Category Archives: Confessions of a Bad German

The “Invisible Men”: Germany’s woman-haters hide in plain sight

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Sabina Becker

“John #9” rates a woman he bought for 30 euros: “170 cm tall, long dark hair, early 20s, 5 pounds overweight (which actually doesn’t look so bad), and what a wonder, obviously a Carpathian girl. Wasn’t bad today though, I … Continue reading →

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The German sex trade’s leading lobbyists, unmasked

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Johanna Weber and Fabienne Freymadl, two leading “spokespersons” for the recently-assembled German “sex workers’ movement”. Who are they, and what lies behind them? EMMA investigated, and found the following: In the middle of the summer, BILD.de came out with the … Continue reading →

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ISIS is a Goddess; ISIL is shit. Literally.

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Aliaa Elmahdy and a Swedish friend show ISIL what they really think of their world-domination plans. Story from EMMA: For this symbolic protest, they risk their lives: An Egyptian and a Swede menstruate and shit on the flag of the … Continue reading →

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Lebensborn, Israeli style?

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Nazi officers overseeing the baptism of a baby of the Lebensborn program. Germany, 1936. Photographer unknown. Source: German Bundesarchiv, via Wikimedia Commons. That not-so-fine line between “Never Again” and “It’s not fascism when WE do it!” just got blurred yet … Continue reading →

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A few random thoughts on mental illness and suicide

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges in The Fisher King. Parry (Williams), who is homeless and mentally ill, retells the story of the Fisher King and the Holy Grail. In light of all the ignorant and shitty things being said in … Continue reading →

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It was 100 years ago today…

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Canada’s part in World War I began at the same time as Britain’s: on August 4, 1914, when the latter declared war on Germany after what was considered an “insufficient” response by Germany to a British order not to violate … Continue reading →

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Sad meme of the day

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Sadly, I was doing this, too…and I’m German! I only caught the tail end of the match, which I half-watched on the little kitchen TV while I prepared some snow peas from my garden for the freezer. I did NOT … Continue reading →

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No, of COURSE misogyny is not a problem anymore. Silly ladies!

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Awwww. Isn’t that a cute widdle hammy-wamster? It sure is. A pity that what it stands for isn’t nearly so adorable. Yes, folks, I’m talking about misogyny today. The M-word. The one that half the population fears, and the other … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Tania the Immortal

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Tamara “Tania” Bunke (circled, and in inset, above) was a many-faceted, multi-talented young woman. Fluent in at least three languages, she worked as a translator/interpreter in pre-unification East Germany, Cuba, and Argentina. She was also an intelligence agent and a … Continue reading →

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Carina Vogt’s twofold victory

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Sabina Becker

So, women can’t ski-jump, eh? Tell that to this awesome German, who’s as good as any man…and proved it yesterday: Insanity! For the first time in Olympic history, women were allowed to ski-jump. And then a German police officer candidate … Continue reading →