“In a better world, science teachers would teach creationism along with evolution as an exercise in critical thinking.” ThinkingWorldTeachTeacherAtheismEvolutionExerciseCriticalPositive AtheismCritical ThinkingCreationismScience Teacher Author:Katha Pollitt
“We tend to tell strangers what we think will make us sound good. I myself, to my utter amazement, informed a telephone pollster that I exercised regularly, a bare-faced lie.” ThinkingLyingSoundStrangerDeceptionTelephonesAmazement Book:Reasonable creatures: essays on women and feminism Source: Reasonable creatures: essays on women and feminism
“... on the whole 'blasphemy' has been a force for good in human history. It is part of the process by which millions of people have come to reject theocracy and think for themselves.” PeopleThinkingHumansHas BeensWholeForceProcessMillionsRejectsHuman HistoryBlasphemyTheocracy Author:Katha Pollitt
“Whether you look at Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism, wherever a distinction of sex is made, it is to the advantage of men. If you think of religions as if they were novels, the authors are men, and so are the major characters.” IfsThinkingMenLooksMadeCharacterSexChristianityNovelBuddhismMajorsAdvantageIslamMade ItDistinctionHinduismJudaism Author:Katha Pollitt
“My daughter, who goes to Stuyvesant High School only blocks from the World Trade Center, thinks we should fly an American flag out our window. Definitely not, I say: The flag stands for jingoism and vengeance and war.” ThinkingWorldShouldWarSchoolDaughterHigh SchoolWindowTradeBlockPatriotismMy DaughterFlagsVengeanceWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterAmerican FlagJingoism Book:Virginity or Death!: And Other Social and Political Issues of Our Time Source: Virginity or Death!: And Other Social and Political Issues of Our Time
“Why must the woman apologize for not having a baby just because she happened to get pregnant? It's as if we think motherhood is the default setting for a woman's life from first period to menopause, and she needs a note from God not to say yes to every zygote that knocks on her door.” IfsThinkingNeedsFirstsHappenedDoorsBabyPeriodsNotesMotherhoodSettingSettingsPregnantApologizingDefaultHaving A BabyMenopause Book:Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights Source: Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights
