When something like this happens in public in Amman, I think it highlights one of the main reasons why the so-called honour killing law has still not been changed. Family is turned on its head, and the reverence for family becomes a reverence for psychological and physical abuse. Of course, the situation described is alsoContinue reading “What Luma witnessed: the sacred status of male abusers in Jordan (and how it hurts both men and women)”
Category Archives: Friends & Neighbours
The prettiest thing I’ve seen… in a while: Paul Newman and James Dean
Tell me they’re not flirting here. In that whole mannnly way. You know. The kind I like. Nose-to-nose, baby. Hat-tip to Sarah.
Delwar Hussain on homophobia in Tower Hamlets: hmmmmm
The awesome Andrea tweeted a link to this piece by Delwar Hussain on Comment Is Free, and as much as I think the author’s intentions are good, his attempts at making sense of the homophobic violence plaguing the multicultural Tower Hamlets borough result in several assumptions that just don’t sit right with me. First ofContinue reading “Delwar Hussain on homophobia in Tower Hamlets: hmmmmm”
Yes. Decent healthcare is “bad” because THOSE people might benefit.
On the subject of certain Americans’ virulent contempt for even a slightly more egalitarian healthcare system: “They don’t want racial minorities and people without means sharing spaces with them, and especially not when they’re sick and being reminded that they’re the same flesh and blood as everyone else. The idea that a 14-year-old immigrant mightContinue reading “Yes. Decent healthcare is “bad” because THOSE people might benefit.”
Monday Music: the I love Helen & Shimalsky & Sasha edition
Because they introduce me to cool new music, and are willing to hear me out when I start babbling about the grand failure that is, at present, my life. This first song is like a corkscrew to my heart (thanks for the metaphor, Bob, sorry someone called the cops on you): Tennessee – Leatherbag OverContinue reading “Monday Music: the I love Helen & Shimalsky & Sasha edition”
Natalia A. 