Hmm, well, this is what I read on Maktoob this morning, anyway. Now, how much you want to bet that the groom couldn’t give a rat’s ass about his first wife’s opinion when he decided to marry another woman? And that patriarchal society cheered on and approved his choice – because he, having been bornContinue reading “A man’s 1st wife sparked the horrifying wedding inferno in Kuwait?”
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War against whores? Answer with heavy artillery!
Renegade drew my attention to this bit of sex worker news this morning. Like Ren, what I found particularly unnerving about the missive was its insistence that the phrase “sex worker” should be put in quotation marks, and the writers’ very obvious and apparent distaste for this line of work. Considering the fact that theContinue reading “War against whores? Answer with heavy artillery!”
Man with 86 kids going for 100… and he gets applauded? Really?
Remember the outrage over the Octo-Mom – Nadya Suleman? How come I am hearing nothing of the sort directed at Hot 100-Dad? Could it be because of… *gasp* sexism? Because Islam only allows 4 wives at a time, I’m assuming he marries and then gets divorced to make room for the next crop of broodma…sorry,Continue reading “Man with 86 kids going for 100… and he gets applauded? Really?”
So… about Otty Sanchez…
If you haven’t heard the grim news, this somewhat maligned Salon headline speaks for itself: “How could a mother eat her own baby?” Well, then. When something as horrific and tragic as this happens – a new mother, a schizophrenic, splits with the baby’s father, who is also schizophrenic, goes into a tailspin that mayContinue reading “So… about Otty Sanchez…”
Me on Natalia Estemirova’s murder, others on more of the same
Do Natalia Estemirova’s killers feel like big, strong men? And on other murdered women: Questioning Transphobia on the murder of Kamilla (Lisa quoted me, so this could see like more shameless self-promotion, and for that, I apologize). Muslimah Media Watch on the murder of Marwa el-Sherbini, stabbed to death in a German courtroom because sheContinue reading “Me on Natalia Estemirova’s murder, others on more of the same”
Natalia A. 