Happy to see this new billboard by AHF (AIDS Healthcare Foundation) by the Denny’s on Sunset Blvd and Van Ness Ave in Hollywood, CA. “On November 24, AIDS Healthcare Foundation will launch ‘AirheadCelebs.com,’ an advocacy campaign targeting the undue and oversized influence of Hollywood celebrities who are anti-childhood vaccinations.” You can learn more about their…
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Photos and Video from Hello Kitty Con 2014
Hello Kitty Convention. Friday, October 31, 2014. The Geffen Contemporary @ MOCA and Japanese American National Museum. Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA. The first Hello Kitty product was a vinyl coin purse in 1975. I’m standing inside a giant replica. “Kittypatra” – Ten-foot tall Hello Kitty/tokidoki mashup statue. Heather Henderson and I in Little Tokyo….
National Coming Out Day
Today is National Coming Out Day, so I was curious to see some information on how many people come out on October 11. I haven’t been able to find anything so far. But regardless of whether or not NCOD inspires people to come out today, it creates a dialogue about being open about who you…
Not all “Facts” sites actually use facts – on JREF Swift
Pages such as UberFacts and OMGFacts are widely popular, but are they trustworthy? Check out my James Randi Educational Foundation Swift post: http://web.randi.org/swift/not-all-facts-sites-actually-use-facts
JREF Revenue Claims
It was announced on September 1, 2014 that D.J. Grothe is no longer President of the James Randi Educational Foundation and that the Los Angeles office is closed. Since then, I’ve seen claims that the revenue of the organization has suffered because of D.J. and then numbers are given comparing the revenue of certain years…
Breaking: Hello Kitty News
Breaking: Hello Kitty revealed to be Satan. Or something.
How Alternative Medicine Harmed Me
As a former believer in alternative medicine who now speaks out against it, I’ve been asked by both believers and critics, “What harm did it actually do you? If most of it is just placebo, is it that bad?” So let me explain some of the ways in which it has affected me personally. Homeopathic…
Snoop Represents
By simply being who he is and doing what he does, Snoop is more social justice than us all.
Video for “Faith is a Slippery Pig” f/Peter Boghossian
Here is the new video for my song, “Faith is a Slippery Pig” featuring the spoken word of Peter Boghossian – philosophy professor at Portland State University – from his book, A Manual for Creating Atheists. CherryTeresa – “Faith is a Slippery Pig” f/Peter Boghossian Download the song for free on SoundCloud. Purchase the book: – Paperback – Kindle…
Prof Blaskiewicz Speaks at CFI about Unproven Cancer Treatment
This past Sunday, June 15, 2014, I attended a great talk by skeptical activist Professor Robert Blaskiewicz at the Center for Inquiry in Hollywood. Many of you know him through the weekly video podcast Virtual Skeptics, his blog posts on JREF Swift and Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, his work on the Skeptical Humanities blog, and…