Category Archives: Uppity Wimmin

The idiotic right-wing freak-out over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez…and Rashida Tlaib

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Sabina Becker

How do you know Donnie’s loyal nitwits are floundering and desperate for any straw to grasp, just to stay afloat? Because the best they can do to discredit one of his fastest-rising progressive critics is to dig up and distort … Continue reading →

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It’s Yule, y’all!

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Sabina Becker

And what better way to celebrate the Winter Solstice than with a bit of good news? Yes, that’s right. Even getting a chunk of her lung removed to halt an early-stage cancer can’t stop the Notorious RBG. Even in the … Continue reading →

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The Montréal Massacre, and progressive Canada’s unfinished work

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Sabina Becker

I don’t know how many of the women whose names are inscribed on this memorial actually called themselves feminists, or saw what they were doing as in any way feminist. Knowing the tenor of the times I grew up in … Continue reading →

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Just Jordan Peterson, being a crankypants crackpot

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Sabina Becker

And if you thought the above was a lot of crankpottery, here he is, opining for the National Pest: So it’s 2:39 a.m. in Oslo, Norway. I woke up in a too-hot hotel room out of a fitful nightmare, which … Continue reading →

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The terrible death of Jamal Khashoggi, and what it all means

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Sabina Becker

David Pakman and his producer discuss the murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. It was a hinky story from the beginning, when the 59-year-old journalist walked in through the consulate’s doors on October 2 without … Continue reading →

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His name was Dave.

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Sabina Becker

His name was Dave. I’m not sure how his last name is spelled, so I’ll refer to him by his first name and last initial only. That’s what the German media do when identifying the perpetrator of a crime. And … Continue reading →

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Brett Kavanaugh, rape pimp?

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Ahem. Y’all do realize I’m only using that question mark because…oh, take it away, darling Dusty: Ah, that was lovely. Anyhow, as I was saying: Nothing has been proved. But I know what conclusions I’m going to draw after reading…this: … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Emmeline Pankhurst on women’s rights

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Sabina Becker

And given the blatant hypocrisies surrounding Brett Kavanaugh, this has never rung more true than now.

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Dear Jian Ghomeshi: Shut the fuck up and go the hell away.

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Ah yes. Remember THAT infamous Facebook post? The one Jian Ghomeshi posted to try to get out ahead of his accusers, to do pre-emptive damage control before they damaged him? The one that ended up blowing right back into his … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: What would Joan Jett do?

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Sabina Becker

She’d get together with Blondie’s own Debbie Harry and make beautiful feminist music that kicks fascist ass! What else?

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