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Hi reader!
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Welcome to the October 2024 newsletter! A special welcome to new subscribers, I am so glad you are here!
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- I was honored to join members of SEVASH at a Death Over Drafts event on September 29 in Virginia.
- On November 10 I will be hosting my last scheduled in person grief workshop for this year with Sunday Assembly Chapel Hill.
- I recently recorded a podcast episode with Moms and Pops on The Family Skeptical to talk about children and grief. Stay tuned!
- Are you part of a secular community? If you are looking for speakers, feel free to reach out, I would love to hear from you!
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- If you have already purchased my book, THANK YOU! If you haven't left a review, please consider it. Self-help material for atheists is difficult to find because it is not part of book subject categories (industry technical term, BISAC) Your review helps others in our community find my book and tells booksellers that atheists are a large, valuable community.
- You can also ask your local public library to obtain a copy. Those recommendations give librarians community evidence that readers wants this material.
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The nights are getting longer where I live and we are about to end daylight savings. I’ve been thinking a lot about how we are all connected by the universe, and how much we have in common with the stars in the sky. Ancient civilizations created myths believing that the stars in the night sky were once people. Today, we know that the same material that makes up our universe, stars, and galaxies also makes us.
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I have been playing with this theme a lot and I have a few new items that I am working on. I would love your thoughts!
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- I’d like to offer a gift box for a new baby.
- What do you think about these items?
- What items would you want to include to welcome a new baby?
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As I have been developing these concepts, I also created another one. It’s available only to newsletter subscribers as a free download you can print at home. The art is 5x7.
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Please use code STARSTUFF
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Relaxed Fit Above Us Only Sky T-Shirt
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$30.00
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above us only sky displayed with an authentic telescope image of a large magellanic cloud.
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Show your secular side with this cool but subtle atheist design!
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Frances Wright: The Red Harlot of Infidelity
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- Frances Wright (September 6, 1795- December 13, 1852), had one of the best nicknames I’ve ever heard, "The Red Harlot of Infidelity." Francis, or Fanny, was born in Scotland and emigrated to the United States as a young adult.
- She was one of the first women to lecture publicly in the United States and influenced atheist and secular thought in 19th-century America. When folks like Elizabeth Cady Stanton joined the suffrage movement and spoke out against the controlling and sexist nature of religion, they stood on the shoulders of Francis Wright. Elizabeth Cady Stanton included Francis Wright in her book, History of Women Suffrage.
- In one of her public addresses, she said:
The halls of science are open to all; her truths are disputed by none.
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- Wright was a prominent voice for social reform and religious skepticism. Her atheism was fundamental to her worldview and activism. Her public lectures, in which she openly critiqued organized religion and advocated for freethought, earned her both devotion and hatred. It was these lectures, combined with her advocacy for women's rights and abolition, that largely contributed to her incendiary nickname.
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The "Red Harlot of Infidelity" spoke about radical ideas like women’s rights, sexual freedom, and abolition Her headstone reads:
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I have wedded the cause of human improvement, staked on it my fortune,
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my reputation, and my life.
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Humankind is but one family. The education of its youth should be equal and universal.
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