Category Archives: Uppity Wimmin

Would this be illegal in South Dakota?

Posted on April 2, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Hey…it’s a pertinent question! Surgeons operated on a 2-month-old Pakistani girl Tuesday to remove two fetuses that had grown inside her while she was still in her mother’s womb, a doctor said. The infant, who was identified only as Nazia, … Continue reading →

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Everything’s coming up roses for Helen Thomas!

Posted on March 31, 2006 by Sabina Becker

And it couldn’t happen to a nicer, more deserving lady:

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Okay, this really fucking pisses me off…

Posted on March 30, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Pardon the indelicate and unladylike language, but when you see what follows, I’m sure you’ll agree with me for using it: Possibly even more earsplitting than the chatter about Katie Couric’s plans to leave her post at NBC’s “Today” show … Continue reading →

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Congratulations, Riverbend!

Posted on March 26, 2006 by Sabina Becker

This is wonderful news! An anonymous blog by a young woman in war-torn Iraq has been longlisted for BBC Four’s Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. Baghdad Burning, a first-hand account written under the pseudonym Riverbend, is one of 19 books … Continue reading →

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Up with uppity women in South Dakota!

Posted on March 23, 2006 by Sabina Becker

You may want to write to these ladies and express your support. Better still, if you can, shoot ’em a cheque.

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Don’t shut up, just sing it, sisters!

Posted on March 23, 2006 by Sabina Becker

The Dixie Chicks’ latest song is one beeYOOteeful bitch-slap to the Right. Check it out.

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Got stem cells?

Posted on March 16, 2006 by Sabina Becker

I do! I do! And so do all menstruating women…in fact, you might say it’s in our blood: Japanese researchers have harvested stem cells from human menstrual blood, a medical conference has heard. The researchers say these stem cells could … Continue reading →

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Yecch!

Posted on March 14, 2006 by Sabina Becker

I mean, what else is there to say about this? Across the country, post-pubescent and peri-menopausal women alike are having their vaginas tightened, their mons pubis liposuctioned, their labial folds nipped and their clitoral hoods tucked. Most are seeking to … Continue reading →

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The right to choose…deadbeat daddydom?

Posted on March 13, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Talk about polishing a turd with a legal gloss: Contending that women have more options than they do in the event of an unintended pregnancy, men’s rights activists are mounting a long shot legal campaign aimed at giving them the … Continue reading →

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Taking the machismo out of rape

Posted on March 9, 2006 by Sabina Becker

One more look at how certain countries are lagging behind in human rights: Mexico’s huge misogyny problem. From the Beeb: Mexico’s government is using blow-up sex dolls in a new TV campaign against sexual harassment in the workplace. The ads … Continue reading →