Amy Alkon

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Amy Alkon, also known as the Advice Goddess, writes an advice column, Ask the Advice Goddess, which is published in more than 100 newspapers within North America.

For many years, Alkon worked on the streets of New York City as one of the three "advice ladies" [1]. She co-authored a book, Free Advice - The Advice Ladies on Love, Dating, Sex, and Relationships with them. Before billing herself as the "advice goddess", Alkon wrote Ask Amy Alkon, an advice column published solely in the New York Daily News.

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In her daily life, and in her online blog [2], Alkon campaigns against SUVs [3], calling them a compensation for a tiny penis.

She also campaigns against what she considers bad parenting, although doing no parenting herself. Other regular targets are inconsiderate cellphone users, and copyright violators. She campaigns in favour of good food, although doing no cooking herself, and vacations in Paris.

Amy Alkon is a staunch atheist. She considers the eradication of the "god delusion" to be an important goal for the betterment of society. She has stated that not only religion but the personal expression of any spiritual notion, not purely grounded in science and observable phenomena should be treated as manifestations of mental illness. Alkon maintains that the benefits of society often attributed to religion and innate human spirituality are better accounted for by the forces of evolution. According to Alkon, since people are social animals, ridicule and derision are effective and appropriate means by which to coach people toward abandoning their faith and pursuing a secular lifestyle.