In the introduction to her latest book, Sex Object, feminist activist and 2014 recipient of the American Humanist Association’s Humanist Heroine award Jessica Valenti acknowledges that the title is controversial. The book is a memoir... Read More

The conceit from which The Cartoon History of Humanism, Volume One: Antiquity to Enlightenment launches is as funny as it is paradoxical. In fact, its humor comes from its contradictory nature. As a child, our... Read More

Is the Bible trying too hard to be cool? In an odd and somewhat desperate attempt to reach a younger generation of teens primarily disinterested in religion, the Bible has been translated into emojis—the new... Read More

With the religious right constantly harping about the declining sexual morals of our country and our failure to live up to the Biblical standards set by God, one might wonder just what the Bible does... Read More

View all episodes in the Cartoon History of Humanism series. Woman Resurgent: The Notorious Harriet Martineau The first thing to know about the Victorians is that what they said and wrote was generally a monumentally... Read More

According to the World Health Organization, in 2013 the average life expectancy of a person born in Japan was eighty-four years—the highest in the world.  If, somehow, a child was born in Tokyo in June... Read More

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