As an elementary teacher I can attest that scoring math tests is not entirely objective. In math these days, most problems are worth several points, depending on different skills required for each problem. These include whether the student showed her work and whether she was able to explain her thinking/process used…

I used to beat all the boys in my math class and never encountered any gender bias from my teachers. Unfortunately that last part was only true for math. While I (and two other girls) frequently were the only ones who scored an A in physics and chemistry class, our teachers (even the female ones) would continually…

It's not about "misgrading". This is the so called "stereotype threat": If you think people will judge you negatively according to a stereotype (here: "girls are not good in math"), you perform worse - presumably since you use your working memory for thinking about coping with the stereotype/fighting it. The…

Veganism is filled to the brim with smug middle class white privilege. It is a huge privilege to be able to pick and choose food based on your feelings. WIC doesn't pay for soy milk, and no one can live off just lentils or raw spinach no matter how cheap it is.

Here's the thing though: discriminating against people based on race, religion, gender, gender preference, etc. is wrong wrong wrong. It is never, ever justified. However, whether or not someone eats meat is not wrong at all. It's just a choice. Human beings have been eating meat for millions of years. Now, if you…

My neighbor filmed my daughter through her bedroom window last summer. Cops' response "Well it's not illegal but we'll tell him it's inappropriate." For all I know they didn't even talk to him. THANKS!

Oh fuck that. That poor weepy judge friend of yours couldn't get him on invasion of privacy and encouraging child abuse? Your poor weepy judge friend is a privileged asshole who thinks it's more fun to say "wow, there are no laws on the books! tech!"

Eyeballs

The encouraging child sex abuse is quite specific, I'd say it wouldn't apply to this situation because it requires "sexually explicit conduct involving a child" Encouraging child sexual abuse statute

I find it hard to believe that she didn't know she was pregnant until her third trimester. In denial, yes, that I can believe. And I can say this with authority because I gave birth to a 14 lb 4 oz baby. I delivered by emergency c-section 2 weeks early. I hope this child is healthy.

Yeah, I don't understand why he wasn't charged with child pornography.

i can't believe these claims of things that have clearly happened. just can't believe it.

You know, there's a really ugly history of historically oppressed groups being dehumanized as animals. Black people were apes and monkeys. Jews were rats. Women are bitches. So comparing "animal rights" to human civil rights is a really shitty thing to do.

I'll say this about vegans (and to a lesser but mentionable extent, vegetarians):

This, a thousand times this.

You really didn't get the point of the post, did you? You are vegan-gelizing all over the place.

Fitting that the mother's name is Maxxzandra - no sarcasm here, that really is a remarkable first name.

As a vegetarian, I don't think vegetarianism is classist but I do think there's subtle classism in acting like vegetarianism is a superior lifestyle. Eating a balanced vegetarian or vegan diet is more expensive and time-consuming than eating a balanced diet that includes meat. (For example, it rules out fast food.) I…

I love Reza Aslan and I remember watching this interview and I agree with most of what he says BUT I thought his arguments on FGM were a little disingenous. Yes, it's true that FGM is mostly an African problem. And it's true that it's not mandated by Islam, and in fact predates it. However, the practice only exists…

I'm a muslim woman and I can attest that the pedestal thing is a load of crap. You get some respect in a muslim society as a woman only if you conform to a certain standard. Step out of it and you have a bullseye on your head.