A couple of days ago Heina at 'Skep'chick put up a post regarding how some Christian playing atheist for a year garnered so much more than her favored cause. I'll skip what's wrong with the whole Christian playing atheist thing and explain what is wrong WLP.
First, it's misdirected. Women are already attending and graduating college at higher rates than men.
Second, women already have more dedicated assistance programs for them than men do.
These are more pronounced among blacks and latinos than in the population at large. If your concern is Social Justice (whatever that is), shouldn't your efforts be directed towards those who are the most negatively affected by the prevailing conditions instead of those who happen to share membership with you in a particular interest group?
Third, It's an activist psuedo-charity. Just look at the intro on their front page. The first line states that it is a feminist organization. Further down it says that their curriculum is to "promote critical conciousness about activism and race". Nothing about critical thinking, Nothing about preparing the girls to enter fields that require that icky math. I don't know if they are a 501.3c, but if they are the status should be revoked.
And finally, she wrote "Obviously, fundraising isn’t a zero-sum game." If one is going to use technical terms one should know what they mean. Fund raising is an almost textbook example of a zero-sum game (although I prefer the term constant-sum).
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