Category Archives: Crapagandarati

When rape culture calls itself Justice, and the papers defend it as such

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Many years ago, when I was a j-school student, I got interviewed by the Globe and Mail, for an internship I didn’t get. At the time, it was cause for some chagrin: a plum big-city reporting job, missed! What made … Continue reading →

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Calling bullshit on Birgitt Peterson

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Remember this lady? The one who was misidentified as a Bernie Sanders supporter by an outright fascist who loves Der Drumpf? Well, here she is in her own words. See if you can spot what’s wrong with them: Ms. Peterson, … Continue reading →

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Dear NYPost: Words mean things. Learn them.

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Source: Merriam-Webster.com If you ever wondered why the US public has so much trouble discerning what’s what during an election year, perhaps a clue might lie with their media. In particular, this throwaway piece from the New York Post: Americans, … Continue reading →

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Ezra Levant, boy reporter

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Good gawd, what a head-spinning day it’s been. First the Reich Wing soiled its collective diaper because Rachel Notley had the good sense to ban Ezra Levant from the Alberta provincial press gallery. Which is actually fair play, because he’s … Continue reading →

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German pastor: Give immigrants prostitutes, then they won’t rape

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Pastor Ulrich Wagner. Photo: Robert Brouczek Seriously, folks. You cannot make this shit up…although God knows I wish I had: Q. Herr Wagner, you said during a debate on refugees in Siegertsbrunn, among other things, that asylum seekers should be … Continue reading →

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The last and best word on sexual assaults in Germany

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Sabina Becker

German women demonstrate against sexism and racism both. They’re getting it right, at least. The media, both there and here? Not so much. For the last two or three days, my newsfeed has been buzzing with stuff about the sexual … Continue reading →

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Germany: After New Year’s Eve assaults, the deluge…of stupidity and racism

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Sabina Becker

More raw footage of the New Year’s Eve goings-on in Köln, Germany. A voice off-camera asks the guy recording it if he’s ever seen anything like this before, and he replies that he can’t say; he’s waiting to see what … Continue reading →

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Remember Montréal.

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Sabina Becker

26 years ago, as a third-year university student and feminist volunteer at the Queen’s Women’s Centre, I felt murder breathing down my neck. Walking to class every day, the ever-present Kingston slush seeping cold and damp through the seams of … Continue reading →

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German women launch new anti-prostitution campaign

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Huschke Mau, the formerly prostituted German woman whom you may remember from my “Dear Madame Minister” post awhile back, has been busy lately. She’s banded together with some like-minded colleagues from the political and social-work spheres, and together, they’ve formed … Continue reading →

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All you need to know about Amnesty’s new prostitution resolution

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Sabina Becker

I was going to parse the meaning (or lack thereof) of this mealy-mouthed resolution that was recently approved in Dublin, but it bored me so much to tears that I couldn’t be bothered. And really, all you need to know … Continue reading →