Category Archives: Sick Frickin’ Bastards

What’s wrong with this picture?

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Yup, this is in Ireland. That is a man’s hand on a woman’s butt (how charmingly patriarchal!) And, coming on the heels of this, it makes me want to smack a different kind of bum…the kind that trots around all … Continue reading →

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Clip ‘n’ Save: The GOP Guide to Rape

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Sabina Becker

There you go, ladies of the United States of Amnesia! Now you, too, can conveniently classify your rape, just like the GOP. Happy, er, classifyin’!

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A person of no interest?

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Well, well. That didn’t take long. And of course it was utterly predictable. I’m talking here about the RCMP and BC police (those bastions of sex-crime-solving competence!) ruling out Kody Maxson as a suspect in the online sexual blackmailing and … Continue reading →

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Anonymous tracks a predator

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Looks like they’ve found Amanda Todd’s tormentor: Here’s the story, from MSN.ca: The tragic story of B.C. teen suicide victim Amanda Todd has taken another bizarre twist as the internet hacking and activist group Anonymous has named a man the … Continue reading →

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Philippe Rushton is dead

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Ding, dong. Controversial social psychologist J. Philippe Rushton, whose name was indelibly linked with his theories of race and brain size, has died at the age of 68. Rushton, who was a professor at the University of Western Ontario from … Continue reading →

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A few random thoughts on cops, rape, and murder

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Sampat Pal Devi leads a procession of the Gulabi Gang in India. Photo by Sanjit Das. Couple of quick questions, everyone: Remember Russell Williams? And the Balcony Rapist? The reason I ask is because this horrible rape/murder, which happened in … Continue reading →

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Memo to the media: it’s PSYCHOPATH, not “porn star”!

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Luca Rocco Magnotta, né Eric Clinton Newman, auditions (unsuccessfully) for a reality show called Cover Guy, in which gay models compete for an underwear-modelling gig. As you can see, he’s not that impressive a physical specimen; very vacuous, very obviously … Continue reading →

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Rape and forced marriage in Morocco: A victim fights back

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Sabina Becker

A Moroccan poster denounces the forced marriage of child brides. A problem which, sadly, remains a fact of life in Morocco, even in cases of rape: The family of a 14-year-old girl in Tangier, Morocco, denounced the case of their … Continue reading →

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On “personhood” and what it means to be a non-person in Canada

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Sabina Becker

The Famous Five, gagged. This is what it’s coming down to, folks. Well. How about that “debate” in the House of Commons today? Or should I say, that NON-debate? Because the legal status of zygotes, embryos and fetuses in Canada … Continue reading →

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Confirmed by science, or, Just as I always suspected…

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Sabina Becker

I’ve often said here and elsewhere that, in my observation, conservatives tend to be very lazy-minded and/or drink-addled. Now, it appears that science bears me out: And now there’s the new study linking conservative ideologies to “low-effort” thinking. “People endorse … Continue reading →