» In Loving Memory of my Son’s Dad
25/01/24 17:19 from YEMMYnisting
Stephen, my son’s beloved dad, took his last breath in his son’s arms yesterday. He was 55 years old. We met 30 years ago and 28 years ago we both became parents to our only child, named after him, Stephen. We separated 25 ye...
» Happpy 48th Birthday to me!
17/08/23 21:32 from YEMMYnisting
Wishing myself a very happy 48th Birthday on planet earth. This has not been the happiest of my birthdays as the past few months have been about healing from loss and fighting hard to not let the haters, who can’t stand BlackGirlMa...
» Quran Incites for Murder
03/08/23 17:20 from مذكرات ثائرة
» In memory of my beloved sister
22/05/23 00:18 from YEMMYnisting
In the early hours of Tuesday 16 May 2023, my beloved sister, Kehinde Ilesanmi, passed away. She was 37 years old. Kenny, as we fondly called her, was a vivacious, strong, kind, beautiful, lively, ambitious, hardworking woman with...
» LGBT+ History Month 2023: #BehindTheLens. How will history portray us 20 years from now?
24/02/23 20:10 from YEMMYnisting
The LGBT+ History Month 2023 theme, #BehindTheLens, aims to celebrates LGBT+ peoples’ contributions to cinema and film from behind the lens. Directors, cinematographers, screen writers, producers, animators, costume designers, spec...
» New Website!
23/01/23 17:44 from SINMANTYX
So, I’m keeping this blog up because there are tons of posts that still get views that my co-blogger has … Continue reading →
» No One Has (or Should Have) a “Right to Sex”
24/10/22 15:02 from Skepchick
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: Let’s talk about sex! Oh, but not in, like, a fun and sexy way. I mean in a way that will involve scient...
» No, Ebola is NOT Airborne!
21/10/22 15:18 from Skepchick
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Look, we all went through a pretty traumatic time in 2020 through…today, so it’s understandable if you see things th...
» Dr. Oz Killed Puppies FOR SCIENCE?
19/10/22 15:23 from Skepchick
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Important breaking news from a week or two ago: DR OZ IS A PUPPY KILLER. Dr. Mehmet Oz, a shambling golem formed fro...
» Rainbow Fentanyl in Halloween Candy???
13/10/22 16:46 from Skepchick
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: Well, spooky season is here and I could not be happier: I’ve already put up my giant spider and spider w...
» Action not Words: A Journey through History to Freedom and Unity
11/10/22 19:40 from YEMMYnisting
Growing up as a child back home in Lagos, Nigeria, I remember vividly when after another power outage by the electricity company notoriously known as NEPA at the time, children and adults would gather outside for some cool breeze. Childr...
» Scientists Sued for Criticizing COVID-19 Air Purifiers
10/10/22 15:01 from Skepchick
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Almost exactly five years ago, I made a video about air purification. In the blissful year of 2017, the worst thing ...
» How Corruption Leads to Conspiracy Theories
06/10/22 17:37 from Skepchick
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Last month I stumbled upon a particularly interesting study in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Scie...
» My 47th Birthday Celebration
03/09/22 11:44 from YEMMYnisting
It was my 47th year on planet earth few weeks ago and i celebrated it in my signature style; with selfies and a birthday dance! I can’t pretend to have the age-long answer to the meaning of life. However, what I do know is that lif...
» Meet the Atheist
04/08/22 16:32 from YEMMYnisting
I was interviewed by the Atheists Republic Cape Town on their ‘Meet the Atheists’ segment. Below is the full clip on their You Tube channel. Enjoy!
» The Murder of Deborah Samuel Yakubu by Islamic fanatics.
01/06/22 18:11 from YEMMYnisting
On May 12, 2022, Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a 200 level Home Economics student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto was lynched by her fellow students on allegation of committing Blasphemy. Deborah was dragged out of the securit...
» Africans in Ukraine face Racism
27/02/22 11:59 from YEMMYnisting
My heart breaks! Why are Black people so much hated everywhere? I woke up to the hashtag #africansinukraine trending on social media and right now it is difficult not to rage at the world, at racism and how sad this all is. And they say ...
» Holocaust Memorial Day
27/01/22 19:10 from YEMMYnisting
Holocaust Memorial Day is marked on 27 January each year to remember the millions of people murdered in the Holocaust, under Nazi Persecution, and in the genocides, which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. By the end of the...
» The Vision: One Final Look
26/02/21 09:30 from Love, Joy, Feminism
The fundamental problem is that Michael wants a shortcut. Something easier than the shoe leather approach missionaries have conventionally taken. Michael is impatient. He wants a magic formula. Is that really any surprise? That's the sam...
» Lesbian Duplex 310: An Open Thread
21/02/21 09:55 from Love, Joy, Feminism
It’s time for another Lesbian Duplex thread! If you have a link or article or interesting thought that’s not relevant to an ongoing thread, you can share it here. If a conversation on another post has turned entirely off topic, you can b...
» The Vision: NASA Is On the Case
19/02/21 09:33 from Love, Joy, Feminism
Well if Levi thinks he's found his Amazon woman, he's got another thing coming, because Bobbie Jo isn't about to marry someone who isn't a Christian, and Levi isn't about to convert. So they can each put their eyes back in their pockets ...
» Lesbian Duplex 309: An Open Thread
14/02/21 09:55 from Love, Joy, Feminism
It’s time for another Lesbian Duplex thread! If you have a link or article or interesting thought that’s not relevant to an ongoing thread, you can share it here. If a conversation on another post has turned entirely off topic, you can b...
» The Vision: All the Jewish Virgins
12/02/21 09:42 from Love, Joy, Feminism
I've noticed this phenomenon, actually. Some fundamentalist Christian women are tight-lipped about sex and refuse to even mention it, but others are downright bawdy. Provided all of their jibbing points toward marriage---or sex within ma...
» Lesbian Duplex 308: An Open Thread
07/02/21 09:55 from Love, Joy, Feminism
It’s time for another Lesbian Duplex thread! If you have a link or article or interesting thought that’s not relevant to an ongoing thread, you can share it here. If a conversation on another post has turned entirely off topic, you can b...
» The Vision: The Cult Leader Lie
05/02/21 09:09 from Love, Joy, Feminism
You know what this feels like? It feels like a cult leader rewriting history. Dusty and Yancey both just yelled at Malachi, questioning his claims and his authority, and in response, Malachi is reasserting his claim to control over this ...
» “Liberal” and “Conservative” Have Actual Meanings
01/02/21 20:38 from Love, Joy, Feminism
I'm not a political scientist nor a historian of politics, so I'm not going to try to parse these things out. But suffice it to say, it's complicated! Words like "liberal" and "conservative" have actual meanings, and aren't merely insult...
» Lesbian Duplex 307: An Open Thread
31/01/21 09:55 from Love, Joy, Feminism
It’s time for another Lesbian Duplex thread! If you have a link or article or interesting thought that’s not relevant to an ongoing thread, you can share it here. If a conversation on another post has turned entirely off topic, you can b...
» The Vision: Magdalene’s Martyrdom
29/01/21 09:21 from Love, Joy, Feminism
For all its faults---and let's face it, it mostly has faults---this book does spend a lot of time on men crying. Men are allowed to be emotionally vulnerable. And that's interesting. I wonder whether Michael Pearl would have written it t...
» Darkfield’s Coma – Adventures in Unconsciousness
15/01/21 14:56 from Token Skeptic
Following on from my previous experiences with Darkfield’s Flight and Séance, I was looking forward to Coma. It has now arrived along with the other two shows as a binaural, immersive theatrial experience in shipping containers – at th...
» ستات التيك توك Tiktok Women
10/01/21 00:00 from مذكرات ثائرة
» #MeToo #MeTooEgypt
09/01/21 23:58 from مذكرات ثائرة
» Random, Q&A
09/01/21 23:50 from مذكرات ثائرة
» Review – The Dry
09/01/21 10:48 from Token Skeptic
Having enjoyed the book by Jane Harper some time back in mid-2020 (remember then?) I looked forward to the release of The Dry – and wasn’t disappointed. A successful-if-emotionally-detatched Federal police officer, Aaron Falk (Eric Bana)...
» عن ستات التيك توك، التحرش/الاعتداء الجنسي، النظام الأبوي، الأدوار الجندرية و عقدة مادونا و العاهرة
09/01/21 06:32 from مذكرات ثائرة
» Amateur Song Covers
09/01/21 06:30 from مذكرات ثائرة
» Token Skeptic – Books Read in 2020
30/12/20 00:37 from Token Skeptic
Escapism drove most of my reading this year, and yet I still found myself re-reading World War Z. Which then led to feeling tense and worried about everybody and everything in the world. Escapism is difficult when there’s lots to escape....
» The Great Conjunction (On A Dog Beach In Perth, Australia)
21/12/20 15:07 from Token Skeptic
In the 1600s Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei pointed his telescope to the night sky to watch the stars. I’m certain he didn’t feel the shock of an inquisitive wet nose shoved into the back of his bare knee at the same time. C.Y O’Conn...
» 21st December – Gravy Day!
21/12/20 13:27 from Token Skeptic
Yes, planets seemingly colliding in a Bethlehemic-chaotic-when-will-this-year-finally-end… but first: Gravy Day. Here’s a special rendition of Paul Kelly’s seminal classic How To Make Gravy, today on the 21st of December – a date fans of...
» Nine Lessons and Carols for Socially Distanced People 24 Hour Show – Hosted by Robin Ince
12/12/20 03:03 from Token Skeptic
This is a great show/s and a great cause – so tune in later today and help out! Donate at http://crowdfunder.co.uk/ninelessons. The groundbreaking variety night that celebrates the curious and the creative returns for its eleventh instal...
» Darkfield’s Flight – Crash Landing Never Felt So Good
04/12/20 22:14 from Token Skeptic
This is not my first Flight and it will not be my last. FLIGHT is an unsettling journey in complete darkness inside a 40ft shipping container. In the unlikely event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, alternative scenarios will be provid...
» Reunite The Marbles (And Save Stonehenge!)
24/11/20 07:59 from Token Skeptic
After visiting the incredible new Western Australian museum, Boola Bardip, this week, I’ve become attentive to news about the sensitive preservation of history. One particularly strong trend in terms of historial preservation that has go...
» Pete “Paleo” Evans Being Pulled From Bookstores For Neo-Nazi Meme Post
16/11/20 07:45 from Token Skeptic
It’s not news to know that Peter Evans, former ‘My Kitchen Rules’ star and author of cookbooks has problematic beliefs. That is, beliefs that should be ignored in favour of informed decisions based on information provided by actual healt...
» Aunty Donna – Explaining a Board Game
11/11/20 13:58 from Token Skeptic
Look, if you’re not already binge-watching Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun on Netflix, you better get moving on it. Awesome show, and I’m not the only fan out there I’m glad to note! This series started off for me as a quasi-Flight of...
» Blog UPDATE
21/09/20 17:58 from SINMANTYX
So – many years ago – I invited HJ to blog with me, but then I sort of stepped back. … Continue reading →
» Americana Highways Premieres BLOOD
26/08/20 20:54 from Shelley Segal
Thanks heaps to Americana Highways for sharing "Blood” "Blood takes pace over urgent dark rhythms, as it asks fundamental questions: “how can something that flows through our veins be used to divide?” The music guides yo...
» Retrieved 11-12 Years Old Blog Posts
19/08/20 14:35 from مذكرات ثائرة
» Reality Checks: Civil that Disobedience and Film the Police
02/06/20 13:00 from Teen Skepchick
Categories: Teen Skepchick's Reality Checks Guide to ethically and safely filming the police(via Teen Vogue) Police in Atlanta fired after viral film of brutality against 2 college students. (via WSBTV) The Dallas police launch an app to...
» Reality Checks: Quarantined at a Haunted German Castle with Wolves, One Woman’s Experience with Conspiracy Theories, Remdesivir has a Good Clinical Trial, and Infection via Eyes
26/05/20 13:00 from Teen Skepchick
Categories: Teen Skepchick's Reality Checks Bolivian orchestra stuck at haunted German castle surrounded by wolves. (via NYPost) Conspiracy theories, anger, and control. (via Vox) Good news on an anti viral drug trial for Covid(via Ars T...
» Reality Checks: Ancient Meteor Fluids, Religious Freedom and Covid Closings, Repositive Covid Patients not Infectious, Florida Covid Data Scientist Fired
21/05/20 13:00 from Teen Skepchick
Categories: Teen Skepchick's Reality Checks Ancient fluid in meteors, (via Sciencealert) Trump says covid restrictions on religious gatherings violate religious freedoms. (via LATimes) After infection, COVID patients who test positive ar...
» Reality Checks: Watchdog probing Saudi Arms Sales Fired, Artemis Accords, Results of Stay at Home orders, And Divisiveness in Times of Covid
19/05/20 13:00 from Teen Skepchick
Categories: Teen Skepchick's Reality Checks Trump fired watchdog who was probing Saudi arms sales. This is all fine. (via Reuters) NASA release the Artemis accords, an agreement for space travel. (via Sciencealert) Stay at home works. (v...