Branding a Secular Organization Part 3: Getting the Word Out & Advanced Branding Techniques
In his three-part series on branding, Tom Kellogg laid out some basic rules for building a solid brand for your secular organization (Part 1) and then gave examples of how those rules can be put... Read More
Branding a Secular Organization Part 2: Logos, Banners, Mission Statements, and Venues
Yesterday, Tom Kellogg laid out the basic rules of branding your secular organization in Part 1 of “Branding a Secular Organization.” Today, he’ll tell you how to put those rules into practice through your organization’s... Read More
More Than Just a Thousand Words: Standing Up for Underrepresented Bodies in Media
From a young age, women are taught by media messages about Western beauty norms that their appearance just isn’t good enough. For most of us, the first time we manipulate our bodies by shaving our... Read More
Branding a Secular Organization Part 1: How to Market Your Group to Attract and Keep Members
Note: This article is a continuation of “The Roots of Building a Secular Community” Read articles in that series here. Why is Branding So Important? A brand is the identity of an organization, what it... Read More
“My Faith was Crowdsourced — and the Crowd Changed”: How I Left Islam
Some nontheists who leave religion don’t encounter much opposition (or are lucky enough to be encouraged!) and don’t see their atheist identity as something to fight for. Others have faced strenuous hardships in their deconversion... Read More
Thus Wrote the White Patriarchy, “Hey, Lighten Up”
This past week brought another incidence of the media disappointingly disregarding women’s bodies. Model Gigi Hadid was forcibly picked up off the ground by an unknown man, later identified as a “prankster” named Vitalii Sediuk,... Read More
The Sacrifices We Make: Seeing Through Ritual Killings
This year’s worldwide celebration of Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha recently concluded on September 15. For those unfamiliar with Eid al-Adha, the holiday is meant to commemorate Ibrahim’s willingness to kill his son in the name... Read More