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News 24 indicates about the Atheism plus movement:
News 24 indicates about the Atheism plus movement:
{{Cquote|The movement started back in 2012 when a woman named Jennifer McCreight participated in a protest known as "boobquake" which was raised in reply to Kazem Seddiqi's claim that women dressing in revealing clothing causes earthquakes. Jennifer rose to online fame during this protest, an already avowed atheist, she soon begun promoting her atheism and feminism online. The comments she received however from the rest of the atheist community were mostly sexist remarks and invitations to sex, bringing to media attention the long known fact that most of those that are part of the new atheist movement are mostly men and [[misogyny|misogynistic]] sexist men at that, it should be no surprise also that many of atheism's public famous speakers and promoters are also sexist and have made sexist remarks about women in the past, prime examples being atheists [[Sam Harris]], [[Penn Jillette]], [[Christopher Hitchens]] (now deceased) and [[Richard Dawkins]].<ref>[https://www.news24.com/MyNews24/atheism-plus-and-the-intellectual-suicide-of-the-atheist-community-20160318 Atheism Plus and the intellectual suicide of the atheist community], website: https://www.news24.com</ref>}}
{{Cquote|The movement started back in 2012 when a woman named Jennifer McCreight participated in a protest known as "boobquake" which was raised in reply to Kazem Seddiqi's claim that women dressing in revealing clothing causes earthquakes. Jennifer rose to online fame during this protest, an already avowed atheist, she soon begun promoting her atheism and feminism online. The comments she received however from the rest of the atheist community were mostly sexist remarks and invitations to sex, bringing to media attention the long known fact that most of those that are part of the new atheist movement are mostly men and [[misogyny|misogynistic]] sexist men at that, it should be no surprise also that many of atheism's public famous speakers and promoters are also sexist and have made sexist remarks about women in the past, prime examples being atheists [[Sam Harris]], [[Penn Jillette]], [[Christopher Hitchens]] (now deceased) and [[Richard Dawkins]].<ref>[https://www.news24.com/MyNews24/atheism-plus-and-the-intellectual-suicide-of-the-atheist-community-20160318 Atheism Plus and the intellectual suicide of the atheist community], website: https://www.news24.com</ref>}}
In 2012, Joe Humphreys wrote in the ''Irish Times'' about the Atheism plus movement:
Last August, a new online forum, Atheism Plus, or A+, was launched by Jen McCreight, a Seattle-based blogger and secularist. Backed by a number of prominent women atheists, it seeks “a new wave of atheism” aimed at “promoting social justice” and “working against bigotry, hatred and discrimination”.
Her biggest concern is what she sees as deep-rooted misogyny in the atheist community. Whenever she speaks in a light-hearted way about sexual issues, she says she receives obscene propositions, while posts about feminism are usually met with abuse.<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/is-there-a-new-face-of-atheism-1.557837 Is there a new face of atheism?] by Joe Humphreys, Iris Times, Oct 26, 2012</ref>}}
In October 2014, the popular YouTube atheist [[Thunderf00t]] commented on how Jen McCreight, the founder of the atheist feminist movement Atheism plus abandoned her movement within two weeks. Anti-feminist atheists still mention the short lived Atheism plus movement.
In October 2014, the popular YouTube atheist [[Thunderf00t]] commented on how Jen McCreight, the founder of the atheist feminist movement Atheism plus abandoned her movement within two weeks. Anti-feminist atheists still mention the short lived Atheism plus movement.