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Sharing ideas and provocations on living single while happy. Reflecting on the social psychology of stereotypes and other cultural phenomena.

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Can We Be Saved?

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Rachel
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I started reading Earth at Risk last night. And is that depressing! To me, it is clear: Unless we – all of us humans – make some dramatic changes in the way we live, we’re doomed. Yeah, yeah. I know …
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Posted in Activism, Science, Skeptical musings | Tagged climate disruption, economy, hope | 2 Replies

Status Quo Bias

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Rachel
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For a while now, i’ve been wondering what keeps us stuck (here, for example). Why can’t we get our collective acts together and do something about climate change or violence against women? Sometimes this exploration also turned inward – often …
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Posted in Activism, On research, Science | Tagged cognitive bias, status quo bias | 3 Replies

Shame on Komen?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Rachel
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I was excited to find out that there are some who are calling for looking deeper into how breast cancer research is funded. Finally. Did we really think that Komen was an efficient way to fund this research even before …
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Posted in Activism, On research, Science | Tagged hierarchy, interpersonal neurobiology, IPNB, Komen, Planned Parenthood, shame | Leave a reply

Lonely Atheist…

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Rachel
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I am noticing just how lonely i am feeling right now – reacting to an email exchange i had within a now virtual community with people i’ve deeply connected with when we spend 9 days together. I am posting this …
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Posted in Healing tools, Science, Skeptical musings | Tagged meaning, nonviolent communication, NVC | 1 Reply

Skepticism and Hope

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Rachel
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One of my most powerful experiences at the recent intensive Nonviolent Communication training i attended came when i shared with the group that i felt uneasy when i hear references to religion and spirituality. I believe there is no God …
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Posted in Healing tools, Science, Skeptical musings | Tagged nonviolent communication, NVC | 2 Replies

Daring to Discuss Men Discriminating

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Rachel
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Here we go again… The NYT is giving John Tierney room to lament why women are not represented equally in science. Maybe there is something biologically going on. Steven Pinker and Elizabeth Spelke discussed this years ago. Pinker argued that …
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