Posted by mattusmaximus on July 5, 2010
On the third day of Convergence/Skepchicon, I attended the “Women as Skeptical Activists” panel discussion. On the panel were Rebecca Watson (moderator), Maria Walters, Jennifer Newport, Debbie Goddard, Carrie Iwan, and Pamela Gay. Especially since I’m a board member of the newly-formed Women Thinking Free Foundation (WTFF), I found the discussion especially interesting. Read on…

Women as Skeptical Activists
What does it mean to be a woman as a skeptical activist? What does it mean to be a woman in a subculture which is predominantly male?
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