From The New Yorker (HT: Andrew Sullivan): Too often, though, evangelical literature directed at teen-agers forbids all forms of sexual behavior, even masturbation. “Every Young Woman’s Battle,” for example, tells teen-agers that “the momentary relief” of “self-gratification” can lead to “shame, low self-esteem, and fear of what others might think or that something is wrong [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Quote of the Time Being
Posted by Chris Hallquist on January 24, 2010
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Thus, poly people do not compete for status and sexual attention via dick size or bust size, but rather through a process I call the Social-Awareness Olympics. Pity the fool who owns a pair of Nikes, makes a less-than-laudatory remark about labor unions, or admits disliking tofu. -Mistress Matisse Robin Hanson and Christian Lander would [...]
On Geert Wilders and free speech
Posted by Chris Hallquist on January 22, 2010
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Dutch politician Geert Wilders is being prosecuted for his criticisms of Islam. This is obviously a bad thing (at least, obviously to anyone who thinks free speech is a good idea). There’s a bit of irony here: Wilders is not himself a big fan of free speech, having called for the banning of the Qur’an. [...]
Knowing what to make of “life of sin” stories
Posted by Chris Hallquist on January 22, 2010
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At Unreasonable Faith, VorJack has a post questioning the veracity of some stories Christian evangelists tell: I once worked with a fundamentalist who wanted to tell me all about how bad he used to be. He told me about his former friends who were into the occult and about the time they all formed a [...]
A reason for liberals to hate teachers unions?
Posted by Chris Hallquist on January 20, 2010
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My old professor John Hawks has a post up highlighting an incident where it took half a million dollars to fire a single creationist science teacher. The original article isn’t clear on why that happened, only saying that “he asked for a pre-termination hearing.” But why does a lowly middle school teacher have the power [...]