Tag Archives: Science

Happy Pi Day!

Posted on March 14, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Happy π Day everyone!      Here is Danica McKellar to explain it to you: Tweet

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Feminist Glaciology, Or Stop Mis-Gendering Glaciers

Posted on March 9, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Glaciers aren’t just big hunks of ice, according to feminist and post-colonial­ academics, but have feelings.  This sentiment is considered to be more valid than eeevil masculinist and White science.  This sentiment is also embodied in the peer reviewed article … Continue reading →

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Climate Science? Meet The Climate Fairy

Posted on February 29, 2016 by The Political Hat

     The UN has awarded a prize for “awareness” to a groups of “climate astronauts” singing about how they don’t want to bathe because taking baths will destroy the world or something…  Of course, they had help in their scientific endeavor … Continue reading →

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Queering Outer Space

Posted on February 3, 2016 by The Political Hat

     This is not a pithy title, but what anthropology professor graduate student Michael P. Oman-Reagan state’s he is trying to do. “However, from at least the 1970s, some space scientists have challenged this trajectory of resource extraction, neo-colonialism, and reproduction … Continue reading →

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Scientists Take First Step Towards Creating Catgirls

Posted on January 23, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Scientists have taken the first step towards scientific breakthroughs that could lead to the creation of catgirls who are cat-human hybrids, though they haven’t gone down that avenue… yet: “Braving a funding ban put in place by America’s top health … Continue reading →

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Sex and Gender are NOT Social Constructs

Posted on January 20, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Originally, “gender” and “biological sex” meant the same thing, or that “gender” was a grammatical concept more or less consistent with biological sex.*  Then the two terms started to be used together, as first seemingly redundantly; once established in law, … Continue reading →

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Australia Unveils Weapon Against Its Ultimate Threat

Posted on January 12, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will now be protected by an A.I. robot: “The underwater autonomous vehicle is programmed to patrol the massive living structure in search of destructive crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS), which it then kills by lethal injection. These starfish … Continue reading →

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Special Little Snowflake Oppressed by a Bot

Posted on January 2, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Apparently some special little snowflakes have grown so secluded from reality that non-human bots are oppressing them… Tweet

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12 Posts of Christmas, 2015 (Day 1)

Posted on December 13, 2015 by The Political Hat

     Not all snowflakes go to college to throw temper-tantrums.  Some snowflakes are literal snowflakes.      And there are many different types: Tweet

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A Feminist Epistemology of Mathematics

Posted on December 1, 2015 by The Political Hat

     Apparently one plus one equaling two is an oppressive social construct.  Don’t take my word on it, just read a peer reviewed article entitled “Moving Towards a Feminist Epistemology of Mathematics”!      The peer reviewed article, appearing in Educational Studies in … Continue reading →

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