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Statement on Anti-Black Brutality

We recognize this statement may seem a bit late. And that assessment would be correct – it is, in fact, late. In the last few days, we have used our Facebook page to boost other organizations more directly involved with the response in the aftermath of the brutal and unjust murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. But we are committed to anti-racism, including the fight against…

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Board Updates and Openings

The new year brings several changes to Secular Woman’s board. Monette Richards stepped down as president to try to take her own advice about avoiding burnout. She remains on the board as vice president, providing continuity and counsel. We thank Monette for her leadership and all her hard work to make sure Secular Woman has carried on beyond its founding energy.

As of January 1, Stephanie Zvan…

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What a Lawsuit Costs Us All

That the secular movement is litigious should not come as a surprise to anyone. The Center for Inquiry is suing Walmart and CVS. American Atheists is suing a state senator. Freedom from Religion Foundation and the American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center both use lawsuits and the threat of lawsuits as a primary form of activism. We know the good a strategic lawsuit can do…

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#American Atheists #Carrier #harassment #Lawsuits #Silverman

Support Abortion Access

We’re bringing back Abort Theocracy t-shirts!

Show that you are #shameless about supporting abortion and bodily autonomy! Proceeds will help those who need it to access this vital medical care. In honor of our organization’s recent move to Ohio and in protest of Ohio’s adoption of a six week abortion bill, we’re raising funds for Women Have Options.

This campaign lonly lasts for a few more…

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#abort theocracy #abortion #shameless #Women have Options

Remarks on Reason

The following was originally delivered by Stephanie Zvan for the Day of Reason in Minneapolis.

Hello, everyone! You may know I’m the associate president of Minnesota Atheists, but I’m here today as a member of the board of Secular Woman. Secular Woman is an organization of women and men dedicated to amplifying the voices and concerns of secular women within the movement and outside it.

Last…

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#abortion #Zvan

Reducing Barriers to Reporting Harassment

Cross posted from AlmostDiamonds With the conversations and reporting of #metoo showing no signs of slowing down, we’re being provided with a trove of information about the reporting of harassment: who is reporting, who isn’t, the social and institutional responses to harassment reports. This all means we’re able to see how serial harassers continue to function over time. Sometimes, often, the…

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#MeToo #harassment #Zvan

A Statement about HEADS

Since its founding in 2012, Secular Woman has worked to amplify the voices of atheist, humanist and non-religious women. We do this in part by participating in the annual conference attended by the leaders of national secular organizations. We have attended four of the past five meetings. The structure of this year’s meeting changed after women voiced their opinions and concerns at last year’s…

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#HEADS #secular movement #Secular Organizations

Take Our Survey

The new year is a traditional time to look back at what we’ve accomplished in the last year and forward to what we hope to accomplish in the next. Secular Woman would like your help doing that this year. We’ve been quiet recently, but we’re trying to get better about bragging about our accomplishments. 2017 started with our president, Monette Richards, attending a meeting of secular…

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#Members #Membership #Survey

Dear men: read this stuff kthx.

Dear beloved men: Yes, I know you’re a liberal, feminist guy. You totally get it! You really do. For example, you regularly read my blog because you like what I have to say about various and sundry issues that shape our shared world. But there is something you don’t get. You can never get it, not really. Because the world we share frequently looks very different through the eyes of women. Note…

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#Feminism #privilege

Two Presidencies in One: welcoming our new co-presidents

As we move deeper into the new year, Secular Woman is excited to announce some changes to our board. Our president and co-founder, Kim Rippere, has stepped down as president and will remain on the board, taking on the role of bookkeeper. In her stead Monette Richards and Elsa Roberts, formerly Vice President, are assuming the presidency together. This move toward co-presidency is part of an…

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#atheist #news #president #secular #Secular Woman

Zora Neale Hurston

On January 7, 1891, novelist, folklorist and short story writer Zora Neale Hurston was born in Eatonville, Florida, the first all-black community to be incorporated in the United States. Her mother was a country schoolteacher and her father a Baptist preacher who became 3-term mayor of Eatonville. “My head was full of misty fumes of doubt,” she would later write. “Neither could I understand the…

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Margaret Atwood

In 1939, Canadian novelist and poet Margaret Atwood was born in Ottawa, Canada. As a youngster, she spent many months of each year in the wilderness with her parents, due to her father’s job as a forest entomologist. She began writing at age 6. Atwood, fittingly, was descended from a Salem woman — Mary Webster — who was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to be hanged in 1685, but was allowed to…

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Secular Woman Announces the AHSI

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Finding our History: Indexing the Skeptic, Humanist, and Atheist Movements A new project from Secular Woman Bainbridge, GA November 13, 2015 — If you have ever wondered about the history of skepticism, humanism, and atheism in the U.S. and hoped for a place to find such information, that resource is coming soon! We are excited to announce the launch of the Atheist, Humanist,…

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#AHSHI #release

Atheist Humanist Skeptic History Index

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Michelle Bachelet

Michelle Bachelet #herstory #womenshistory

Michelle Bachelet was born September 29, 1951 in Santiago, Chile, to an archaeologist mother and Chilean Air Force General father. In high school, Bachelet participated in theater, volleyball and choir, and became her class representative and president. She attended the University of Chile for an education in medicine, and during Salvadore Allende’s government, she participated in the Socialist…

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Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Madalyn Murray O’Hair

Madalyn Murray O’Hair (1919 – 1995) photo by Alan Light Introduction Time magazine called Madalyn Murray O’Hair the most hated woman in America during her reign as a leading secularist in the second half of the 20th century. Her unyielding and, to most, abrasive defense of the wall separating government from religion was as effective as it was controversial. She relished every opportunity to…

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What are we Talking About? Quiverfull, Atheist Community, Best State for Women Copy

There are many interesting and insightful conversations happening in the Members Only Facebook group. Want to know what we are talking about? This weekly series highlights a few articles that members found interesting. This week in the member’s only group we were talking about (curated links): Mom of gun-toting Quiverfull family Antievolution lawsuit filed in West Virginia What you need to know…

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