Category: Living on the Hill

Stop Telling Secular Western Women to be Quiet

April 8, 2017 | by | 0 Comments
Today, I got up and opened my laptop. Immediately, I see a barrage of comments and inbox messages calling me a ‘feminazi’ a ‘slut’ and a ‘stupid c****’. My crime? I made a sarcastic post on modesty culture. Did I ‘ask for it’ by publicly flaunting my views? Should I just shut up? It’s 4pm […] Read more

An Interview with Jim G. Helton – President of Tri-State Freethinkers

April 7, 2017 | by | 0 Comments
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So many terms float around the Web, but they’re generally overlapping, such as secular humanist, bright, and so on. For the Tri-State Freethinkers, what is the definition of a freethinker? Basically, somebody who makes decisions using science, logic, and reason without dogma. How did you become a freethinker? It started with my […] Read more

Livingstone’s comments are dangerous for the Jewish community

April 5, 2017 | by | 0 Comments
Despite the different interpretations you may be hearing, there are many reasons that the comments made by former London Mayor Ken Livingstone in relation to the Holocaust are deeply offensive for Jewish people. Contrary to the perception that he is being ‘told off for comparing Nazism to Israel’, there is actually a continued narrative within […] Read more

Am I a Radical? Identity Problems in the Electric Generation

April 5, 2017 | by | 0 Comments
I’m 18 and in the car chatting to my mother, and she’s unusually quiet. She’s probably not listening to me as I’ve spent the last half an hour raving about my new friend Haleema’s coursework. She pulls into the drive and stares ahead, silent. “Maddie, I need to ask you something.” “I’m not pregnant, don’t […] Read more