Category Archives: Uppity Wimmin

Oh look, another ignorant white woman has an opinion!

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Sabina Becker

So I was scrolling through my Facebook feed this morning, when up pops this. Yet another ignorant white woman who is strangely offended by Muslim women just being themselves and minding their own damn business. Let’s take her argument point … Continue reading →

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Submissive? HA!

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

In case you ever get to thinking that all Middle Eastern Muslim women are hopelessly under the thumb of men just because they wear veils, this video from an Egyptian TV program should prove instructive: The interviewer, Riham Said, “agrees” … Continue reading →

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Whose fault is it?

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Sabina Becker

In India, it’s WOMEN! In the US, it’s WOMEN! Impotence: Laura Sessions Stepp (of Unhooked fame) wrote in The Washington Post that young women’s feeling empowered to initiate sex was causing a scourge of impotence among college-aged men: “According to … Continue reading →

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Rape culture? WHAT rape culture?

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I don’t see anything here… The trial for a University of Toronto architecture professor charged with sexual assault nearly two years ago began Thursday. James Andrew Payne was charged on Dec. 10, 2011 with one count of sexual assault. Payne, … Continue reading →

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Daniel Cohn-Bendit and the German Greens’ pedophile problem

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“I stand for sex with children! How about you?” Meet Daniel Cohn-Bendit. He’s a long-standing, high-ranking member of the German Green Party, as well as the Green faction chief in the Europarliament. And he’s also a major component of its … Continue reading →

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(Not so) Stupid Sex Tricks: Take that, Robin Thicke!

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Some Kiwi law students put together this parody, which is undoubtedly better than the (not so) original: Every bigot, shut up. Word!

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A few random thoughts on women’s sexuality

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“Feminine psychology is at times twisted: They have created in us the conviction that all the bad things in the world are lying in wait, trying to sneak in on us from between our legs.” –Laura Restrepo, Colombian writer. Lupita … Continue reading →

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A few random thoughts on Chelsea Manning

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

So. THIS happened. The soldier we all knew as Bradley Manning has officially come out as transgender, and will henceforth be known here as Chelsea, in accordance with her expressed wishes. Of course, her coming-out has been greeted with the … Continue reading →

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A few more thoughts on rape culture (and the importance of naming it)

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Sabina Becker

So I was chatting again with my friend from the West Coast today, and he’s still upset about the incident from the other day. He wonders if he was really sexually assaulted, and he’s beating himself up over it. Does … Continue reading →

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A few random thoughts about rape culture

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Sabina Becker

This evening, just after supper, I was chatting on Facebook with a friend of mine who lives on the west coast. And he told me a story about how he was speaking out at a rally following the SCOTUS decision … Continue reading →