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Mar 13, 2011

Jen McCreight will be on a speaking tour in Minnesota in March, and in advance of her visit she will be our guest on Atheists Talk. Jen writes the popular blog "Blag Hag," and in 2010 popularized the idea that a little bit of cleavage isn't to blame for earthquakes. No, seriously! Boobquake, although misinterpreted by some who thought it was just another concession to reducing women by focusing on breasts, was actually a test to see if God would be so upset with women dressing a bit more provocatively than normal that he would show his displeasure by making the earth move. It didn't seem to work the way that an Iranian cleric had predicted. While fun, the event illustrated the way that religions devalue women. Women's shapes, women's reproductive organs, woman's biological processes and women's desirability to males cause great problems for mankind according to religious teaching. They must be covered, shunned, kept away when they are 'unclean', subject to the rule of their husbands as the church is subject to Christ, they must not be allowed to be priests, yada yada yada... So, why are so many women religious? Why do they cling to a system that subjugates them? Jen McCreight wants answers. "Why are women more religious than men when most religions are so anti-woman? Jen McCreight will address this paradox, make the case for why it's time for women to leave religion, and discuss why skepticism and atheism are empowering for women. "Jen McCreight blogs about atheism, feminism, science, and sex at Blag Hag. She is a board member of the Secular Student Alliance and a contributor to The Atheist’s Guide to Christmas. She was recently listed as one of More Magazine’s top "New Feminists.” Her day job is geeking out about human genetics and evolution as a PhD candidate at the University of Washington." http://www.blaghag.com