Black Sun Journal Home About State of Climate Energy Transition BlogRoll Black Sun Bookshelf Comment Policy Best of BSJ Quotes Contact Home About State of Climate Energy Transition BlogRoll Black Sun Bookshelf Comment Policy Best of BSJ Quotes Contact LOGIN Thursday, January 5, 2023 Top Posts Elizabeth Clare Prophet Claimed To Be ‘Clairvoyant’ What’s Up With the Nazi “Black Sun” Rune Wheel? The Eightfold Path of Denial of Death Miss R*EVOLutionaries: Panel Discussion Why I Left The Radical Secular Podcast Money Is Not A “Shared Fiction” Beliefs About God Won’t Make You Moral This Is Not Fine! Is Something Unclear About What’s Wrong With America? Wealth Concentration Leads to Feudalism SUBSCRIBE Archive Search Atheism Bigotry And Racism Books Climate Counterdisinfo Critical Thought Current Events Elizabeth Clare Prophet Fascism Feminism Film Finance Gun Violence Humor Mark Prophet Music National Progressive Talk Radio New Age Spirituality Origins Podcasts Psychology Religion Religion Inspired Murders Science Society Stupid Things Television The Radical Secular Podcast Critical ThoughtSocietyStupid Things “Left-Lane Hogging” Is The Result Of Extreme Speed Differentials January 1, 2023 “Keep right except to pass,” is not as simple as it might seem. AtheismCritical ThoughtPsychology The Foundation Of Ethics Is Reciprocity Not “Pure Altruism” November 27, 2022 Acts of “goodness” provide a reliable return on investment. That’s why we do them. AtheismCritical ThoughtScience Is Stardust Mortal? November 21, 2022 We are made of stardust, yet we are mortal. How do we reconcile our own mortality with a near-eternal universe? AtheismBigotry And Racism Whiteness And Christianity Are Blocking American Social Cohesion November 12, 2022 Display of the cross in the United States is plausibly-deniable patriarchy and white privilege hiding in plain sight. Bigotry And RacismCounterdisinfoCritical ThoughtStupid Things Elon Musk Is Not A Superhero Of ‘Free Speech’ November 5, 2022 “Free speech absolutism” is a nightmare authoritarian concept that grants more power to the powerful, while weakening marginalized groups. AtheismCritical ThoughtPsychologySociety Achhoooo!! What Do You Say In A Social Setting? November 2, 2022 Verbal responses to sneezing are near-universal across human cultures. What is the meaning of these sayings? What should you say? AtheismBigotry And RacismReligionScienceSociety The Most Consequential Social Difference Between American Christians And Atheists October 20, 2022 How did religion come to be opposed to universal civil rights? AtheismElizabeth Clare ProphetReligionThe Radical Secular Podcast Why I Left The Radical Secular Podcast September 18, 2022 Even though we called ourselves The Radical Secular, the tone was not nearly radical enough for me. I can’t stomach pulling any punches about religion or spirituality. Critical ThoughtScience Machines Will Eventually Have To Become Conscious September 14, 2022 I just watched a really good TED talk from 2017 by Anil Seth about the nature of consciousness. He gets one important thing wrong. AtheismBigotry And RacismFascismReligion 21 Years After 9/11, We’re Still Confused About Religion September 12, 2022 September 11 was only the opening act. 21 years later we still are asleep to the threat posed by the false beliefs of religion, to freedom and … AtheismCritical ThoughtPsychologyReligionScience The Eightfold Path of Denial of Death August 6, 2022 No one knows anything about any god-being. Many pretend to know things they don’t know, and are lying to themselves and their followers. FascismOrigins What’s Up With the Nazi “Black Sun” Rune Wheel? August 1, 2022 It’s an unfortunate coincidence that the ancient archetype of the Black Sun was co-opted by 20th century Nazis, and neo-Nazis in the US and elsewhere. Bigotry And RacismFascismFeminismThe Radical Secular Podcast Abortion and Juneteenth June 27, 2022 Christophe, Liz and Sean react to the overturning of Roe v Wade. Gun policy. Juneteenth. The consequences of ideological purity. FascismGun ViolenceThe Radical Secular Podcast Body Count: Nowhere To Hide June 13, 2022 A deep-dive explainer on America’s gun-violence epidemic. How it’s tied to our history of racism, the Civil War, colonialism and the genocide of indigenous Americans. Bigotry And RacismPsychologyThe Radical Secular Podcast Intergenerational Trauma and Buffalo May 30, 2022 The Buffalo Massacre, and the psychological toll on people of color. Long-term impact of women being 2nd-class citizens. Progressive introspection. Bigotry And RacismClimateFeminismThe Radical Secular Podcast The War on Women and Children: With Kevin Bolling May 16, 2022 The loss of Roe v. Wade. Climate. Energy. Guest Kevin Bolling on the war on secular education, and its impact on kids’ health, especially girls. Critical ThoughtPsychologyThe Radical Secular Podcast Radically Rethinking Drug Use: With Meg Fazzi May 2, 2022 Drug policy, harm reduction. What does a healthy relationship with drugs and alcohol look like? Problems with 12-step recovery groups like AA. Bigotry And RacismCritical ThoughtFascismPsychologyThe Radical Secular Podcast Bodyscapes of Power: Liberation And Body Politics April 18, 2022 We explore all forms of oppression of the human body. The emancipatory and reactionary components of modernism and postmodernism. Surveillance, prisons, and post-truth. Elizabeth Clare ProphetFeminismThe Radical Secular Podcast I’m Out: with Sirena Prophet April 4, 2022 The Will Smith slap. Intersectionality. Guest segment with Sirena Prophet. Her coming out story, and struggles to live as an openly trans woman. FascismReligionThe Radical Secular Podcast Putin’s Christian War In Ukraine March 21, 2022 Putin’s war on Ukraine isn’t just about territory. He’s become the primary global defender of Christian fascism, and enemy of universal human rights. CounterdisinfoFascism Exposing The Truth About The Ukraine War March 20, 2022 The Ukraine war is a symptom of a world where wealth continues to concentrate at the hands of a new uber class of global oligarchs… as it … FeminismThe Radical Secular Podcast Women’s Work with Liz Wilson March 7, 2022 Liz Wilson joins Christophe for a discussion about the Putin war in Ukraine, the experience of making art, and the unpaid, invisible labor performed by women in … FascismFeminismThe Radical Secular Podcast Resilience and Hope in an Age of Crisis February 21, 2022 Discussion of the film “For Sama,” which is an absolutely shocking first-person perspective of the Russian siege of Aleppo, Syria. ClimateCounterdisinfoThe Radical Secular Podcast Embracing the EV Future: Ten Biggest Lies About EVs February 7, 2022 Debunking the lies and common misconceptions about electric vehicles. An economic and ethical analysis of the electric vehicle transition. FeminismSocietyThe Radical Secular Podcast A Radical Workplace: with Nilou Khonsari January 24, 2022 Nilou expounds on how she developed her anti-hierarchy philosophy, that could be viewed by some as being “communist.” Interior colonization. Fascism This Is Not Fine! January 10, 2022 Fascism presents its greatest risk to historically marginalized communities. But there’s also a grave risk to majority allies. FascismThe Radical Secular Podcast Attack from Within January 10, 2022 Lessons from January sixth. Viewing the January 6, 2021 insurrection in the context of the long history of American anti-democracy movements. ClimateCounterdisinfoThe Radical Secular Podcast The Comet is Definitely Coming January 3, 2022 Christophe, Joe and Sean and special guest Pen Occhipinti analyze the #1 global Netflix hit film “Don’t Look Up.” Bigotry And RacismSociety Talking About Masculinity December 22, 2021 Masculine essentialism is largely mythology. Yet that world view is rampant in boardrooms and video game chat feeds across America. Bigotry And RacismThe Radical Secular Podcast Labor Rights Now! December 20, 2021 “Colin in Black and White.” Labor, politics, and race. The UAW’s failed attempt to Unionize a Mississippi Nissan plant in 2017. Workplace disasters. FascismFeminismThe Radical Secular Podcast Fascism in Today’s America: Abortion and Power December 13, 2021 Abortion rights are at unprecedented risk. Christophe leads Joe and Sean in a discussion of the legal history of Roe v. Wade and SCOTUS jurisprudence. 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