me. The solstice is literally the darkest day of the year....
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Relationship Anarchy and a Culture of Consent
Over the past few months, I’ve become much more comfortable identifying as a relationship anarchist. For those who missed my last post on the topic, relationship anarchy is a relationship style that...
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The Physical Touch Spectrum
Editorial Note: This post was written by Wes Fenza, long before the falling out of our previous quint household and the subsequent illumination of his abusive behavior, sexual assault of several women,...
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