Category Archives: The Bold and the Badass

Quotable: Angela Davis on acceptance and change

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Sabina Becker

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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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German women take on brothel ads

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Karina Alteweier, a physician assistant in Leverkusen, Germany, points out an example of the kind of advertising she’s fighting in her city. Right next to it, a children’s musical is advertised. The brothel’s name, address, and other details are blocked … Continue reading →

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Yo ho, yo ho…

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Sabina Becker

…it’s Talk Like a Pirate Day! Arrrrrrrrrrr.

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ISIS is a Goddess; ISIL is shit. Literally.

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Aliaa Elmahdy and a Swedish friend show ISIL what they really think of their world-domination plans. Story from EMMA: For this symbolic protest, they risk their lives: An Egyptian and a Swede menstruate and shit on the flag of the … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: The Internationale kills fascists at U of T

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Wow. Amazing what one little song can do…especially when it’s sung by socialist students in the face of a bunch of whiny cowards, eh? Comrades from the Revolutionary Student Movement, the Proletarian Feminist Front, and the Proletarian Revolutionary Action Committee … Continue reading →

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“A dignified conversation with protests”

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Irish peace activist Margaretta D’Arcy was recently released from prison. She’s 79, she has cancer and arthritis (from a broken neck!), and one would think someone in that condition would be more than happy to take to her rocker and … Continue reading →

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What does the Fawkes say?

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I’m sure the real Guy Fawkes would be mystified at how his religiously motivated treasonous squib became the basis for secular, nonviolent rebellion. But whatever. This seems a much more constructive way to use this date than burning effigies of … Continue reading →

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