Category Archives: Confessions of a Bad German

A few random thoughts about race and gender (and religion, guns and terrorism)

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Ahem. For the past week or so, my mind’s been getting messed with by people who are idiots when it comes to race and gender. Not all of them the usual suspects of FUX Snooze, either. So I’ll beg your … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: A foretaste of C-51?

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Via Canadaland, a little whiff of what the cops have already got cooking for us lowly, democracy-loving peons: What an interesting* statement from the Mountie! “Attacking the Canadian economy”, just by PROTESTING the Harper government’s piss-poor handling of it? Shades … Continue reading →

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“In Tatjana’s Shoes”: German art students taken on prostitution, human trafficking

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Sabina Becker

“In Tatjana’s Shoes”, a street art exhibit by a group of students from Osnabrück, Germany. Photo: EMMA. Human trafficking and prostitution are big topics in Germany right now. A law reform is on the table, but the real debate is … Continue reading →

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“Dear Madame Minister”: A German ex-prostitute’s open letter

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Sabina Becker

The no-doubt-ironically-named Paradise bordello…just one of several German brothels which were recently raided by police on suspicion of human trafficking. Think Germany is a paradise for women in prostitution? Think again. A formerly prostituted woman has written to Manuela Schwesig, … Continue reading →

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Male rage and narcissism: The unspeakable keys to the Germanwings disaster

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Andreas Lubitz: hard-charging macho with a deadly grudge. By now, it’s no secret that various stripes of misogynists have seized upon the Germanwings crash as evidence that women are evil, as much as claiming that Andreas Lubitz was “driven” to … Continue reading →

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Two great lights go out at once

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Today, the world lost two greats of literature. Uruguay lost this one: …whose influence on my awareness of the issues of all of Latin America is tremendous, thanks to his Open Veins of Latin America and Days and Nights of … Continue reading →

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Swiss psychiatrist makes the case for more female pilots

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Female pilots of Lufthansa, photographed for the airline by Rolf Bewersdorf. Why aren’t there more of them? According to an article in Schweiz am Sonntag (via EMMA), there should be more women pilots, because they are actually the more trustworthy … Continue reading →

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In Germany, fear is prostitution’s constant companion

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Remember how, back in 2002, progressives from all over the world heralded Germany’s suddenly liberalized prostitution laws? Finally, they said — the “oldest profession” would become a job just like any other! Unionization! Freedom of sexual expression! Workers’ rights for … Continue reading →

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Meme du jour…

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Sabina Becker

And, given the state of our current government and its blatantly racist legislation (and actual neo-Nazi past), this meme was inevitable.

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Crappy Women’s Day, ladies. Here, have a carnation.

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Sabina Becker

In lieu of my usual Music for a Sunday feature, I’m just going to leave this here: Aren’t those the best lyrics? And the most badass sax riffs, too? Anyhow. Here’s what women in another part of the world are … Continue reading →

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