Props for anyone who gets the movie reference in the title of this post. Non-Muslim women have pontificated on the niqab (face-veil) and its relation to Western culture before. *cough* Admittedly, a lot of our comments, my comments included, can be rather presumptuous and patronizing, even if we don’t mean them to be. I’ve beenContinue reading “Shorter Danielle Crittenden: Throw the Niqabi Off the Train!”
Author Archives: Natalia Antonova
Post-Soviet Feminism and “Nashi”
The word “nashi” means “our” or “ours.” I use it as a tag on this blog not as a reference to the members of Russia’s political party: Nashi. However, it’s obviously appropriate here. Last week, Lyndon asked some question in relations to the, ah, creative ways that members of Nashi have come out in supportContinue reading “Post-Soviet Feminism and “Nashi””
The death penalty sucks
And Greg Bloom is on hand to tell us why – on GC today. Permalink here.
Yeah, whatever
And Mr. Wingfield’s superiority complex isn’t on display at all, or anything, in this piece. God, I’d rather read Exile at this point, and that’s saying a lot, coming from me. P.S. I haven’t forgotten this post and the questions it raises. I’ve just been busy. But I will have a breather soon.
The only thing I can say right now is ROT IN JAIL
(trigger warning, ladies and lads) By now, many of your heard about the death of Aqsa Parvez. My sentiments in regards to the people who who did this to her are in the title of this post. My sentiments to the author of the following post on a Facebook group created in memory of ParvezContinue reading “The only thing I can say right now is ROT IN JAIL”
Natalia A. 