ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

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Saturday, March 07, 2015

Female Serial Killers And Evolutionary Psychology

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Washington Post has a summary of a new study on American female serial killers.  Its headline is "The surprising but curiously logic...
Thursday, March 05, 2015

IS And Women. Part 1: The Rules For Sunni Muslim Women

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What would life be like for a woman living in the imaginary caliphate IS* is creating or trying to create?  What rules would women have to ...
Tuesday, March 03, 2015

Reading Suggestions for 3/3/15

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I'm working on my ISIS and women series.  It's turning into a long epistle and won't have ready-baked parts to be served today,...
Saturday, February 28, 2015

Caturday

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I post cat pictures on Eschaton.  All the cats are stolen cats (posted with the permission of their humans) as I have none.  Here is the la...
Friday, February 27, 2015

Introduction to A Series Of Posts About Women And ISIS

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Since last August I have collected material on the news, pseudo-news, opinion pieces and deeper articles about the terrorist movement which...
Thursday, February 26, 2015

Irony Is Dead: Scott Walker, Wisconsin Protesters and Terrorists

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Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin,  knows how to deal with terrorist organizations such as ISIS/IS/Daesh.  After all, he managed to contro...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

White Privilege in Australian Buses. A Look At An Audit Study.

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Ian Ayres' opinion column in the New York Times is about an audit study carried out in Australia. I love audit studies, because they...
Monday, February 23, 2015

To Praise Saunas. Or Not?

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A recent study from Finland suggests that saunas might have the ability to reduce mortality from heart disease: A study from Finland fo...
Friday, February 20, 2015

Ban Them Books!

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1.  In Mosul, Iraq, the Islamic State is burning books : Residents say the extremists smashed the locks that had protected the b...

On Altar Girls at the Star of the Sea Catholic Church in San Francisco And Other Related Topics

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I missed this January event in San Francisco.  A Catholic church there, the Star of the Sea,  decided to stop allowing girls to be altar s...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

The Lesser Cut of Meat Speaks Up

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Do you like jokes?  Do you have a sense of humor?  Probably not if you are a feminazi who uses armpit hair to make nets into which innocent...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

A Belated Valentine From Me

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To all of you.  May you always have chocolate cake and moments of sheer happiness. And may you never be snowed in for three weeks in a ro...
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Short Echidne Thoughts on the Business of Blogging

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1.  You know all those times when you need to complete an action online by clicking either "continue/publish/next/agree" button o...

How To Create Strong Female Characters in Books, Movies and Games

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What makes a female character in writing or in films "strong?"  Is it the ability to kick butt?  Chuck Wendig notes that butt-kic...
Monday, February 16, 2015

The Drip-Drip Theory of Getting Fitted Into Gender Roles

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That may not be the real name of the theory which is about the completely hidden part of acculturation to gender roles, the part which is i...

On Religion, Islamic Terrorism and Islamophobia

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If groups such as ISIS/Daesh and alQaeda have any very long-term religious objectives those seem to resemble the end times ideology of extr...
Friday, February 13, 2015

Food Stamps As Democratic Bribes To Buy Votes

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Fox News' Stuart Varney explains how the president buys votes with food stamps .  You should watch the video at the link (I couldn...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

What To Do When Snowed In

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According to my recent experiences: 1.  Have a bad head cold.  It's fun to sneeze and important to support the tissue industry.  If t...
Monday, February 09, 2015

Echidne Thoughts For Today: On Misogyny, Mostly

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1.  Absent-minded web-surfing can result in interesting findings.  Like turning over a stone to see what slithers out.  For example, I saw ...
Friday, February 06, 2015

The Three Wise Men Wishing To Amend ACA To Remove Obligatory Maternity Care From Health Insurance

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Three GOP guys who hate (HATEHATEHATE) the ACA (Affordable Care Act) want to eliminate maternity care as one of the things which health ins...
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