Category Archives: If You REALLY Care

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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A few random thoughts on the Duggar scandal

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Would you trust these people to teach YOU morality? If the answer is yes, you just might be a Pharisee. So, this happened. Finally, after years of parading their nauseating Quiverfull sanctimony on the Internets and TV to the tune … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: The African refugee situation, summed up

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Sabina Becker

It’s not just boats that are sinking. It’s PEOPLE. The fact that so many Africans are fleeing from their homes and drowning off the coast of Italy makes me think that, just like the Haitians who are still being punished … 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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Compare and Contrast: A “tragedy” vs. a statistic

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Note the quotes around “tragedy”; they’re there for a reason. Partly because this mug is a joke. Partly also because a few arrogant dudes’ hurt feelings on the internet don’t add up to nearly as much as 90 million girls’ … 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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Bill C-51: Are you on Harpo’s enemies list yet?

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Sabina Becker

If not, shame on you. Watch this and learn why it behooves you to become an enemy of PetroState Canada and Fortress North America: Democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of religion and political association, the indigenous peoples, the right to … Continue reading →

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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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“Fifty Shades of Shit”: A German feminist’s heretical thoughts

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Sabina Becker

“No to the eroticization of sexual violence! Boycott Fifty Shades of Grey.” A sentiment I can heartily get behind. This article from Mira Sigel, of the German radical-anarcho-socialist-feminist blog, Die Störenfriedas, basically says it all for me, too: It’s February … Continue reading →

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Non, je ne suis pas Charlie. And here’s why.

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Mock on, Mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau; Mock on, Mock on, ’tis all in vain. You throw the sand against the wind, And the wind blows it back again. — William Blake No, I am not Charlie Hebdo. I am not … Continue reading →