This op-ed in the Kyiv Post is a bizarre mixture of truth and utter BS. For what it’s worth, I’m willing to believe that the author means everything she says. Unfortunately, half the time she says stuff that makes me feel like stuffing glass shards beneath my eyelids. For example, this: I won’t tell youContinue reading “Alina Rudya and the Kyiv Post – a great disappointment”
Category Archives: The F-Word
Kyle Payne, you are not welcome in the feminist blogosphere
You are a sexual predator. Your non-apology on the subject was pretty bloody telling. The fact that you have the gall to continue linking feminist sites after your release is – while certainly not surprising – plain gross. You obviously want to make this issue go away; it’s not going to happen. Were I backContinue reading “Kyle Payne, you are not welcome in the feminist blogosphere”
Speaking of sexual harassment in the region – good for you, ladies
Just saw this BBC story about fighting, quite literally, sexual harassment in Egypt. Could not be more impressed. Karate is a good step forward, and this sort of thing makes me want to re-inroll in tae kwan do here in Amman. Of course, some attackers escalate to violence when the woman pushes back, we allContinue reading “Speaking of sexual harassment in the region – good for you, ladies”
Abortion is Not the Issue
Looking over this discussion on The Hand Mirror – a discussion spawned by the Catholic Church’s genius handling of the issues surrounding the rape and impregnation of a nine-year-old Brazilian girl – I am once again struck by what a huge red herring this entire ZOMG ABORTION thing is. Here’s a fact: abortion has alwaysContinue reading “Abortion is Not the Issue”
On Rape, Catholicism, and Priorities – AGAIN
Boy, why does this story look so familiar? So those who helped secure an abortion for a NINE-YEAR-OLD are bad, evil people. Meanwhile, I haven’t exactly heard that the RAPIST of said nine-year-old has been excommunicated. I mean, why should he? He was just helping the little girl fullfill her duty as a human vessel!Continue reading “On Rape, Catholicism, and Priorities – AGAIN”
Natalia A. 