Category Archives: Uppity Wimmin

Praise the Lord, and please pass the pasta

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Because if this is true, then to hell with dieting. I’m not going to try to fit into my high-school size anymore. (I’ll still exercise because it makes me feel better, though.) Women with curvy figures are likely to be … Continue reading →

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Oh those uppity Chilean women!

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Sabina Becker

They dare to defy the Catholic church? And to order pharmacies to fill orders for the Morning-After Pill? What next, a female president? Oh wait. They have one already. Never mind… The Chilean government has warned pharmacies refusing to sell … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Marjane Satrapi on obscene trends

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“Why do all the women get plastic surgery? Why? Why? Why should we look like some freaks with big lips that look like an anus? What is so sexy about that? What is sexy about having something that looks like … Continue reading →

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What part of “No Anorexia” don’t they understand?

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Sabina Becker

All of it, apparently. Italy’s advertising watchdog has banned an ad campaign for a fashion label showing a naked anorexic woman, saying it breached its code of conduct. The image “commercially exploited” the illness, the advertising body said. The image, … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Tori Amos on archetypes

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“What do I say to people who don’t know how to interpret my songs? You don’t read the Bible literally. I thought parables were very clear, yet a lot of people have problems with them when they pop up today. … Continue reading →

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Uppity women in Arabia?

Posted on September 26, 2007 by Sabina Becker

For one brief shining moment, it looked as if two young women were actually making a stand… Head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in the Eastern province Dr. Mohamed bin Marshood al-Marshood, told … Continue reading →

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Madeleine L’Engle has tessered

Posted on September 7, 2007 by Sabina Becker

A splendid 88-year wrinkle in time has, alas, come to an end. Author Madeleine L’Engle, whose novel “A Wrinkle in Time” has been enjoyed by generations of schoolchildren and adults since the 1960s, has died, her publicist said Friday. She … Continue reading →

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An uppity woman rears her fair head

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for Dr. Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia and winner of this week’s Buzzflash “Wings of Justice” award:

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9-11 Press For Truth

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Sabina Becker

With Spanish subtitles. Try to keep your eyes dry.

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Quotable: Agatha Christie on war

Posted on August 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.” –Dame Agatha Christie, from her autobiography, published in 1977.

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