Category Archives: Uppity Wimmin

The “art” of being an asshole

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Yesterday, I chanced across the funniest, saddest, and weirdest shit I ever saw on Wonkette. Apparently there are all these dudes who’ve been creating “inspirational” propaganda — oh sorry, “art” — for the so-called men’s rights movement. But if what … Continue reading →

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Prostitution in Germany: hard facts, hard debate, harder thoughts

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Sabina Becker

(Photo: EMMA.) German FEMEN demonstrators outside the largest brothel in the cathedral city of Köln. They consider prostitution a human rights abuse, and hold up human trafficking, rampant in Germany, as an example of how liberalization of laws governing the … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with this picture?

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Yup, this is in Ireland. That is a man’s hand on a woman’s butt (how charmingly patriarchal!) And, coming on the heels of this, it makes me want to smack a different kind of bum…the kind that trots around all … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Assata Shakur on freedom

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Sabina Becker

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Clip ‘n’ Save: The GOP Guide to Rape

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Sabina Becker

There you go, ladies of the United States of Amnesia! Now you, too, can conveniently classify your rape, just like the GOP. Happy, er, classifyin’!

Posted in Clip 'n' Save, Fetus Fetishists, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Sick Frickin' Bastards, The Hardcore Stupid, The United States of Amnesia, The WTF? Files, Uppity Wimmin | Comments Off

A person of no interest?

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Well, well. That didn’t take long. And of course it was utterly predictable. I’m talking here about the RCMP and BC police (those bastions of sex-crime-solving competence!) ruling out Kody Maxson as a suspect in the online sexual blackmailing and … Continue reading →

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Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising’s Image of Women

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Sabina Becker

In light of the death of Amanda Todd, who was literally driven to her grave by her own image on the Internet, and the whole Reddit “creepshot” kerfuffle, it’s instructive to look how media imagery of the female body plays … Continue reading →

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Anonymous tracks a predator

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Looks like they’ve found Amanda Todd’s tormentor: Here’s the story, from MSN.ca: The tragic story of B.C. teen suicide victim Amanda Todd has taken another bizarre twist as the internet hacking and activist group Anonymous has named a man the … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Isabel Allende on writing

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Translation: “Writing is like making love. Don’t worry about the orgasm, concern yourself with the process.”

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Yeah, yeah, Slutever. Now fuck off.

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Urgh. What have we here? Bad sex advice on an ostensibly feminist news site? Oh Jezebel, what have you sunk to? People — women in particular — really need to get over the “is this degrading?” thing. If you have … Continue reading →

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