Why? Steven Novella is a misogynist.decius wrote:As one of the most vilified women in the community, I urge you to drop a line at Neurologica Blog, Abbie.
Arent we told that exclusion is part of the rampant misogyny in atheism? Excluding female skeptics from "Best atheists authors!" "Best atheist bloggers" "Best atheist podcasts" lists is sexist? Excluding females from speaker line-ups at conferences is sexist (except when Phil Plait does it)? Exclusion is one way the patriarchy keeps women down.
Thus Novella utilized the oppressive tool of exclusion when he covered the XMRV fiasco. His post went up long after my role in the XMRV-CFS take-down was complete-- so long after it was even after my role/blog was referenced in a peer-reviewed journal article, written by one of The Top Dogs in virology. And yet, despite the fact a female atheist/skeptic/blogger brought down that monster, Novella managed to exclude referencing me or my role, in any way/shape/form.
It cannot be due to ignorance or laziness (remember, those arent excuses for excluding good female writers/speakers!). It certainly is nothing personal with me, not that I slapped down his show co-host (its never personal, its always misogyny!).
We arent supposed to interact with misogynists, we are supposed to drum them out of the movement, rite?
Whatever, this experiment I wanted to work this morning didnt so Im in a bad mood.