Hemant Mehta is the founder and editor of FriendlyAtheist.com, a YouTube creator, and podcast co-host. He is a former National Board Certified math teacher in the suburbs of Chicago. He has appeared on CNN and FOX News and served on the board of directors for Foundation Beyond Belief and the Secular Student Alliance. He has written multiple books, including I Sold My Soul on eBay and The Young Atheist's Survival Guide. He also edited the book Queer Disbelief.
This is a guest post by Kelley Freeman. She is a junior at the University of South Carolina and member of the Pastafarians at the University of South Carolina. As Katie Hartman has shown us, women just love the shit out of ponies. How else are the Four Horsemen going to be appealing to women? I think this is a good start. Read more
This is a guest post by Kyle Pitzen. He is a graduate student at the University of Northern Iowa and member of the UNI Freethinkers and Inquirers (UNIFI). Hello, everyone! My name is Kyle Pitzen, and I am a relatively new member of the Freethinker movement, but have been skeptical most of my life. I recently become involved with UNIFI during the spring semester of this year. This alone has caused me to become much more enthusiastic and outspoken in… Read more
This is a guest post by Stephanie Van Dyk. She is a third year student at the University of British Columbia Freethinkers and member of the UBC Freethinkers. You might have seen this: I think nearly everyone would agree it’s absolutely horrendous. It’s rude, it’s sexist, and it’s factually incorrect on nearly every level. In short, studies show that 60% of rape cases go unreported, rape is (quite obviously) not impossible, measuring false reports is difficult to do but is… Read more
This is a guest post by Stef McGraw. She is a junior at the University of Northern Iowa and member of the UNI Freethinkers and Inquirers (UNIFI). We talk a lot about diversifying the secular movement, which I think is great. We need more women, people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds, a variety of ages, etc. However, there is one aspect that is rarely discussed that I feel is critical to making atheism more mainstream; I’ll call this “social… Read more
This is a guest post by Sam Shore. He graduated this year from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a member of the Illini Secular Student Alliance (ISSA). A couple of heartening news stories got lost in the shuffle of Monday’s debt ceiling newstravaganza. At the federal level it seems that women who want access to basic reproductive health care have the upper hand on those who would seek to limit their options. In response to the results… Read more
