Category Archives: Uppity Wimmin

New Year’s assaults in Köln: A different local view, and a challenge

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Via a post by Hanna Dahlberg on the Störenfriedas blog, I found this wonderful Facebook status by a resident of Köln. Regina Schleheck was also at the main train station in the city that night, and also surrounded by a … Continue reading →

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The last and best word on sexual assaults in Germany

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Sabina Becker

German women demonstrate against sexism and racism both. They’re getting it right, at least. The media, both there and here? Not so much. For the last two or three days, my newsfeed has been buzzing with stuff about the sexual … Continue reading →

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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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Quotable: Doris Lessing on doing

Posted on December 30, 2015 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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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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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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