Category Archives: Uppity Wimmin

Dear PETA: Fuck you.

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Dear PETA: Thanks for another thoughtful reminder of why I can’t fucking stand you. Once again, you’ve wanked a major one all over women’s bodies. Never mind that body weight is not a marker of obesity. Or that fat vegans … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Dawgs, Do As I Say..., If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Kittehs, She Blinded Me With Science, Sick Frickin' Bastards, The WTF? Files, Uppity Wimmin | 1 Comment

FEMEN protest in Berlin as prostitution law reforms loom

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Five FEMEN members in Berlin chained themselves to the trademark “Berlin Bears” outside the entry to one of the city’s biggest bordellos yesterday. And as EMMA reports, this comes as the Bundestag debates what to do about Germany’s lax and … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Law-Law Land, Uppity Wimmin | 1 Comment

Quotable: Winona LaDuke on water terrorism

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

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Music for a Sunday: A song for Elsipogtog

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Granted, they’re not from the same tribe. But Buffy and the Mi’kmaq are speaking the same language nonetheless.

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Environmentally Ill, Filthy Stinking Rich, If You REALLY Care, Music for a Sunday, Teh Injunz, The Bold and the Badass, Uppity Wimmin | Comments Off

This just in…

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Literary talent: We (meaning Canadian women) haz it… Canadian author Alice Munro has won the prestigious Nobel Prize for literature. The Swedish Academy announced the decision Thursday, calling the 82-year-old author from Wingham, Ont., a “master of the contemporary short … Continue reading →

Posted in Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Canadian Counterpunch, Isn't It Ironic?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Men Who Just Don't Get It, Schadenfreude, Uppity Wimmin | Comments Off

Good news from two unexpected places

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Sabina Becker

First, Texas: Yup, Wendy Davis has laced up her running shoes again. And this time, she’s heading straight for the governor’s mansion: Wendy Davis, the Democratic Texas state senator who won fame trying to block anti-abortion legislation with a marathon … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Jessica Valenti on the madonna/whore complex

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Sabina Becker

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An open letter to David Gilmour, plus a partial reading list

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Dear David Gilmour: May I call you Dave? Because, by your own admission, you’re not really a prof, seeing as you don’t have a Ph.D. and your “teaching” experience comes courtesy of TV, that not-at-all-superficial-or-unidimensional medium that makes everybody feel … Continue reading →

Posted in Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Canadian Counterpunch, Isn't It Ironic?, Men Who Just Don't Get It, The United States of Amnesia, Uppity Wimmin, Writer Lady Sings the Blues | 5 Comments

Islamophobia in Britain: some dirty little facts and figures

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Remember my post from two days ago, in which I took on Islamophobia in its “feminist” guise (note the quotes, there for a reason)? Well, here’s the real nub of that issue. As you can see, it was never really … Continue reading →