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We Endorse this Petition in Support of Diversity and Feminism in the Secular Community

Cross-post from Malay­sian Athe­ists. The sec­u­lar com­munity in the West is cur­rently in a scuffle over efforts to pro­mote diversity and to pro­tect women from being objec­ti­fied in their events. Women who have spoken out about sex­ism or sup­port women’s par­ti­cip­a­tion in events have become tar­gets of har­ass­ment. And example of this dis­gust­ing example can

Be Counted as an Atheist.

Cross post from Malay­sian Athe­ists. The Athe­ist Alli­ance Inter­na­tional Athe­ist Census is finally stable enough to allow nor­mal oper­a­tions once more. As their media release states: On 7 Decem­ber Athe­ist Alli­ance Inter­na­tional (AAI) launched Athe­ist Census at www.atheistcensus.com, a global pro­ject to count and cap­ture a snap­shot of the world’s athe­ists.  The response to Athe­ist

Justifications Bingo and Sexist Behaviour

I found this bingo card by Jen McCreight amus­ing because it’s more or less the same sort of argu­ment I heard when I brought up the issue of sex­ist beha­viour and sex­ism amongst acquaint­ances and on the Inter­net in gen­eral. Nev­er­the­less, it is still worth post­ing just to under­stand how asin­ine you are being if

Penang Atheist Meet-Up Update.

1540 hours on the 8th of Decem­ber. Loc­a­tion: Pen­ang Sports Club.

Of Privilege, Offence, and Dog Analogies.

Since ini­ti­at­ing my first ser­i­ous explor­a­tions into the world of fem­in­ism after Elev­at­or­gate or Rebec­ca­po­ca­lype, I have begun to learn more and more about the het­ero­sexual male priv­ilege I enjoy without even know­ing it. It took me awhile before I could finally think of a way to feel the same thing a woman would feel

Penang Atheist Meet Up on the 8th of December 2012

The fol­low­ing is a cross-post from Malay­sian Athe­ist. Hey folks, do you have plans for the 8th of Decem­ber? Would you like to be part of social change through dir­ect action? Come join us for a Pen­ang Athe­ist meet-up on the 8th of Decem­ber on Pen­ang Island (obvi­ously). Meet act­iv­ists both young and exper­i­enced and

Abortions in Malaysia should be Safe and Affordable | Malaysian Atheists

The fol­low­ing is a cross-post from Malay­sian Athe­ists. Abor­tions in Malay­sia should be Safe and Afford­able | Malay­sian Athe­ists. Malay­sian Athe­ists would like to echo the state­ment made by RRAAM* co-chair Dr Choong Sim Poey made in the 24th of Novem­ber 2012 edi­tion of The Star, in call­ing for more aware­ness on the need for