Quantum feminisms do not inhabit a network; they are the network of feminist discourse in virtual space.… Read the rest
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
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Jesus and Mo on Sexual Orientation Regulations
Apr 1st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSome of their best friends.… Read the rest
So, Jesus, About Your Mother
Apr 1st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMo is so insensitive sometimes.… Read the rest
Ben Goldacre on Consumer Drug Advertizing
Apr 1st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonDoctors are trained to spot bullshit, consumers not so much.… Read the rest
Raymond Tallis Lecture mp3
Apr 1st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonA stirring response to everyone who thinks medicine is a scam.… Read the rest
Terry Teachout on The Joan Didion Show
Mar 31st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMany distracting pieces of notice-me trickery disfigure this meretricious play.… Read the rest
No Human Right to Criticize Religion
Mar 31st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonOIC pushes through a resolution at UN HRC urging global prohibition on public defamation of religion.… Read the rest
Index on Censorship on Conflicting Rights
Mar 31st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonCertain countries not famously defenders of liberty have made ‘defamation of religion’ an issue.… Read the rest
Chocolate Jesus Canceled
Mar 31st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonGallery’s artistic director cites ‘strong-arming from people who haven’t seen the show.’… Read the rest
Zimbardo Revisits the Zimbardo Experiment
Mar 31st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHe became part of it himself. ‘”It is terrible what YOU are doing to those boys!” she yelled at me.’… Read the rest
Leeds Destitution Inquiry Presents its Findings
Mar 30th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonCalls for a policy in which asylum seekers can contribute to society rather than rely on precarious handouts.… Read the rest
Julian Baggini on Jack Sprat Solutions
Mar 30th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThere is no way of being tough and effective without being fair, and no way of being fair without tough choices.… Read the rest
James Randerson at Westminster Hall
Mar 30th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHitchens, Dawkins, Grayling meet Neuberger, Scruton, Spivey.… Read the rest
Yum, Chocolate Jesus
Mar 30th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonCatholic League is irritated. Lack of loin cloth doesn’t help much.… Read the rest
Louis Theroux Visits ‘God Hates Fags’ Family
Mar 30th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonExploring what is cruelty. Start with an angry, cruel, domineering man, and go on from there.… Read the rest
Pope Promises Eternal Punishment
Mar 29th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘The problem today is society does not talk about Hell. It’s as if it did not exist, but it does.’… Read the rest
Nick Cohen Talks to Julian Baggini
Mar 29th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonPhilosophical training to be as critical of the biases he and friends shared as of the biases of others.… Read the rest
People Don’t Talk About Hell Enough Any More
Mar 29th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonGood to have a pope who doesn’t mess around with no hell and no devil and human rights.… Read the rest
Steven Pinker on the History of Violence
Mar 29th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonRomantic theory gets it backward: modernity has made us less violent, not more so.… Read the rest
Updike Reviews Isaacson on Einstein
Mar 29th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSpecial relativity has a flavor of the patent office.… Read the rest