Category Archives: Uppity Wimmin

Thank you, Tarana Burke.

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Sabina Becker

So lately, there’s been this “Me Too” thing happening all over the Internets, wherein women briefly state that they, too, have been sexually assaulted. Some have even hashtagged it. The popular assumption is that it was started by Alyssa Milano, … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: One for Harvey Weinstein (and all his victims)

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Sabina Becker

When I first heard this song (at 14), I didn’t like it. AT ALL. Because even at that age, I knew what icky sexual manipulation sounded like the moment I heard it. Years later, I found out that Phil Oakey … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Samantha Bee on sexual harassment in Hollywood (and Washington)

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Sabina Becker

How depressing is it when even Antarctica isn’t a safe place to be female?

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So long, Hef…and thanks for NOTHING.

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Sabina Becker

So, the long overdue has finally happened: Hugh Hefner is dead. He leaves behind four children, two ex-wives, and one current one who stands to inherit…NOTHING. That’s right, folks, she gets bupkus, thanks to a pre-nup that Hef had her … Continue reading →

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How sexism works against abuse victims

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Sabina Becker

A little something from the other side of the pond caught my eye this morning. And promptly made me see red. See if you can guess what it is before I tell you… The child sex victim of an Asian … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Hannah Arendt on freedom of the press

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Sabina Becker
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Honor crime: Just a Muslim thing?

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Left: the scene of the crime; right: the victim. Uh…not in Israel, it ain’t: A Christian resident of the central Israeli town of Ramle was charged on Sunday with killing his teenage daughter over her relationship with a young Muslim. … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Mom jeans all day

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Sabina Becker

…why you mad, though? I ain’t mad. I ain’t sad. This video makes me glad, because it’s me all over.

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“Proud Boys” not looking so proud up here

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Oh dear. Looks like somebody isn’t ready for prime time… The Proud Boys have shamed Canada’s military. At a press conference Tuesday afternoon, rear admiral John Newton apologized for the behaviour of five six Armed Forces members who disrupted an … Continue reading →

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Why Chelsea Manning is a hero, not a traitor

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Jimmy Dore breaks it all down, in horrifying detail. What Chelsea Manning revealed to Wikileaks shows that the villain here isn’t one lone whistle-blowing ex-army private, nor a site devoted to publishing leaked information from people like her, but the … Continue reading →

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