Category Archives: Uppity Wimmin

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Egypt’s revolution keeps on truckin’

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Especially heartening: How Egyptian women are getting out, pitching in, and NOT shutting up. After Wednesday’s nasty setbacks, that’s good to hear. So’s the labor struggle, which as only just begun, but is promising to be fierce. Yalla Egypt!

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Politically motivated? You don’t say…

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Awhile back, I remarked on how interesting and odd the timing of those sexual assault charges against Julian Assange was. Today, once more, I am reminded of just how very interesting and odd that timing was, indeed: Julian Assange’s Swedish … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Spooks, The 'Stans, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The United States of Amnesia, The War on Terra, Uppity Wimmin | 4 Comments

Q. How jaw-droppingly wrong can one person be?

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A. A LOT. With “friends” like this, the young woman in question doesn’t need any enemies. Anyway, at the rate she’s going, she will change the world, and this “friend”, one hopes, will be the first domino to fall. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Uppity Wimmin | 3 Comments

Chavecito bids farewell

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Sabina Becker

As some of you may be aware, a force in Venezuelan politics passed away the other day. Lina Ron, 51, died suddenly of a heart attack. Her bleached blond hair, bright red lipstick and Fidel Castro-style army cap were her … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a Racist Bitch

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Sabina Becker

I got unfriended on Facebook today by someone I’ve known for less than a week. Big fucking deal, right? Happens all the time. Means she wasn’t really my friend to begin with, blah blah blah. True, true, and sad-but-true. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, If You REALLY Care, Just Pissed Off, Rivers in Egypt, Uppity Wimmin | 10 Comments

A terrible story

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Sabina Becker

At Sunday dinner today, my mom shared a story about a woman in the German farm village where she grew up. This woman and her family, like my mother’s, were ethnic German refugees from Yugoslavia, who came up around 1944, … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Fascism Without Swastikas, Fetus Fetishists, If You REALLY Care, Law-Law Land, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, She Blinded Me With Science, Sick Frickin' Bastards, Uppity Wimmin | 4 Comments

Need a little inspiration?

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Then take a gander at this lady: That is Nawal el-Saadawi, Egyptian feminist, human-rights activist, author and shit-disturber and just plain ol’ all-around badass, talking about why she’s in this fight. For those of you who think the Egyptian democratic … Continue reading →

Posted in If You REALLY Care, Rivers in Egypt, Uppity Wimmin | 1 Comment

Ironic developments in Switzerland

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Not a banned weapon. And don’t worry, it’s not ever going to be. It’s not like someone’s gonna whip this out on you in a dark alley, after all. Gun nuts are fond of pointing out that gun ownership is … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Guns, Guns, Guns, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Uppity Wimmin | 4 Comments

Just another senseless crime?

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Sabina Becker

I was in Arizona in 2003. It didn’t seem like a hateful place at the time. I was more worried about not clearing security to get on the plane at Pearson Airport in Toronto, to be honest; it was less … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Confessions of a Bad German, Fascism Without Swastikas, Guns, Guns, Guns, If You REALLY Care, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Newspeak is Nospeak, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Obamarama!, The Hardcore Stupid, The War on Terra, Uppity Wimmin | 4 Comments

In which we “smear” Julian Assange’s accuser

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Yesterday, Julian Assange turned himself in to British authorities for extradition to Sweden, to face a number of sexual-assault charges. Since it’s for the court to determine whether or not he actually is guilty as charged, let’s wait to see … Continue reading →