Rebecca Watson

[[File:Aust Skeptic Con 2014 Randi SGU Hrab1 (cropped).jpg|thumb|165px|Rebecca at Skeptic Con 2014]]
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'''Rebecca Watson''' {{lived|1980}} is a skeptic and a [[feminism|feminist]] activist.<ref>{{refquote|[Rebecca Watson] is fairly well-known in atheist-skeptic circles, and speaks at many events targeted at that community.}}  —"[http://freethoughtkampala.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/elevatorgate/ Elevatorgate]."  Freethought Kampala.  2011 September 11.</ref><ref>"[http://www.flickr.com/photos/skepchick/2967388818/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Asteroids Named for Skeptics, Authors, Science Activists]."  ''Skeptical Inquirer'', page 9.  Winter 2008.</ref><ref name=vue>{{refquote|Novella hosts SGU with his panel of comical skeptic "rogues," which include[s]... Rebecca Watson — who also operates skepchick.org and has become the Lucy Lawless of science geek circles. SGU consistently sits in iTunes’ top 10 science podcasts and enjoys a weekly listenership of about 40,000.}}  —Omar Mouallem.  "[http://www.vueweekly.com/front/story/making_a_living_of_bullshit_detecting/ Making a living of bullshit detecting]."  ''Vue Weekly'', issue #671: "The Bullshit Issue."  August 2008.</ref><ref>{{refquote|Neurologist Steven Novella and his team (including blogger Rebecca Watson, aka the Skepchick)...}}  —"[http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2008/08/pl_playlist?slide=10&slideView=6 Playlist - Skeptics Guide to the Universe]."  ''Wired''.  August 2008.</ref><ref>Clea Simon.  "[http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/01/11/showing_a_talent_for_radio/ Showing a talent for radio]."  ''The Boston Globe''.  2008 January 11.</ref>  Watson is the sole content creator for the website Skepchick, which promotes skepticism and [[atheism]] among women, [[Queer|queer people]], and teens (all groups who have historically been reluctant to come out as atheists, in part due to the [[stereotype]] that atheism is for angry men over thirty).<ref>{{refquote|...[The] stereotype of atheists being some angry dude who sits in his basement preaching anarchy.}}  —Ellen Lundgren. "[http://skepticfreethought.com/athenalces/2013/04/national-ask-an-atheist-day/ National Ask an Atheist Day!]"  ''Athen Alces''.  2013 April 18.</ref><ref>Amanda Marcotte.  "[http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/17/the-center-for-inquiry-likes-atheisms-cranky-white-guy-image-so-screw-you-ladies/ The Center For Inquiry Likes Atheism’s Cranky White Guy Image, So Screw You Ladies]."  ''Pandagon''.  2013 June 17.</ref>  She talks about all of these topics on her [[YouTube]] channel. She also co-hosted ''[[Skeptics Guide to the Universe]]'',<ref>"[http://theskepticsguide.org/bios.aspx The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe Bios]."  ''The Skeptics Guide to the Universe''.</ref> a skeptical podcast, until December 2014, when she departed due to burnout and a desire to focus more on Skepchick, Patreon, and her Quiz-o-Tron 9000 live panel show.<ref>"[http://skepchick.org/2014/12/why-ive-left-sgu/ Why I've Left SGU]", ''Skepchick''. 2014 December 14.</ref>

She has an asteroid named after her, 153289 Rebeccawatson.<ref>[https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=153289 NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics Small-Body Database Lookup, #153289]</ref>

== External links ==

*[https://skepchick.org/ Skepchick]
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/rkwatson Rebecca Watson] on YouTube

== See also ==
*[[Elevatorgate]]
*[[Toupée fallacy]], which she is sometimes said to have originated

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