Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Rebecca Watson
open-in-new
<h2 id="early-life-and-education">Early life and education</h2> <p>Watson grew up in New Jersey.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> She says she had little interest in science before meeting other skeptics, including magician <a href="/facts/James_Randi/qvDsG0vp">James Randi</a>, while at university.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> Watson attended <a href="/facts/Boston_University/Vcyr2qAh">Boston University</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> while also working as a <a href="/facts/Magic_(illusion)/GSoeYUVA">magician</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> She graduated in 2002 with a degree in <a href="/facts/Communication_studies/5H7v0uMg">communications</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="career">Career</h2> <p>Watson blogs about <a href="/facts/Atheism/patUWN1f">atheism</a> and <a href="/facts/Feminist/RRqUvGmk">feminist</a> politics, and has been particularly active in critiquing the modern atheist movement (sometimes called "<a href="/facts/New_Atheism/9Gve5ygq">New Atheism</a>") from within, especially regarding the lack of attention given to the role of women in the movement. Primarily active online, she has been described by <i><a href="/facts/BuzzFeed/8R4uQQb4">BuzzFeed</a></i> as "the first major atheist whose rise has occurred on the <a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web/wvnTrWFq">web</a>".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </p> <h3><i>Skepchick</i></h3> <p>After attending James Randi's skeptic conference <a href="/facts/The_Amaz!ng_Meeting/aEJphRUL">The Amaz!ng Meeting</a>, Watson produced a <a href="/facts/Pin-up/qfAp7qwN">pin-up</a> calendar to support the cost for other women to attend the conference.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> She founded the website <i>Skepchick</i> in 2005<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> as a place to distribute the calendars.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> New editions of the calendar featuring scientists and skeptics were produced each year<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> until 2007.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> </p><p>The website originally consisted of a forum and a monthly <a href="/facts/E-zine/MsAsjPNr">e-zine</a>, <i>Skepchick Magazine</i>, launched in 2006.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> The same year, Watson created a <a href="/facts/Blog/bb6awu2X">blog</a> that would eventually replace the magazine.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> <i>Skepchick</i>'s stated goal is to "discuss women's issues from a skeptical standpoint".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> The site has a focus on science and skepticism in general rather than atheism in particular.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> Watson has also contributed articles on skepticism to the blog <i><a href="/facts/Bostonist/9hGgjRka">Bostonist</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> </p><p>In 2010, <i>Skepchick</i> partnered with the Women Thinking Free Foundation to host a vaccination drive with the help of the "Hug Me!" campaign at the <a href="/facts/Dragon*Con/0U7KttxC">Dragon*Con</a> convention in Atlanta, Georgia.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a>[<i>self-published source</i>] Public health staff provided <a href="/facts/Tdap/oRGy9jGc">Tdap</a> vaccinations free of charge, as well as educational literature promoting immunization.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> In 2011, <i>Skepchick</i>, the <a href="/facts/James_Randi_Educational_Foundation/IGypu1o1">James Randi Educational Foundation</a> (JREF), and the Women Thinking Free Foundation partnered to offer a similar vaccination clinic at The Amaz!ng Meeting 9 in Las Vegas.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> </p><p><i>Skepchick</i> won an <a href="/facts/Ockham_Award/pnqPptTe">Ockham Award</a> in 2012 for Best Skeptic Blog.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> In 2017, the site consisted of a network of over 20 bloggers from around the world.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> In 2023, Watson formally closed the blog network after most writers had moved on to other projects.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> </p> <h3><i>The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe</i></h3> <p>Watson regularly appeared on the <i><a href="/facts/Skeptics%2527_Guide_to_the_Universe/TxMWpdoX">Skeptics' Guide to the Universe</a></i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> co-hosting the podcast for nine years.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> Her first appearance was on episode 33 in March 2006, where she was interviewed about her work on <i>Skepchick</i>. She returned for episode 36 as a regular member of the panel.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a>[<i>not specific enough to verify</i>] In December 2014, she announced that she had recorded her final show prior to leaving the organization.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a> </p> <h3>Public Radio Talent Quest</h3> <p>In May 2007, Watson entered the <a href="/facts/Public_Radio_Talent_Quest/vLdEarSb">Public Radio Talent Quest</a>, a contest aimed to find new public radio hosts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a> Watson's entries won the popular vote in every round,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a> and she was selected along with two other winners to produce a pilot episode for presentation to executives of the <a href="/facts/Corporation_for_Public_Broadcasting/6f1b2cEP">Corporation for Public Broadcasting</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a> </p><p>Watson's pilot, <i>Curiosity, Aroused</i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a> was an hour-long program focused on science and skepticism.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a> It featured interviews with <a href="/facts/Richard_Saunders_(skeptic)/XY98DE7U">Richard Saunders</a> of Australian Skeptics and Mystery Investigators, and <a href="/facts/Richard_Wiseman/WXnnA3Kl">Richard Wiseman</a>, author of the book <i>Quirkology</i> and Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Hertfordshire/e2urd0uG">University of Hertfordshire</a>. She also investigated claims of poisonous amounts of lead in lipstick, went on a ghost tour, and visited a psychic fair.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a> Her show was the only one among the three winners not to be awarded funds for production of a year-long radio program.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a> </p> <h3>"Elevatorgate"</h3> <p>In 2011, Watson spoke on a panel at the <a href="/facts/World_Atheist_Convention/22v9MnGo">World Atheist Convention</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a> about many women's feelings of <a href="/facts/Sexual_objectification/CLbYsEY6">sexual objectification</a> at atheist conferences.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a> Following the convention, Watson published a <a href="/facts/Video_blog/JhMmw28p">video blog</a> criticizing <a href="/facts/Sexism/laBoxq0Q">sexism</a> within the atheist movement, in which she described being sexually propositioned in an <a href="/facts/Elevator/ug3nh0o8">elevator</a> by a male conference attendee.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a> Watson described socializing with other attendees at a hotel bar until 4:00 a.m., then announcing she was tired and going to bed. After this, a man from the group followed her into an elevator and invited her to his room for coffee, which she declined.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56"><sup>56</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57"><sup>57</sup></a> Watson drew a parallel between the incident and her conference talk on sexual objectification the night before,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58"><sup>58</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59"><sup>59</sup></a> saying, "Guys, don't do that".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60"><sup>60</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61"><sup>61</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62"><sup>62</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63"><sup>63</sup></a> She went on to say: </p> <blockquote><p>I was a single woman, in a foreign country, at 4 a.m., in a hotel elevator with you—just you—and don't invite me back to your hotel room, right after I have finished talking about how it creeps me out and makes me uncomfortable when men sexualize me in that manner.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64"><sup>64</sup></a> </p></blockquote> <p>Watson further commented that fears of <a href="/facts/Sexual_harassment/SSJJzLwo">sexual harassment</a> might be keeping women away from atheist meetings.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:65" href="#fn:65"><sup>65</sup></a> Despite the incident being a minor topic of the video,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:66" href="#fn:66"><sup>66</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:67" href="#fn:67"><sup>67</sup></a> it was followed by a campaign of misogynistic harassment against Watson that came to be known as "Elevatorgate".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:68" href="#fn:68"><sup>68</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:69" href="#fn:69"><sup>69</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:70" href="#fn:70"><sup>70</sup></a> Reactions to the video varied, with some supporting Watson's desire for privacy and others accusing Watson of exaggerating the problem and scaring women away from conferences. However, she was supported by many bloggers on the FreethoughtBlogs network founded by writer and biologist <a href="/facts/PZ_Myers/hVPk9hIr">PZ Myers</a>, who wrote a supportive post about the incident on his blog <i><a href="/facts/Pharyngula_(blog)/y6z6YKst">Pharyngula</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:71" href="#fn:71"><sup>71</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:72" href="#fn:72"><sup>72</sup></a> </p><p>The controversy attracted mainstream media attention when biologist <a href="/facts/Richard_Dawkins/x8Q24PJG">Richard Dawkins</a> joined the discussion on Myers's blog,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:73" href="#fn:73"><sup>73</sup></a> sarcastically comparing Watson's experience to that of an imaginary <a href="/facts/Muslim/W2ukq4pg">Muslim</a> woman.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:74" href="#fn:74"><sup>74</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:75" href="#fn:75"><sup>75</sup></a> Although Watson had not mentioned sexism against <a href="/facts/Women_in_Islam/uenPbe9I">women in Islam</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:76" href="#fn:76"><sup>76</sup></a> Dawkins' comment mocked the supposed indifference of Western feminists to the plight of oppressed women in <a href="/facts/Muslim-majority_countries/n9vVGogr">Muslim-majority countries</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:77" href="#fn:77"><sup>77</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:78" href="#fn:78"><sup>78</sup></a> telling "Muslima" to "stop whining" in the face of <a href="/facts/Female_genital_mutilation/EWETRnVP">female genital mutilation</a>, <a href="/facts/Intimate_partner_violence/XwsR7qqK">intimate partner violence</a>, and the threat of <a href="/facts/Death_by_stoning/5C5FMDbB">death by stoning</a> and to "grow up, or at least grow a thicker skin".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:79" href="#fn:79"><sup>79</sup></a> </p><p>The result of this exchange led to an extended <a href="/facts/Flaming_(Internet)/mspCEfFf">internet flame war</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:80" href="#fn:80"><sup>80</sup></a> nicknamed "Elevatorgate"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:81" href="#fn:81"><sup>81</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:82" href="#fn:82"><sup>82</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:83" href="#fn:83"><sup>83</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:84" href="#fn:84"><sup>84</sup></a> that has been the subject of <a href="/facts/Internet_meme/f1fL5oT3">Internet memes</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:85" href="#fn:85"><sup>85</sup></a> A negative response by the online atheist community to Watson's account of the incident soon spread across several websites, including <a href="/facts/Reddit/PAJjm63I">Reddit</a>, and became highly polarized and heated.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:86" href="#fn:86"><sup>86</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:87" href="#fn:87"><sup>87</sup></a> The debate steadily grew to include the overall status of women within the secular movement, with most of the movements's prominent figures offering their opinion on whether the elevator incident constituted sexual harassment. The discussion spurred a continued backlash, with commenters online labeling women who spoke up on the subject as "<a href="/facts/Feminazi/HFfcs3RS">feminazis</a>" and other misogynistic slurs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:88" href="#fn:88"><sup>88</sup></a> Watson experienced a campaign of misogynistic harassment<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:89" href="#fn:89"><sup>89</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:90" href="#fn:90"><sup>90</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:91" href="#fn:91"><sup>91</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:92" href="#fn:92"><sup>92</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:93" href="#fn:93"><sup>93</sup></a> including threats of rape and murder,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:94" href="#fn:94"><sup>94</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:95" href="#fn:95"><sup>95</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:96" href="#fn:96"><sup>96</sup></a> with one man publishing a <a href="/facts/Website/SAsjJnca">website</a> threatening to kill her.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:97" href="#fn:97"><sup>97</sup></a> </p><p>Dawkins' comments led him to be accused of <a href="/facts/Misogyny/TqDru4F6">misogyny</a> and <a href="/facts/Islamophobia/K78mwBd1">Islamophobia</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:98" href="#fn:98"><sup>98</sup></a> He later explained that he thought Watson had not had any reason to feel threatened,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:99" href="#fn:99"><sup>99</sup></a> comparing Watson's experience to riding in an elevator with someone chewing gum.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:100" href="#fn:100"><sup>100</sup></a> Several commentators argued that the incident showed Dawkins' insensitivity to gender-related issues such as sexual violence.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:101" href="#fn:101"><sup>101</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:102" href="#fn:102"><sup>102</sup></a> Religious scholar <a href="/facts/Stephen_LeDrew_(academic)/XbEMpBUN">Stephen LeDrew</a> writes that "For the first time since the New Atheism had risen to prominence, [Dawkins] found himself under attack by many of those who had viewed him as a respected leader".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:103" href="#fn:103"><sup>103</sup></a> <a href="/facts/David_Allen_Green/jeYukrTU">David Allen Green</a> criticized Dawkins for dismissing lesser wrongs because bigger wrongs exist.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:104" href="#fn:104"><sup>104</sup></a> Watson stated that she would no longer buy or endorse Dawkins' books,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:105" href="#fn:105"><sup>105</sup></a> saying, "to have my concerns—and more so the concerns of other women who have survived rape and sexual assault—dismissed thanks to a rich white man comparing them to the plight of women who have been mutilated, is insulting to all of us".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:106" href="#fn:106"><sup>106</sup></a> </p><p>Religious studies scholars Steven Tomlins and <a href="/facts/Lori_G._Beaman/SnqwGCpT">Lori G. Beaman</a> argue that the incident highlights a schism over the role of feminism in the atheist movement, with some saying it should take a prominent place in the movement and others calling it divisive.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:107" href="#fn:107"><sup>107</sup></a> In the wake of this and an incident at a <a href="/facts/Center_for_Inquiry/dwaJb8HL">Center for Inquiry</a>-sponsored event, where female atheists reported gender bias and inappropriate behavior, organizations including the <a href="/facts/Richard_Dawkins_Foundation_for_Reason_and_Science/RWklkuLK">Richard Dawkins Foundation</a> have reviewed their policies regarding sexual harassment and non-discrimination.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:108" href="#fn:108"><sup>108</sup></a> Dawkins later apologized,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:109" href="#fn:109"><sup>109</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:110" href="#fn:110"><sup>110</sup></a> stating, "There should be no rivalry in victimhood, and I'm sorry I once said something similar to American women complaining of harassment, inviting them to contemplate the suffering of Muslim women by comparison".,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:111" href="#fn:111"><sup>111</sup></a> but then he insisted in the comparison insinuating that the others are belittling: "If we wish to insist that all examples of a sexual crime are exactly equally bad, perhaps we need to look more carefully at exactly who is belittling what."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:112" href="#fn:112"><sup>112</sup></a> Watson tweeted in response, "Richard Dawkins just did the blog-equivalent of coughing into his hand while mumbling 'sorry' to me. Eh, I'll take it."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:113" href="#fn:113"><sup>113</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="personal-life">Personal life</h2> <p>Watson married Sid Rodrigues in a surprise ceremony during The Amaz!ng Meeting in July 2009.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:114" href="#fn:114"><sup>114</sup></a> In April 2011, she announced that she and Rodrigues were separated and seeking a divorce.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:115" href="#fn:115"><sup>115</sup></a> She later remarried.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:116" href="#fn:116"><sup>116</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="honors">Honors</h2> <p>An <a href="/facts/Asteroid_group/TnVYFxdB">outer main-belt</a> <a href="/facts/Asteroid/g7Ulr1VB">asteroid</a> discovered by <a href="/facts/David_H._Healy/MHRBe4RN">David H. Healy</a> on March 22, 2001, was named <a href="/facts/153289_Rebeccawatson/AarI5kRa">153289 Rebeccawatson</a> in her honor.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:117" href="#fn:117"><sup>117</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:118" href="#fn:118"><sup>118</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Greta_Christina/GRFLFeTV">Greta Christina</a> – American atheist blogger, speaker, and author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)/d5fNTT14">Gamergate (harassment campaign)</a> – Misogynistic online harassment campaign</li> <li><a href="/facts/Views_of_Richard_Dawkins/U6Ek6MEe">Views of Richard Dawkins § Elevatorgate</a></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Marcotte, Amanda (March 2, 2018). <a href="https://www.salon.com/2018/03/02/for-atheists-metoo-might-be-too-little-too-late/">"For atheists, #MeToo might be too little, too late"</a>. <i>Salon</i>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Omar_Mouallem/RgqnUeXr">Mouallem, Omar</a> (August 2008). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080912125609/http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=9429">"Making a Living of Bullshit Detecting"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/Vue_Weekly/szcEfSd3">Vue Weekly</a></i>. No. 671. Edmonton, Alberta. Archived from the original on September 12, 2008.</li> <li>Trent, Brian (May–June 2012). <a href="https://thehumanist.com/magazine/may-june-2012/features/getting-real-a-look-at-the-new-skepticism/">"Getting Real: A Look at the New Skepticism"</a>. <i>The Humanist</i>. Vol. 72, no. 3. pp. 12–17. <a href="/facts/ISSN_(identifier)/DPAflDvU">ISSN</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0018-7399">0018-7399</a>.</li> <li>Watson, Rebecca (June 20, 2011). <a href="https://skepchick.org/2011/06/about-mythbusters-robot-eyes-feminism-and-jokes/">"About Mythbusters, Robot Eyes, Feminism, and Jokes"</a>. <i>Skepchick</i> (video blog discussing elevator incident at 5'19").</li> <li>Watson, Rebecca (October 24, 2012). <a href="https://slate.com/human-interest/2012/10/sexism-in-the-skeptic-community-i-spoke-out-then-came-the-rape-threats.html">"It Stands to Reason, Skeptics Can Be Sexist Too"</a>. DoubleX. <i>Slate</i>.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rebecca Watson. <ul><li><a href="http://skepchick.org/"><i>Skepchick.org</i></a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Watson, Rebecca [@rebeccawatson] (October 19, 2018). "yesterday I turned 38 and I'm not into the idea of plastic surgery so feeling pretty blessed to live in the same time period as the iphone X camera" (Tweet). Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Twitter. <a href="https://x.com/rebeccawatson/status/1053370368340058112" target="_blank">https://x.com/rebeccawatson/status/1053370368340058112</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Scheidt, Hannah K. (2021). "Autonomy or Authority? Ideology, Charisma, and Patriarchy". Practicing Atheism: Culture, Media, and Ritual in the Contemporary Atheist Network. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 90–91. doi:10.1093/oso/9780197536940.003.0004. ISBN 978-0-19-753696-4. <a href="978-0-19-753696-4" target="_blank">978-0-19-753696-4</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Hess, Amanda (2015). "Women Aren't Welcome Here". In Holt, Sid (ed.). The Best American Magazine Writing 2015. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 57. doi:10.7312/asme16959. ISBN 978-0-231-54071-1. JSTOR 10.7312/asme16959.6. <a href="978-0-231-54071-1" target="_blank">978-0-231-54071-1</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Brewster, Melanie Elyse; Motulsky, Wei; Chan, Andy (2021). "Intersectional Atheisms: Race, Gender, and Sexuality". In Bullivant, Stephen; Ruse, Michael (eds.). The Cambridge History of Atheism. Cambridge University Press. p. 1070. doi:10.1017/9781108562324.058. ISBN 978-1-0090-4021-1. After atheist blogger Rebecca Watson experienced unwanted advances from a man in an elevator at an atheist conference, Richard Dawkins told her to 'stop whining' <a href="978-1-0090-4021-1" target="_blank">978-1-0090-4021-1</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Marcotte, Amanda (May–June 2018). "#WeToo?". The Humanist. Vol. 78, no. 3. pp. 12–15. ISSN 0018-7399. <a href="https://thehumanist.com/magazine/may-june-2018/features/wetoo/" target="_blank">https://thehumanist.com/magazine/may-june-2018/features/wetoo/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Isomaa, Robin (2022). "YouTube Drama in an Atheist Public: A Case Study". Secularism and Nonreligion. 11 (3): 1–13. doi:10.5334/snr.146. ISSN 2053-6712. In the video, [Watson] mentioned an incident where she had felt unsafe when a man had propositioned her in an elevator late at night. Despite the incident only being a minor topic in the video, it resulted in misogynistic harassment from atheists. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5334%2Fsnr.146" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5334%2Fsnr.146</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Potash, Larry (March 31, 2006). "Be skeptical or be an April fool". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 24, 2013. <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/03/31/be-skeptical-or-be-an-april-fool/" target="_blank">https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/03/31/be-skeptical-or-be-an-april-fool/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Simpson, Neal (September 27, 2007). "Blogger looks to take her war on pseudoscience to the airwaves". Wicked Local. Brookline TAB. Framingham, Mass. Retrieved October 28, 2024. <a href="https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/brookline-tab/2007/09/27/blogger-looks-to-take-her/40769711007/" target="_blank">https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/brookline-tab/2007/09/27/blogger-looks-to-take-her/40769711007/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Watson, Rebecca (September 29, 2011). "Mom, don't read this". Skepchick. Retrieved August 24, 2013. <a href="http://skepchick.org/2011/09/mom-dont-read-this/" target="_blank">http://skepchick.org/2011/09/mom-dont-read-this/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Potash, Larry (March 31, 2006). "Be skeptical or be an April fool". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 24, 2013. <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/03/31/be-skeptical-or-be-an-april-fool/" target="_blank">https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/03/31/be-skeptical-or-be-an-april-fool/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Cohen, Georgiana (March 19, 2009). "Not-so-sure guys". The Boston Phoenix. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2024. <a href="http://thephoenix.com/Boston/life/78548-not-so-sure-guys/" target="_blank">http://thephoenix.com/Boston/life/78548-not-so-sure-guys/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Potash, Larry (March 31, 2006). "Be skeptical or be an April fool". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 24, 2013. <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/03/31/be-skeptical-or-be-an-april-fool/" target="_blank">https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/03/31/be-skeptical-or-be-an-april-fool/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Meagher, Richard J. (2018). "'The Friendly Atheist': Organizing Online to Offline". Atheists in American Politics: Social Movement Organizing from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-1-4985-5858-7. <a href="978-1-4985-5858-7" target="_blank">978-1-4985-5858-7</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Plait, Phil (September 19, 2005). "Skepchicks". Bad Astronomy. Discover. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. <a href="/wiki/Phil_Plait" target="_blank">/wiki/Phil_Plait</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Watson, Rebecca (January 20, 2023). "The Skepchick Network is Dead and I Killed It". Skepchick. Retrieved October 28, 2024. <a href="https://skepchick.org/2023/01/the-skepchick-network-is-dead-and-i-killed-it/" target="_blank">https://skepchick.org/2023/01/the-skepchick-network-is-dead-and-i-killed-it/</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Meagher, Richard J. (2018). "'The Friendly Atheist': Organizing Online to Offline". Atheists in American Politics: Social Movement Organizing from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-1-4985-5858-7. <a href="978-1-4985-5858-7" target="_blank">978-1-4985-5858-7</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Huff, Peter A. (2021). Atheism and Agnosticism: Exploring the Issues. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. xxxi. ISBN 978-1-4408-7083-5. <a href="978-1-4408-7083-5" target="_blank">978-1-4408-7083-5</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>Watson, Rebecca (January 20, 2023). "The Skepchick Network is Dead and I Killed It". Skepchick. Retrieved October 28, 2024. <a href="https://skepchick.org/2023/01/the-skepchick-network-is-dead-and-i-killed-it/" target="_blank">https://skepchick.org/2023/01/the-skepchick-network-is-dead-and-i-killed-it/</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>Johnstone-Louis, Mary (2013). "No Gods. No Masters?: The 'New Atheist' Movement and the Commercialization of Unbelief". In Rinallo, Diego; Scott, Linda M.; Maclaran, Pauline (eds.). Consumption and Spirituality. New York: Routledge. p. 57. doi:10.4324/9780203106235. ISBN 978-0-415-88911-7. <a href="978-0-415-88911-7" target="_blank">978-0-415-88911-7</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>Watson, Rebecca (September 24, 2012). "Please Stop Making Calendars". Skepchick. Retrieved October 28, 2024. <a href="https://skepchick.org/2012/09/please-stop-making-calendars/" target="_blank">https://skepchick.org/2012/09/please-stop-making-calendars/</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>Plait, Phil (June 15, 2006). "The new SkepChick magazine is up". Bad Astronomy. Slate. Retrieved October 28, 2024. <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2006/06/the-new-skepchick-magazine-is-up.html" target="_blank">https://slate.com/technology/2006/06/the-new-skepchick-magazine-is-up.html</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>Watson, Rebecca (January 20, 2023). "The Skepchick Network is Dead and I Killed It". Skepchick. Retrieved October 28, 2024. <a href="https://skepchick.org/2023/01/the-skepchick-network-is-dead-and-i-killed-it/" target="_blank">https://skepchick.org/2023/01/the-skepchick-network-is-dead-and-i-killed-it/</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>Watson, Rebecca (January 20, 2023). "The Skepchick Network is Dead and I Killed It". Skepchick. Retrieved October 28, 2024. <a href="https://skepchick.org/2023/01/the-skepchick-network-is-dead-and-i-killed-it/" target="_blank">https://skepchick.org/2023/01/the-skepchick-network-is-dead-and-i-killed-it/</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>Meagher, Richard J. (2018). "'The Friendly Atheist': Organizing Online to Offline". Atheists in American Politics: Social Movement Organizing from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-1-4985-5858-7. <a href="978-1-4985-5858-7" target="_blank">978-1-4985-5858-7</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>"About Us (and You)". Skepchick. n.d. Retrieved October 28, 2024. <a href="https://skepchick.org/about-2/" target="_blank">https://skepchick.org/about-2/</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>Meagher, Richard J. (2018). "'The Friendly Atheist': Organizing Online to Offline". Atheists in American Politics: Social Movement Organizing from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-1-4985-5858-7. <a href="978-1-4985-5858-7" target="_blank">978-1-4985-5858-7</a> <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:27"><p>Cohen, Georgiana (March 19, 2009). "Not-so-sure guys". The Boston Phoenix. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2024. <a href="http://thephoenix.com/Boston/life/78548-not-so-sure-guys/" target="_blank">http://thephoenix.com/Boston/life/78548-not-so-sure-guys/</a> <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:28"><p>Saunders, Richard; Dunlop, Rachael; Atkinson, Bill (September 10, 2010). "The Skeptic Zone #99 - 10.Sep.2010". The Skeptic Zone (Podcast). No. 99. Event occurs at 0:30:20. Retrieved August 20, 2013. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Saunders_(skeptic)" target="_blank">/wiki/Richard_Saunders_(skeptic)</a> <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:29"><p>"News archives". Hug Me! I'm Vaccinated!. Women Thinking Free Foundation. July 2011. Archived from the original on September 19, 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130919031446/http://hugmeimvaccinated.org/newsarchives.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130919031446/http://hugmeimvaccinated.org/newsarchives.html</a> <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:30"><p>"News archives". Hug Me! I'm Vaccinated!. Women Thinking Free Foundation. July 2011. Archived from the original on September 19, 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130919031446/http://hugmeimvaccinated.org/newsarchives.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130919031446/http://hugmeimvaccinated.org/newsarchives.html</a> <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:31"><p>"The Ockhams 2012". The Skeptic. June 27, 2017. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. <a href="https://www.skeptic.org.uk/the-ockham-awards/the-ockhams-2012/" target="_blank">https://www.skeptic.org.uk/the-ockham-awards/the-ockhams-2012/</a> <a href="#fnref:31" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:32"><p>Meagher, Richard J. (2018). "'The Friendly Atheist': Organizing Online to Offline". Atheists in American Politics: Social Movement Organizing from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-1-4985-5858-7. <a href="978-1-4985-5858-7" target="_blank">978-1-4985-5858-7</a> <a href="#fnref:32" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:33"><p>Watson, Rebecca (January 20, 2023). "The Skepchick Network is Dead and I Killed It". Skepchick. Retrieved October 28, 2024. <a href="https://skepchick.org/2023/01/the-skepchick-network-is-dead-and-i-killed-it/" target="_blank">https://skepchick.org/2023/01/the-skepchick-network-is-dead-and-i-killed-it/</a> <a href="#fnref:33" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:34"><p>Reagle, Joseph (2015). "Alienated: You Fail It! Your Skill Is Not Enough!". Reading the Comments: Likers, Haters, and Manipulators at the Bottom of the Web. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press. p. 114. doi:10.7551/mitpress/10116.003.0006. ISBN 978-0-262-32887-6. JSTOR j.ctt17kkb2f.8. <a href="978-0-262-32887-6" target="_blank">978-0-262-32887-6</a> <a href="#fnref:34" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:35"><p>Novella, Steven (2018). "Acknowledgements". The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake. New York: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5387-6051-2.[page needed] <a href="978-1-5387-6051-2" target="_blank">978-1-5387-6051-2</a> <a href="#fnref:35" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:36"><p>"Archive of Shows". The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. Archived from the original on October 18, 2008. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081018180403/http://www.theskepticsguide.org/archive.asp" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20081018180403/http://www.theskepticsguide.org/archive.asp</a> <a href="#fnref:36" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:37"><p>Watson, Rebecca (December 27, 2014). "Why I've Left SGU". Skepchick. Retrieved December 31, 2014. <a href="http://skepchick.org/2014/12/why-ive-left-sgu/" target="_blank">http://skepchick.org/2014/12/why-ive-left-sgu/</a> <a href="#fnref:37" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:38"><p>Watson, Rebecca (May 15, 2007). "A very special audio blog posting. Vote for me!". Skepchick. <a href="http://skepchick.org/2007/05/a-very-special-audio-blog-posting-vote-for-me/" target="_blank">http://skepchick.org/2007/05/a-very-special-audio-blog-posting-vote-for-me/</a> <a href="#fnref:38" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:39"><p>"PRX Announces Winners of Public Radio Talent Quest". Public Radio Exchange. October 27, 2007. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120330211748/http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/2640" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120330211748/http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/2640</a> <a href="#fnref:39" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:40"><p>Simpson, Neal (September 27, 2007). "Blogger looks to take her war on pseudoscience to the airwaves". Wicked Local. Brookline TAB. Framingham, Mass. Retrieved October 28, 2024. <a href="https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/brookline-tab/2007/09/27/blogger-looks-to-take-her/40769711007/" target="_blank">https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/brookline-tab/2007/09/27/blogger-looks-to-take-her/40769711007/</a> <a href="#fnref:40" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:41"><p>Simon, Clea (January 11, 2008). "Showing a talent for radio". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 30, 2008 – via Boston.com.[dead link] <a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/01/11/showing_a_talent_for_radio/" target="_blank">http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/01/11/showing_a_talent_for_radio/</a> <a href="#fnref:41" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:42"><p>Watson, Rebecca (December 16, 2007). "Curiosity, Aroused: The Pilot". Curiosity Aroused. Retrieved April 6, 2025 – via WordPress. <a href="http://curiosityaroused.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/hello-world/" target="_blank">http://curiosityaroused.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/hello-world/</a> <a href="#fnref:42" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:43"><p>Watson, Rebecca; Paul, Richard (December 1, 2007). "Curiosity Aroused Pilot" (audio). Retrieved April 6, 2025 – via Public Radio Exchange. <a href="https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/22589" target="_blank">https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/22589</a> <a href="#fnref:43" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:44"><p>Simon, Clea (January 11, 2008). "Showing a talent for radio". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 30, 2008 – via Boston.com.[dead link] <a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/01/11/showing_a_talent_for_radio/" target="_blank">http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/01/11/showing_a_talent_for_radio/</a> <a href="#fnref:44" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:45"><p>Watson, Rebecca; Paul, Richard (December 1, 2007). "Curiosity Aroused Pilot" (audio). Retrieved April 6, 2025 – via Public Radio Exchange. <a href="https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/22589" target="_blank">https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/22589</a> <a href="#fnref:45" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:46"><p>"Big News from PRX and CPB" (Press release). Public Radio Exchange. June 26, 2008. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120418145719/http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/2710" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120418145719/http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/2710</a> <a href="#fnref:46" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:47"><p>Simon, Clea (July 2008). "At WCRB, it's a grand old tradition". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 30, 2008 – via Boston.com.[dead link] <a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/07/03/at_wcrb_its_a_grand_old_tradition/" target="_blank">http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/07/03/at_wcrb_its_a_grand_old_tradition/</a> <a href="#fnref:47" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:48"><p>Scheidt, Hannah K. (2021). "Autonomy or Authority? Ideology, Charisma, and Patriarchy". Practicing Atheism: Culture, Media, and Ritual in the Contemporary Atheist Network. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 90–91. doi:10.1093/oso/9780197536940.003.0004. ISBN 978-0-19-753696-4. <a href="978-0-19-753696-4" target="_blank">978-0-19-753696-4</a> <a href="#fnref:48" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:49"><p>Huff, Peter A. (2021). "Dawkins, Richard". Atheism and Agnosticism: Exploring the Issues. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-4408-7083-5. <a href="978-1-4408-7083-5" target="_blank">978-1-4408-7083-5</a> <a href="#fnref:49" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:50"><p>Meagher (2018), pp. 100–101. - Meagher, Richard J. (2018). "'The Friendly Atheist': Organizing Online to Offline". Atheists in American Politics: Social Movement Organizing from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-1-4985-5858-7. <a href="#fnref:50" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:51"><p>Schnabel, Landon; Facciani, Matthew; Sincoff-Yedid, Ariel; Fazzino, Lori (2016). "Gender and Atheism: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and an Agenda for Future Research". In Cipriani, Roberto; Garelli, Franco (eds.). Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 7 (2016): Sociology of Atheism. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. pp. 75–97. doi:10.1163/9789004319301_006. ISBN 978-90-04-31930-1. <a href="978-90-04-31930-1" target="_blank">978-90-04-31930-1</a> <a href="#fnref:51" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:52"><p>Guenther, Katja M. (2019). "Secular sexism: The persistence of gender inequality in the US New Atheist Movement". Women's Studies International Forum. 72: 53–54. doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2018.11.007. ISSN 1879-243X. Almost immediately after the vlog appeared, Watson began receiving violent threats on her blog and through e-mail and Twitter. [...] In some respects, Elevatorgate is an extreme example of sexism in the New Atheist Movement because the on-line posts about Watson and her supporters were so venomous. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:52" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:53"><p>Isomaa, Robin (2022). "YouTube Drama in an Atheist Public: A Case Study". Secularism and Nonreligion. 11 (3): 1–13. doi:10.5334/snr.146. ISSN 2053-6712. In the video, [Watson] mentioned an incident where she had felt unsafe when a man had propositioned her in an elevator late at night. Despite the incident only being a minor topic in the video, it resulted in misogynistic harassment from atheists. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5334%2Fsnr.146" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5334%2Fsnr.146</a> <a href="#fnref:53" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:54"><p>Carian, Emily K. (2024). "Introduction: Men Gender Activists in the Stalled Revolution". Good Guys, Bad Guys: The Perils of Men's Gender Activism. New York University Press. p. 3. doi:10.18574/nyu/9781479820979.003.0003. ISBN 978-1-4798-2100-6. In what came to be known as Elevatorgate, atheist blogger Rebecca Watson criticized sexism within the community after she was propositioned in an elevator by a man and fellow World Atheist Convention attendee. She faced a concerted harassment campaign for speaking out about her experience. <a href="978-1-4798-2100-6" target="_blank">978-1-4798-2100-6</a> <a href="#fnref:54" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:55"><p>Schnabel, Landon; Facciani, Matthew; Sincoff-Yedid, Ariel; Fazzino, Lori (2016). "Gender and Atheism: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and an Agenda for Future Research". In Cipriani, Roberto; Garelli, Franco (eds.). Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 7 (2016): Sociology of Atheism. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. pp. 75–97. doi:10.1163/9789004319301_006. ISBN 978-90-04-31930-1. <a href="978-90-04-31930-1" target="_blank">978-90-04-31930-1</a> <a href="#fnref:55" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:56"><p>Reagle, Joseph (2015). "Alienated: You Fail It! Your Skill Is Not Enough!". Reading the Comments: Likers, Haters, and Manipulators at the Bottom of the Web. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press. p. 114. doi:10.7551/mitpress/10116.003.0006. ISBN 978-0-262-32887-6. JSTOR j.ctt17kkb2f.8. <a href="978-0-262-32887-6" target="_blank">978-0-262-32887-6</a> <a href="#fnref:56" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:57"><p>LeDrew, Stephen (2016). "The Atheist Right". The Evolution of Atheism: The Politics of a Modern Movement. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 198–199. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190225179.003.0008. ISBN 978-0-19-022517-9. <a href="978-0-19-022517-9" target="_blank">978-0-19-022517-9</a> <a href="#fnref:57" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:58"><p>Meagher (2018), pp. 100–101. - Meagher, Richard J. (2018). "'The Friendly Atheist': Organizing Online to Offline". Atheists in American Politics: Social Movement Organizing from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-1-4985-5858-7. <a href="#fnref:58" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:59"><p>Schnabel, Landon; Facciani, Matthew; Sincoff-Yedid, Ariel; Fazzino, Lori (2016). "Gender and Atheism: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and an Agenda for Future Research". In Cipriani, Roberto; Garelli, Franco (eds.). Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 7 (2016): Sociology of Atheism. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. pp. 75–97. doi:10.1163/9789004319301_006. ISBN 978-90-04-31930-1. <a href="978-90-04-31930-1" target="_blank">978-90-04-31930-1</a> <a href="#fnref:59" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:60"><p>Reagle, Joseph (2015). "Alienated: You Fail It! Your Skill Is Not Enough!". Reading the Comments: Likers, Haters, and Manipulators at the Bottom of the Web. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press. p. 114. doi:10.7551/mitpress/10116.003.0006. ISBN 978-0-262-32887-6. JSTOR j.ctt17kkb2f.8. <a href="978-0-262-32887-6" target="_blank">978-0-262-32887-6</a> <a href="#fnref:60" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:61"><p>Guenther, Katja M. (2019). "Secular sexism: The persistence of gender inequality in the US New Atheist Movement". Women's Studies International Forum. 72: 53–54. doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2018.11.007. ISSN 1879-243X. Almost immediately after the vlog appeared, Watson began receiving violent threats on her blog and through e-mail and Twitter. [...] In some respects, Elevatorgate is an extreme example of sexism in the New Atheist Movement because the on-line posts about Watson and her supporters were so venomous. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:61" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:62"><p>Schnabel, Landon; Facciani, Matthew; Sincoff-Yedid, Ariel; Fazzino, Lori (2016). "Gender and Atheism: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and an Agenda for Future Research". In Cipriani, Roberto; Garelli, Franco (eds.). Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 7 (2016): Sociology of Atheism. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. pp. 75–97. doi:10.1163/9789004319301_006. ISBN 978-90-04-31930-1. <a href="978-90-04-31930-1" target="_blank">978-90-04-31930-1</a> <a href="#fnref:62" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:63"><p>Scheidt, Hannah K. (2021). "Autonomy or Authority? Ideology, Charisma, and Patriarchy". Practicing Atheism: Culture, Media, and Ritual in the Contemporary Atheist Network. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 90–91. doi:10.1093/oso/9780197536940.003.0004. ISBN 978-0-19-753696-4. <a href="978-0-19-753696-4" target="_blank">978-0-19-753696-4</a> <a href="#fnref:63" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:64"><p>Meagher (2018), pp. 100–101. - Meagher, Richard J. (2018). "'The Friendly Atheist': Organizing Online to Offline". Atheists in American Politics: Social Movement Organizing from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-1-4985-5858-7. <a href="#fnref:64" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:65"><p>Schnabel, Landon; Facciani, Matthew; Sincoff-Yedid, Ariel; Fazzino, Lori (2016). "Gender and Atheism: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and an Agenda for Future Research". In Cipriani, Roberto; Garelli, Franco (eds.). Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 7 (2016): Sociology of Atheism. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. pp. 75–97. doi:10.1163/9789004319301_006. ISBN 978-90-04-31930-1. <a href="978-90-04-31930-1" target="_blank">978-90-04-31930-1</a> <a href="#fnref:65" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:66"><p>Isomaa, Robin (2022). "YouTube Drama in an Atheist Public: A Case Study". Secularism and Nonreligion. 11 (3): 1–13. doi:10.5334/snr.146. ISSN 2053-6712. In the video, [Watson] mentioned an incident where she had felt unsafe when a man had propositioned her in an elevator late at night. Despite the incident only being a minor topic in the video, it resulted in misogynistic harassment from atheists. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5334%2Fsnr.146" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5334%2Fsnr.146</a> <a href="#fnref:66" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:67"><p>LeDrew, Stephen (2016). "The Atheist Right". The Evolution of Atheism: The Politics of a Modern Movement. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 198–199. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190225179.003.0008. ISBN 978-0-19-022517-9. <a href="978-0-19-022517-9" target="_blank">978-0-19-022517-9</a> <a href="#fnref:67" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:68"><p>Guenther, Katja M. (2019). "Secular sexism: The persistence of gender inequality in the US New Atheist Movement". Women's Studies International Forum. 72: 53–54. doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2018.11.007. ISSN 1879-243X. Almost immediately after the vlog appeared, Watson began receiving violent threats on her blog and through e-mail and Twitter. [...] In some respects, Elevatorgate is an extreme example of sexism in the New Atheist Movement because the on-line posts about Watson and her supporters were so venomous. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:68" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:69"><p>Carian, Emily K. (2024). "Introduction: Men Gender Activists in the Stalled Revolution". Good Guys, Bad Guys: The Perils of Men's Gender Activism. New York University Press. p. 3. doi:10.18574/nyu/9781479820979.003.0003. ISBN 978-1-4798-2100-6. In what came to be known as Elevatorgate, atheist blogger Rebecca Watson criticized sexism within the community after she was propositioned in an elevator by a man and fellow World Atheist Convention attendee. She faced a concerted harassment campaign for speaking out about her experience. <a href="978-1-4798-2100-6" target="_blank">978-1-4798-2100-6</a> <a href="#fnref:69" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:70"><p>Isomaa, Robin (2022). "YouTube Drama in an Atheist Public: A Case Study". Secularism and Nonreligion. 11 (3): 1–13. doi:10.5334/snr.146. ISSN 2053-6712. In the video, [Watson] mentioned an incident where she had felt unsafe when a man had propositioned her in an elevator late at night. Despite the incident only being a minor topic in the video, it resulted in misogynistic harassment from atheists. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5334%2Fsnr.146" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5334%2Fsnr.146</a> <a href="#fnref:70" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:71"><p>Scheidt, Hannah K. (2021). "Autonomy or Authority? Ideology, Charisma, and Patriarchy". Practicing Atheism: Culture, Media, and Ritual in the Contemporary Atheist Network. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 90–91. doi:10.1093/oso/9780197536940.003.0004. ISBN 978-0-19-753696-4. <a href="978-0-19-753696-4" target="_blank">978-0-19-753696-4</a> <a href="#fnref:71" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:72"><p>Reagle, Joseph (2015). "Alienated: You Fail It! Your Skill Is Not Enough!". Reading the Comments: Likers, Haters, and Manipulators at the Bottom of the Web. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press. p. 114. doi:10.7551/mitpress/10116.003.0006. ISBN 978-0-262-32887-6. JSTOR j.ctt17kkb2f.8. <a href="978-0-262-32887-6" target="_blank">978-0-262-32887-6</a> <a href="#fnref:72" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:73"><p>LeDrew, Stephen (2016). "The Atheist Right". The Evolution of Atheism: The Politics of a Modern Movement. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 198–199. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190225179.003.0008. ISBN 978-0-19-022517-9. <a href="978-0-19-022517-9" target="_blank">978-0-19-022517-9</a> <a href="#fnref:73" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:74"><p>Guenther, Katja M. (2019). "Secular sexism: The persistence of gender inequality in the US New Atheist Movement". Women's Studies International Forum. 72: 53–54. doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2018.11.007. ISSN 1879-243X. Almost immediately after the vlog appeared, Watson began receiving violent threats on her blog and through e-mail and Twitter. [...] In some respects, Elevatorgate is an extreme example of sexism in the New Atheist Movement because the on-line posts about Watson and her supporters were so venomous. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:74" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:75"><p>Isomaa, Robin (2022). "YouTube Drama in an Atheist Public: A Case Study". Secularism and Nonreligion. 11 (3): 1–13. doi:10.5334/snr.146. ISSN 2053-6712. In the video, [Watson] mentioned an incident where she had felt unsafe when a man had propositioned her in an elevator late at night. Despite the incident only being a minor topic in the video, it resulted in misogynistic harassment from atheists. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5334%2Fsnr.146" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5334%2Fsnr.146</a> <a href="#fnref:75" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:76"><p>Klug, Petra (2022). "America Versus the Atheist". Anti-Atheist Nation: Religion and Secularism in the United States. New York: Routledge. Endnote 47. ISBN 978-1-000-80442-3. <a href="978-1-000-80442-3" target="_blank">978-1-000-80442-3</a> <a href="#fnref:76" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:77"><p>Scheidt (2021), pp. 91–92. - Scheidt, Hannah K. (2021). "Autonomy or Authority? Ideology, Charisma, and Patriarchy". Practicing Atheism: Culture, Media, and Ritual in the Contemporary Atheist Network. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 90–91. doi:10.1093/oso/9780197536940.003.0004. ISBN 978-0-19-753696-4. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Foso%2F9780197536940.003.0004" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093%2Foso%2F9780197536940.003.0004</a> <a href="#fnref:77" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:78"><p>Hussein, Shakira (2019). From Victims to Suspects: Muslim Women Since 9/11. Yale University Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-300-23042-0. <a href="978-0-300-23042-0" target="_blank">978-0-300-23042-0</a> <a href="#fnref:78" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:79"><p>Schnabel, Landon; Facciani, Matthew; Sincoff-Yedid, Ariel; Fazzino, Lori (2016). "Gender and Atheism: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and an Agenda for Future Research". In Cipriani, Roberto; Garelli, Franco (eds.). Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 7 (2016): Sociology of Atheism. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. pp. 75–97. doi:10.1163/9789004319301_006. ISBN 978-90-04-31930-1. <a href="978-90-04-31930-1" target="_blank">978-90-04-31930-1</a> <a href="#fnref:79" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:80"><p>Meagher (2018), pp. 100–101. - Meagher, Richard J. (2018). "'The Friendly Atheist': Organizing Online to Offline". Atheists in American Politics: Social Movement Organizing from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-1-4985-5858-7. <a href="#fnref:80" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:81"><p>Marcotte, Amanda (May–June 2018). "#WeToo?". The Humanist. Vol. 78, no. 3. pp. 12–15. ISSN 0018-7399. <a href="https://thehumanist.com/magazine/may-june-2018/features/wetoo/" target="_blank">https://thehumanist.com/magazine/may-june-2018/features/wetoo/</a> <a href="#fnref:81" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:82"><p>Mantilla, Karla (2013). "Gendertrolling: Misogyny Adapts to New Media". Feminist Studies. 39 (2): 563–570. doi:10.1353/fem.2013.0039. ISSN 2153-3873. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:82" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:83"><p>Rousseau, Jacques (July 14, 2011). "Elevatorgate and the power of words". Synapses. <a href="https://synapses.co.za/elevatorgate-power-words/" target="_blank">https://synapses.co.za/elevatorgate-power-words/</a> <a href="#fnref:83" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:84"><p>Band, Emily (July 24, 2011). "Richard Dawkins, check the evidence on the 'chilly climate' for women". The Guardian. Retrieved August 23, 2018. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/jul/24/richard-dawkins-women-chilly-climate" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/jul/24/richard-dawkins-women-chilly-climate</a> <a href="#fnref:84" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:85"><p>Huff, Peter A. (2021). "Dawkins, Richard". Atheism and Agnosticism: Exploring the Issues. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-4408-7083-5. <a href="978-1-4408-7083-5" target="_blank">978-1-4408-7083-5</a> <a href="#fnref:85" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:86"><p>Miller, Ashley F. (June 2013). "The non-religious patriarchy: why losing religion HAS NOT meant losing white male dominance". CrossCurrents. 63 (2): 211–226. doi:10.1111/cros.12025. S2CID 170686171. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:86" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:87"><p>Winston, Kimberly (September 15, 2011). "Atheists address sexism issues". USA Today. Religion News Service. Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131031164637/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2011-09-15/atheist-sexism-women/50416454/1" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20131031164637/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2011-09-15/atheist-sexism-women/50416454/1</a> <a href="#fnref:87" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:88"><p>LeDrew, Stephen (2016). "The Atheist Right". The Evolution of Atheism: The Politics of a Modern Movement. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 198–199. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190225179.003.0008. ISBN 978-0-19-022517-9. <a href="978-0-19-022517-9" target="_blank">978-0-19-022517-9</a> <a href="#fnref:88" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:89"><p>Schnabel, Landon; Facciani, Matthew; Sincoff-Yedid, Ariel; Fazzino, Lori (2016). "Gender and Atheism: Paradoxes, Contradictions, and an Agenda for Future Research". In Cipriani, Roberto; Garelli, Franco (eds.). Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 7 (2016): Sociology of Atheism. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. pp. 75–97. doi:10.1163/9789004319301_006. ISBN 978-90-04-31930-1. <a href="978-90-04-31930-1" target="_blank">978-90-04-31930-1</a> <a href="#fnref:89" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:90"><p>Reagle, Joseph (2015). "Alienated: You Fail It! Your Skill Is Not Enough!". Reading the Comments: Likers, Haters, and Manipulators at the Bottom of the Web. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press. p. 114. doi:10.7551/mitpress/10116.003.0006. ISBN 978-0-262-32887-6. JSTOR j.ctt17kkb2f.8. <a href="978-0-262-32887-6" target="_blank">978-0-262-32887-6</a> <a href="#fnref:90" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:91"><p>Carian, Emily K. (2024). "Introduction: Men Gender Activists in the Stalled Revolution". Good Guys, Bad Guys: The Perils of Men's Gender Activism. New York University Press. p. 3. doi:10.18574/nyu/9781479820979.003.0003. ISBN 978-1-4798-2100-6. In what came to be known as Elevatorgate, atheist blogger Rebecca Watson criticized sexism within the community after she was propositioned in an elevator by a man and fellow World Atheist Convention attendee. She faced a concerted harassment campaign for speaking out about her experience. <a href="978-1-4798-2100-6" target="_blank">978-1-4798-2100-6</a> <a href="#fnref:91" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:92"><p>Isomaa, Robin (2022). "YouTube Drama in an Atheist Public: A Case Study". Secularism and Nonreligion. 11 (3): 1–13. doi:10.5334/snr.146. ISSN 2053-6712. In the video, [Watson] mentioned an incident where she had felt unsafe when a man had propositioned her in an elevator late at night. Despite the incident only being a minor topic in the video, it resulted in misogynistic harassment from atheists. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5334%2Fsnr.146" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5334%2Fsnr.146</a> <a href="#fnref:92" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:93"><p>Marcotte, Amanda (May–June 2018). "#WeToo?". The Humanist. Vol. 78, no. 3. pp. 12–15. ISSN 0018-7399. <a href="https://thehumanist.com/magazine/may-june-2018/features/wetoo/" target="_blank">https://thehumanist.com/magazine/may-june-2018/features/wetoo/</a> <a href="#fnref:93" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:94"><p>Meagher (2018), pp. 100–101. - Meagher, Richard J. (2018). "'The Friendly Atheist': Organizing Online to Offline". Atheists in American Politics: Social Movement Organizing from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-1-4985-5858-7. <a href="#fnref:94" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:95"><p>LeDrew, Stephen (2016). "The Atheist Right". The Evolution of Atheism: The Politics of a Modern Movement. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 198–199. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190225179.003.0008. ISBN 978-0-19-022517-9. <a href="978-0-19-022517-9" target="_blank">978-0-19-022517-9</a> <a href="#fnref:95" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:96"><p>Guenther, Katja M. (2019). "Secular sexism: The persistence of gender inequality in the US New Atheist Movement". Women's Studies International Forum. 72: 53–54. doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2018.11.007. ISSN 1879-243X. Almost immediately after the vlog appeared, Watson began receiving violent threats on her blog and through e-mail and Twitter. [...] In some respects, Elevatorgate is an extreme example of sexism in the New Atheist Movement because the on-line posts about Watson and her supporters were so venomous. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:96" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:97"><p>Hess, Amanda (2015). "Women Aren't Welcome Here". In Holt, Sid (ed.). The Best American Magazine Writing 2015. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 57. doi:10.7312/asme16959. ISBN 978-0-231-54071-1. JSTOR 10.7312/asme16959.6. <a href="978-0-231-54071-1" target="_blank">978-0-231-54071-1</a> <a href="#fnref:97" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:98"><p>Huff, Peter A. (2021). "Dawkins, Richard". Atheism and Agnosticism: Exploring the Issues. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-4408-7083-5. <a href="978-1-4408-7083-5" target="_blank">978-1-4408-7083-5</a> <a href="#fnref:98" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:99"><p>Isomaa, Robin (2022). "YouTube Drama in an Atheist Public: A Case Study". Secularism and Nonreligion. 11 (3): 1–13. doi:10.5334/snr.146. ISSN 2053-6712. In the video, [Watson] mentioned an incident where she had felt unsafe when a man had propositioned her in an elevator late at night. Despite the incident only being a minor topic in the video, it resulted in misogynistic harassment from atheists. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5334%2Fsnr.146" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5334%2Fsnr.146</a> <a href="#fnref:99" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:100"><p>LeDrew (2016), pp. 199–200. - LeDrew, Stephen (2016). "The Atheist Right". The Evolution of Atheism: The Politics of a Modern Movement. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 198–199. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190225179.003.0008. ISBN 978-0-19-022517-9. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facprof%3Aoso%2F9780190225179.003.0008" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facprof%3Aoso%2F9780190225179.003.0008</a> <a href="#fnref:100" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:101"><p>LeDrew (2016), pp. 199–200. - LeDrew, Stephen (2016). "The Atheist Right". The Evolution of Atheism: The Politics of a Modern Movement. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 198–199. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190225179.003.0008. ISBN 978-0-19-022517-9. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facprof%3Aoso%2F9780190225179.003.0008" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facprof%3Aoso%2F9780190225179.003.0008</a> <a href="#fnref:101" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:102"><p>McAnulla, Stuart; Kettell, Steven; Schulzke, Marcus (2018). The Politics of New Atheism. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-19833-8.[page needed] <a href="978-1-317-19833-8" target="_blank">978-1-317-19833-8</a> <a href="#fnref:102" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:103"><p>LeDrew (2016), pp. 199–200. - LeDrew, Stephen (2016). "The Atheist Right". The Evolution of Atheism: The Politics of a Modern Movement. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 198–199. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190225179.003.0008. ISBN 978-0-19-022517-9. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facprof%3Aoso%2F9780190225179.003.0008" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facprof%3Aoso%2F9780190225179.003.0008</a> <a href="#fnref:103" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:104"><p>Green, David Allen (July 6, 2011). "Sharing a lift with Richard Dawkins". New Statesman. Retrieved March 14, 2023. <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2011/07/richard-dawkins-chewing-gum" target="_blank">https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2011/07/richard-dawkins-chewing-gum</a> <a href="#fnref:104" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:105"><p>Reagle, Joseph (2015). "Alienated: You Fail It! Your Skill Is Not Enough!". Reading the Comments: Likers, Haters, and Manipulators at the Bottom of the Web. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press. p. 114. doi:10.7551/mitpress/10116.003.0006. ISBN 978-0-262-32887-6. JSTOR j.ctt17kkb2f.8. <a href="978-0-262-32887-6" target="_blank">978-0-262-32887-6</a> <a href="#fnref:105" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:106"><p>LeDrew (2016), pp. 199–200. - LeDrew, Stephen (2016). "The Atheist Right". The Evolution of Atheism: The Politics of a Modern Movement. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 198–199. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190225179.003.0008. ISBN 978-0-19-022517-9. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facprof%3Aoso%2F9780190225179.003.0008" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facprof%3Aoso%2F9780190225179.003.0008</a> <a href="#fnref:106" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:107"><p>Tomlins, Steven; Beaman, Lori G. (2015). "Introduction". In Beaman, L. G.; Tomlins, S. (eds.). Atheist Identities – Spaces and Social Contexts. Cham: Springer. p. 6. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-09602-5_1. ISBN 978-3-319-09602-5. <a href="978-3-319-09602-5" target="_blank">978-3-319-09602-5</a> <a href="#fnref:107" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:108"><p>Miller, Ashley F. (June 2013). "The non-religious patriarchy: why losing religion HAS NOT meant losing white male dominance". CrossCurrents. 63 (2): 211–226. doi:10.1111/cros.12025. S2CID 170686171. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:108" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:109"><p>Huff, Peter A. (2021). "Dawkins, Richard". Atheism and Agnosticism: Exploring the Issues. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-4408-7083-5. <a href="978-1-4408-7083-5" target="_blank">978-1-4408-7083-5</a> <a href="#fnref:109" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:110"><p>McAnulla, Stuart; Kettell, Steven; Schulzke, Marcus (2018). The Politics of New Atheism. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-19833-8.[page needed] <a href="978-1-317-19833-8" target="_blank">978-1-317-19833-8</a> <a href="#fnref:110" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:111"><p>Dawkins, Richard (August 6, 2014). "Who is 'belittling' what?". Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science; Center for Inquiry. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2015. <a href="https://richarddawkins.net/2014/08/who-is-belittling-what/" target="_blank">https://richarddawkins.net/2014/08/who-is-belittling-what/</a> <a href="#fnref:111" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:112"><p>Dawkins, Richard (August 6, 2014). "Who is 'belittling' what?". Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science; Center for Inquiry. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2015. <a href="https://richarddawkins.net/2014/08/who-is-belittling-what/" target="_blank">https://richarddawkins.net/2014/08/who-is-belittling-what/</a> <a href="#fnref:112" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:113"><p>Watson, Rebecca [@rebeccawatson] (August 6, 2014). "Richard Dawkins just did the blog-equivalent of coughing into his hand while mumbling 'sorry' to me. Eh I'll take it. http://ow.ly/A2aVW" (Tweet) – via Twitter. <a href="https://x.com/rebeccawatson/status/497087309805027328" target="_blank">https://x.com/rebeccawatson/status/497087309805027328</a> <a href="#fnref:113" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:114"><p>Bug_girl (July 11, 2009). "Congrats Becca and Sid". Skepchick. <a href="http://skepchick.org/2009/07/congrats-becca-and-sid/" target="_blank">http://skepchick.org/2009/07/congrats-becca-and-sid/</a> <a href="#fnref:114" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:115"><p>Watson, Rebecca (April 8, 2011). "A Note About My Personal Life". Skepchick. <a href="http://skepchick.org/2011/04/a-note-about-my-personal-life/" target="_blank">http://skepchick.org/2011/04/a-note-about-my-personal-life/</a> <a href="#fnref:115" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:116"><p>Watson, Rebecca (May 26, 2023). "Why Losers Like Steven Crowder Hate No-Fault Divorce". Skepchick. Retrieved May 28, 2023. <a href="https://skepchick.org/2023/05/why-losers-like-steven-crowder-hate-no-fault-divorce/" target="_blank">https://skepchick.org/2023/05/why-losers-like-steven-crowder-hate-no-fault-divorce/</a> <a href="#fnref:116" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:117"><p>Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 1271. ISBN 978-3-642-29718-2. <a href="978-3-642-29718-2" target="_blank">978-3-642-29718-2</a> <a href="#fnref:117" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:118"><p>"News and Comment | Asteroids Named for Skeptics, Authors, Science Educators" (PDF). Skeptical Inquirer. Vol. 32, no. 6. November 2008. p. 9. ISSN 0194-6730. <a href="https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2008/11/p05.pdf" target="_blank">https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2008/11/p05.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:118" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>