Category Archives: Uppity Wimmin

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Tania the Immortal

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Tamara “Tania” Bunke (circled, and in inset, above) was a many-faceted, multi-talented young woman. Fluent in at least three languages, she worked as a translator/interpreter in pre-unification East Germany, Cuba, and Argentina. She was also an intelligence agent and a … Continue reading →

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Carina Vogt’s twofold victory

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Sabina Becker

So, women can’t ski-jump, eh? Tell that to this awesome German, who’s as good as any man…and proved it yesterday: Insanity! For the first time in Olympic history, women were allowed to ski-jump. And then a German police officer candidate … Continue reading →

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If “misandry” were a real thing…

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Sabina Becker

…it would look like this: But of course, it doesn’t exist. Misogyny does. And unless men do something about that, it’s never going to go away.

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Shyness: not a human rights violation.

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Sorry, Men’s Rightsers. If you were hoping to make a test case for your ideology out of this guy, the facts of the matter have just made a hash out of it: The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a … Continue reading →

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She won’t! She won’t! She won’t!

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Word reached me yesterday that the above song no longer holds true, and that Toni Tennille has filed for divorce from the Captain. No word on what grounds, if any. (My own for-what-it’s-worth guess is too many other dinghies clogging … Continue reading →

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L’affaire Hollande: What “sophistication” costs a woman

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Bit of mood music, maestra: Zut alors! You think François Hollande is in hot water, thanks to his affair with an actress? Bof. He’s doing just fine. His consequences, personal and political, will be minimal, thanks to his adroit cowardice, … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Zora Neale Hurston on pain

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Sabina Becker
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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Happy Birthday, Rigoberta!

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Today’s birthday girl knows all too well what it’s like to put up with things one shouldn’t, from massacres of her own people, to an intense right-wing defamation campaign against her, the like of which has never been endured by … Continue reading →

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No wonder Daisy is despondent.

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Sabina Becker

It’s been a year and a day since Daisy Coleman was dumped on her mother’s porch, with her veins full of alcohol and no warm winter coat on her back. A year, a day and a night since she was … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Lizz Winstead on unplanned pregnancy

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Lizz talks about how she got pregnant the very first time she had sex, in high school. She also talks about what it’s like to be completely oblivious…and an easy mark for anti-choice propaganda. She also dispels some serious bullshit. … Continue reading →

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