Category Archives: If You REALLY Care

When perverts become “victims”

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Sebastian Edathy, personifying chutzpah on Facebook. In English, no less. Right now, in Germany, there’s a huge scandal going on. A former parliamentarian, who resigned shortly before his home was raided by police, has been found to have bought and … Continue reading →

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Happy Human Rights Day!

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Sabina Becker

“We will impose sanctions on those who defend human rights!” Once more, a Venezuelan cartoonist — this time, it’s Uncas — hits the nail on the head. And in honor of Human Rights Day, here’s another fine example of how … Continue reading →

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Montréal Massacre: The truth that no one wants to know

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Sabina Becker

“Je lutte contre les féministes!” So said Marc Lépine, né Gamil Rodrigue Gharbi, expressly declaring war on feminists before he opened fire. These words have often been misquoted or mistranslated as “You’re all a bunch of feminists”, “I hate feminists”. … Continue reading →

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Venezuela has free treatment for HIV/AIDS. Do you?

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Via Aporrea, some more good news you won’t hear from your mainstream media about Venezuela and its evil, evil socialist government. For the tens of thousands of Venezuelans who have contracted HIV or are ill with AIDS, the government is … Continue reading →

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A poem for Mike Brown

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Not an elegy. Just a poem. Short, strong and stark.

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Sexual assault in Canada: some statistics and grim facts

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Sabina Becker

That works out to just 1,380 convictions per year, with 458,620 assailants walking. Shocking, innit? And for how that fits into the experiences of women in the criminal justice system as a whole, here’s StatsCan’s most recent data.

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Dear Emma Teitel and Maclean’s: Don’t tell me how to feminist, and I won’t tell you how to journalist.

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Sabina Becker

You tell ’em, kitty. Every so often, I get to wondering why I haven’t picked up a copy of Maclean’s in years. And then I do, and I’m instantly, disgustingly reminded: Oh yeah, Barbara Amiel is still writing for them. … Continue reading →

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Jian Ghomeshi: Kinky, or hinky?

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Sabina Becker

“Hey, ladies. Want a piece of this? Better lawyer up, because I am gonna FUCK YOU UP.” No, Jian Ghomeshi didn’t actually say that to anyone, as far as I know. But that, in effect, is what he said this … Continue reading →

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Canada’s real terrorism problem

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Sabina Becker

This mosque in Cold Lake, Alberta, was spray-painted by xenophobic vandals. The town is home to an airbase from which CF-18 jet fighters recently departed en route to the war zone of Iraq. The people of Cold Lake have since … Continue reading →

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German psychologists and the scientific case against prostitution

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Sabina Becker

An 18-year-old Bosnian Muslim war survivor recovering after abortion of a rape-induced pregnancy, September 1992. Photo: Nina Berman, Sipa Press. Even as German politicians are coming under heavy pressure from the local pimp lobby to do away with all laws … Continue reading →