Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Quotable: Katha Pollitt on the Ten Commandments

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Sabina Becker
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Oh look, another ignorant white woman has an opinion!

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Sabina Becker

So I was scrolling through my Facebook feed this morning, when up pops this. Yet another ignorant white woman who is strangely offended by Muslim women just being themselves and minding their own damn business. Let’s take her argument point … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Demeter sadly walks the land…

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

…the dying grasses in Her hand. Happy Mabon to all!

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Submissive? HA!

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

In case you ever get to thinking that all Middle Eastern Muslim women are hopelessly under the thumb of men just because they wear veils, this video from an Egyptian TV program should prove instructive: The interviewer, Riham Said, “agrees” … Continue reading →

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Wankers of the Week: Miss Amurrica is BROWN! Oh NOES!!!

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! Well, how about that Indo-American Miss America, and all those idiots who think she’s an Arab and a Muslim? Um, isn’t she Hindu? Well, whatever she is, she’s just not white enough for some people, and those … Continue reading →

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Whose fault is it?

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Sabina Becker

In India, it’s WOMEN! In the US, it’s WOMEN! Impotence: Laura Sessions Stepp (of Unhooked fame) wrote in The Washington Post that young women’s feeling empowered to initiate sex was causing a scourge of impotence among college-aged men: “According to … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: No such thing as too much of a good thing

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Whether it’s Evo in a straw hat… …or El Ecuadorable dressed to kill… …there’s just no such thing as too much of either of these guys. Or too many cute pictures of them.

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Colombia’s disturbing virgin auctions

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Once again, Medellín makes the news for all the wrong reasons. Not only do they have a major problem with child sex trafficking from the city to mining camps in rural areas; as Rodrigo Martínez Arango reports in El Colombiano, … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Where to wank in public

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Yay, Sweden. A court in Sweden has ruled that it is acceptable to masturbate in public as long as it is not directed at anyone. The ruling came in a landmark judgement following a case brought against a man seen … Continue reading →

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What do I have against Facebook ads?

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Oh, only shit like this: Isn’t Facebook wonderful, letting advertisers use people’s pictures to sell product without permission, much less a cut of the profits? And even more wonderful: They help dead girls find dates! Just a pity Rehtaeh Parsons … Continue reading →

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