Category Archives: Men Who Just Don’t Get It

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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New Year’s Eve in Germany: No terror attacks, but mass sexual assault in at least three cities

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Sabina Becker

News footage from the cathedral city of Köln on New Year’s Eve. Cellphone video shows unruly crowds shooting off fireworks carelessly. The local officials are worried that the appearance of some of the men in the footage might spark riots … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Carrie Fisher on “aging well”

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Sabina Becker

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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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Best Mad Max: Fury Road review EVER.

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Sabina Becker

And now, for something completely different: I don’t know if this critic-guy would call himself a feminist, but he’s sure not doing a bad job of, you know, ACTUALLY BEING ONE in here. Making fun of “meninists” is a very … Continue reading →

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Whom would Jesus rape?

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Religion covers a multitude of sins. And sometimes it gives cover to a multitude of sinners. Like, say, this guy: According to WMC Action News 5, the 27-year-old Memphis man drove his wife to the church parking lot, where he … Continue reading →

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Sexism in India: a what-if scenario

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Sabina Becker

A short film in which a casually sexist guy wakes up one morning…and gets a truly rude awakening when it comes to gender equality. What if guys…got treated the same way they treat girls? (And what if they got periods?)

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Majority of Germans oppose prostitution

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Sabina Becker

FEMEN protesting Amnesty International (photo: EMMA). The feminist “sextremists” may not be so extreme after all; in Germany, it turns out, they speak for more people than one might think. A clear majority of Germans opposes pimping, and an additional … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: One for Roosh V

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Hey Roosh, how’s your hangover? Here, I got just the thing for that: And don’t you come back no more.

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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 →