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'''Skepchick''' is an atheist website founded by [[Rebecca Watson]] which discusses [[atheism]], [[feminism]], [[science]], and [[pseudoscience]]. Being an atheist website, Skepchick advocates [[evolution]]ary [[pseudoscience]]. In 2009, it was reported that the website consists of 16 female writers and one male writer.<ref>[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Skepchick Skepchicks]</ref>
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[[File:Rebecca-watson.jpg|thumbnail|170px|[[Rebecca Watson]] ]]
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'''Skepchick''' is an atheist website founded by [[Rebecca Watson]] which discusses [[atheism]], [[feminism]], [[science]], and [[pseudoscience]]. Being an atheist website, Skepchick advocates [[evolution]]ary [[pseudoscience]].  
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== Criticism of Skepchick ==
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See: [[Elevatorgate]] and [[Atheism and women]] and [[Atheism and rape]]
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Amanda Read wrote in the ''[[Washington Times]]'' that she believed Rebecca Watson and the writers at Shepchick were behaving hypocritically about the [[Elevatorgate]] controversy and declared:
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{{cquote|The point is that because the issue is [[sexism]] in the atheist movement, perceptions of sexism are not based on absolute principle, but on relative emotion.
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Watson speaks out against the sexual objectification of women, but she apparently sees nothing wrong with the pinup calendars that she and her female atheist friends publish. [[PZ Myers|Myers]] defended her views on his blog, but only last year he linked to an interesting interview with Nina Hartley, a feminist atheist who sees nothing wrong with women performing as sex workers.
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You see, sexism and the exploitation of women are not immoral to godless women as long as such things are on their terms.<ref>[http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/not-your-average-read/2011/jul/16/sexism-atheism-Dawkins-Watson-feminists-Skepchick/ Of sexism and atheism: Richard Dawkins gets in trouble with feminists, Washington Times, July 16, 2011]</ref>}}
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== Global market share of Skepchick website ==
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''See also:'' [[Internet atheism]]
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=== Loss of global market share of the Skepchick.org website ===
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''See also:'' [[Internet atheism]]
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[[File:Skepchick.org Similarweb.com global ranking 8-7-2022.jpg|thumbnail|center|800px||According to the website traffic tracking company Similarweb, the Skepchick.org website was the 688,855th most popular website in the world in May 2022 and the website was experiencing a big drop in its global popularity.]]
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[[File:Skepchick alexa.png|thumbnail|center|300px|According to the website traffic tracking company [[Alexa]], the Skepchick website saw a large decrease in its global market share from October 2015 to September 2016.]]
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{{Clear}}
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[[File:Skepchick Alexa 2017.png|thumbnail|center|300px|According to Alexa, the Skepchick website continued to lose global market share in the latter part of 2016.]]
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[[File:Skepchick alexa 9-4-2007.png|thumbnail|center|300px|According to Alexa, on September 4, 2017, the Skepchick website was the 448,390th most popular website in the world in terms of its web traffic.]]
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[[File:Skepchick alexa 10-27-2017.png|thumbnail|center|300px|According to Alexa, on October 27, 2017, the Skepchick website was the 587,446th most popular website in the world in terms of its web traffic.]]
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On August 8, 2019, Skepchick was ranked the 376,336th most popular website in the world according to Alexa.
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== Loss of Google referral traffic to the Skepchick.org website ==
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[[File:Skepchick Google referral traffic 7-26-2022.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|Since May of 2014, the Skepchick.org website lost a high proportion of its Google referral web traffic according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush. 
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Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
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== Skepchick writers who have excess weight challenges ==
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''See also:'' [[Atheism and obesity]] and [[Skepchick writers who have had excess weight challenges]]
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[[File:Elyse Anders.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Elyse Anders founded the Women Thinking Free Foundation which has been described as a "science and critical thinking organization focusing on women and women's issues".<ref>[http://www.ntxsecularcon.com/speakers.html Bio of Elyse Anders]</ref>]]
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According to Skepchick, "Skepchick is a group of women (and one deserving guy) who write about [[science]], skepticism, [[feminism]], atheism, [[secularism]], and [[pseudoscience]]".<ref>[http://skepchick.org/about-2/ About Skepchick]</ref> Yet despite [[medical science]] having an vast amount of evidence pointing out the [[Health risks linked to obesity|health risks of excess weight]] and medical science, [[exercise science]], and [[nutritional science]] having many effective measures to lose weight, Skepchick has had writers who are overweight - namely Elyse Anders,<ref>[https://skepchick.org/author/elyse/ Elyse Anders]</ref> Amy Davis Roth<ref>[http://skepchick.org/author/amy/  Amy Davis Roth articles on Skepchick]</ref> and Heina Dadabhoy.<ref>[http://skepchick.org/author/heina/ Heina Dadabhoy articles at Skepchick]</ref>. See also: [[Atheism and obesity]] and [[Atheism and health]]
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=== Elyse Anders ===
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Elyse Anders was a writer for Skepchick.<ref>[https://skepchick.org/author/elyse/ Elyse Anders]</ref>
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Elyse Anders founded the Women Thinking Free Foundation which has been described as a "science and critical thinking organization focusing on women and women's issues".<ref>[http://www.ntxsecularcon.com/speakers.html Bio of Elyse Anders]</ref>  She also led the Hug Me! I'm Vaccinated campaign which was a vaccine advocacy project.  She is a podcaster and is a writer for Shepchick.<ref>[http://www.ntxsecularcon.com/speakers.html Bio of Elyse Anders]</ref> A 2011 picture of an overweight Elyse Anders can be found [https://www.flickr.com/photos/uajamie/5959111018 HERE].  In March 2013, Anders announced that she "lost a bunch of weight".<ref>[http://skepchick.org/2013/03/dont-tell-me-to-love-my-body/ Don’t tell me to love my body] by Elyse Anders</ref>
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=== Amy Davis Roth - writer at Skepchick ===
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Amy Davis Roth is an atheist who writes for Skepchick.<ref>[http://skepchick.org/author/amy/  Amy Davis Roth articles on Skepchick]</ref><ref>[http://www.morethanmen.org/2012/08/10/surly-amy-davis-roth-does-more-than-her-share/ Amy Davis Roth]</ref> Pictures of an overweight Amy Davis Roth can be found [http://nonrandomheathen.wordpress.com/2012/12/22/amy-davis-roth-interview-with-skeptical-inquirer-magazine/ HERE] and [http://www.morethanmen.org/2012/08/10/surly-amy-davis-roth-does-more-than-her-share/ HERE].
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=== Heina Dadabhoy - writer at Skepchick ===
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Heina Dadabhoy is an atheist who writes for Skepchick.<ref>[http://skepchick.org/author/heina/ Heina Dadabhoy articles at Skepchick]</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/heinadadabhoy/info Heina Dadabhoy]</ref> Pictures of an overweight Heina Dadabhoy can be found [http://www.ranker.com/profile-of/heina-dadabhoy HERE] and [http://freethoughtalliance.org/fta/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/heina.jpg HERE]
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She has written several blog post sympathetic to the ideas of the "fat acceptance" movement.<ref>[http://skepchick.org/tag/fat-acceptance/ Heina Dadabhoy - fat acceptance blog post]</ref> For more information please see: [[Atheism and the fat acceptance movement]]
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
  
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*[[Atheism and women]]
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*[[Femen]]
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*[[Atheist factions]]
 
*[[Internet atheism]]
 
*[[Internet atheism]]
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*[[Western atheism and race]]
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*[[The Orbit]]
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*[[Internet evangelism: Christians vs. atheists]]
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*[[Erica Jong]] (feminist)
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.skepchick.org Skepchick website]
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Criticism of Skepchick:
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*[http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/not-your-average-read/2011/jul/16/sexism-atheism-Dawkins-Watson-feminists-Skepchick/ Of sexism and atheism: Richard Dawkins gets in trouble with feminists] -  ''Washington Times'', July 16, 2011
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*[http://www.uncommondescent.com/atheism/rebecca-watson-poster-child-of-the-anti-creationists/ Rebecca Watson: Poster Child of the Anti-Creationists]
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 12:52, August 7, 2022

Rebecca Watson

Skepchick is an atheist website founded by Rebecca Watson which discusses atheism, feminism, science, and pseudoscience. Being an atheist website, Skepchick advocates evolutionary pseudoscience.

Criticism of Skepchick

See: Elevatorgate and Atheism and women and Atheism and rape

Amanda Read wrote in the Washington Times that she believed Rebecca Watson and the writers at Shepchick were behaving hypocritically about the Elevatorgate controversy and declared:

“ The point is that because the issue is sexism in the atheist movement, perceptions of sexism are not based on absolute principle, but on relative emotion.

Watson speaks out against the sexual objectification of women, but she apparently sees nothing wrong with the pinup calendars that she and her female atheist friends publish. Myers defended her views on his blog, but only last year he linked to an interesting interview with Nina Hartley, a feminist atheist who sees nothing wrong with women performing as sex workers.

You see, sexism and the exploitation of women are not immoral to godless women as long as such things are on their terms.[1]

”

Global market share of Skepchick website

See also: Internet atheism

Loss of global market share of the Skepchick.org website

See also: Internet atheism

According to the website traffic tracking company Similarweb, the Skepchick.org website was the 688,855th most popular website in the world in May 2022 and the website was experiencing a big drop in its global popularity.
According to the website traffic tracking company Alexa, the Skepchick website saw a large decrease in its global market share from October 2015 to September 2016.
According to Alexa, the Skepchick website continued to lose global market share in the latter part of 2016.
According to Alexa, on September 4, 2017, the Skepchick website was the 448,390th most popular website in the world in terms of its web traffic.
According to Alexa, on October 27, 2017, the Skepchick website was the 587,446th most popular website in the world in terms of its web traffic.

On August 8, 2019, Skepchick was ranked the 376,336th most popular website in the world according to Alexa.

Loss of Google referral traffic to the Skepchick.org website

Since May of 2014, the Skepchick.org website lost a high proportion of its Google referral web traffic according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush.

Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.

Skepchick writers who have excess weight challenges

See also: Atheism and obesity and Skepchick writers who have had excess weight challenges

Elyse Anders founded the Women Thinking Free Foundation which has been described as a "science and critical thinking organization focusing on women and women's issues".[2]

According to Skepchick, "Skepchick is a group of women (and one deserving guy) who write about science, skepticism, feminism, atheism, secularism, and pseudoscience".[3] Yet despite medical science having an vast amount of evidence pointing out the health risks of excess weight and medical science, exercise science, and nutritional science having many effective measures to lose weight, Skepchick has had writers who are overweight - namely Elyse Anders,[4] Amy Davis Roth[5] and Heina Dadabhoy.[6]. See also: Atheism and obesity and Atheism and health

Elyse Anders

Elyse Anders was a writer for Skepchick.[7]

Elyse Anders founded the Women Thinking Free Foundation which has been described as a "science and critical thinking organization focusing on women and women's issues".[8] She also led the Hug Me! I'm Vaccinated campaign which was a vaccine advocacy project. She is a podcaster and is a writer for Shepchick.[9] A 2011 picture of an overweight Elyse Anders can be found HERE. In March 2013, Anders announced that she "lost a bunch of weight".[10]

Amy Davis Roth - writer at Skepchick

Amy Davis Roth is an atheist who writes for Skepchick.[11][12] Pictures of an overweight Amy Davis Roth can be found HERE and HERE.

Heina Dadabhoy - writer at Skepchick

Heina Dadabhoy is an atheist who writes for Skepchick.[13][14] Pictures of an overweight Heina Dadabhoy can be found HERE and HERE

She has written several blog post sympathetic to the ideas of the "fat acceptance" movement.[15] For more information please see: Atheism and the fat acceptance movement

See also

External links

Criticism of Skepchick:

References

  1. ↑ Of sexism and atheism: Richard Dawkins gets in trouble with feminists, Washington Times, July 16, 2011
  2. ↑ Bio of Elyse Anders
  3. ↑ About Skepchick
  4. ↑ Elyse Anders
  5. ↑ Amy Davis Roth articles on Skepchick
  6. ↑ Heina Dadabhoy articles at Skepchick
  7. ↑ Elyse Anders
  8. ↑ Bio of Elyse Anders
  9. ↑ Bio of Elyse Anders
  10. ↑ Don’t tell me to love my body by Elyse Anders
  11. ↑ Amy Davis Roth articles on Skepchick
  12. ↑ Amy Davis Roth
  13. ↑ Heina Dadabhoy articles at Skepchick
  14. ↑ Heina Dadabhoy
  15. ↑ Heina Dadabhoy - fat acceptance blog post
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