Category Archives: Uppity Wimmin

Quotable: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on female quotas

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Sabina Becker
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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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Whoa Canada!

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Sabina Becker

A tale of environmental horror and police-state paranoia, set right here in the Great North. Pull up some frozen lasagna and watch this, folks. (Courtesy Shit Harper Did.)

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German women launch new anti-prostitution campaign

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Huschke Mau, the formerly prostituted German woman whom you may remember from my “Dear Madame Minister” post awhile back, has been busy lately. She’s banded together with some like-minded colleagues from the political and social-work spheres, and together, they’ve formed … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Ashley Callingbull on using one’s voice

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Sabina Becker
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Music for a Sunday: Tunes for Harpo to hate

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Sabina Becker

So, it would appear Harpo really hates it when people sing about him and what he’s done to our fair land. And he’s slapped the censure on a scientist who did just that. Well, it looks like he’s gonna have … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Buffy Sainte-Marie on violence against women

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Sabina Becker
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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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Glamour’s love advice is a big ol’ Don’t

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Sabina Becker

This cartoon has been around for a while, but unfortunately, not nearly as long as Glamour magazine’s recommendations on How To Make A Man Fall For You: I won’t bother with a point-for-point analysis; that would be giving this drivel … Continue reading →

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Why it’s never “too soon” to talk about gun violence — or racism, or misogyny

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Every time there’s a gun massacre somewhere in the United States, every time there’s an occasion for them to finally start addressing the gun-crime connection, this happens: Right on cue, the NRA rolls out its paid-off bottom-feeder of the moment … Continue reading →

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