Category Archives: Feminism

Ms. Magazine refuses to publish ad about Israel’s most powerful women

The magazine co-founded by Gloria Steinem doesn’t seem to like Jews when they’re Israeli Jews. Or at least, that’s the impression they’re giving after rejecting an ad for Israel that the AJC wanted to place. The magazine has turned down … Continue reading

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Muslim ERA watch: Female terrorist version

Looks like Hamas is all about equality for women, so long as they’re carrying out terrorist attacks. Two armed Palestinians were shot and killed by IDF soldiers Monday after they approached an army post near the Erez crossing in the … Continue reading

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Muslim ERA Watch: Afghan gals won’t you come out tonight?

Oh those Afghan girls, the way they wear their clothes, they keep the mullahs warm at night… Nearly six years after the overthrow of the strict Islamist Taliban government, almost all women in deeply conservative Afghanistan still only appear in … Continue reading

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Saudi ERA Watch: Women must stand to eat

Ah, those wacky Wahabbis! You just can’t beat the misogynistic regime of Saudi Arabia. Every time someone tries to tell me how free and liberated Muslim women are, compared to Western women, I have to laugh. Because Iranian women aren’t … Continue reading

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Saudi ERA Watch

Try not to laugh. Saudi women are fighting for the right to drive. It’s really not funny. It’s pathetic. Women in the only country in the world which still bans women from driving want to put their best foot forward … Continue reading

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Solving the marriage surname problem

Not that I ever intend to change my name at this point in my life, but this would be a great solution for me if it didn’t screw up the eponymous blog thing. Jersey writers Alice Kirby and Larry Charny … Continue reading

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Muslim ERA Watch: AP buys Iran BS

The AP ran a nice little fluff piece about how the Mad Mullah might accept some moves forward for women in Iran. Of course it’s all crap, but the AP never lets the facts get in the way of pretending … Continue reading

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Israeli ERA Watch

Israel is swearing in more and more women judges. A swearing-in ceremony for new judges at Beit Hanassi on Tuesday demonstrated that the the legal profession, once dominated by males, is gradually being taken over by women. Of the 36 … Continue reading

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Lazy Sunday video

Why Joss Whedon writes strong women characters.

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Muslim ERA watch

Ew! Girl cooties! Iran’s foreign minister walked out of a dinner of diplomats where he was seated directly across from US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on the pretext that the female violinist entertaining the gathering was dressed too revealingly. … Continue reading

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Saudi ERA watch

It’s as plain as the nose on your face: Women don’t like men having multiple wives. And you know, it just doesn’t really work all that well, either. For the women, anyway. RIYADH – A Saudi man lost part of … Continue reading

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Muslim ERA watch

Pakistan is introducing a bill to ban forced marriages, including the ones that use women as a payment to settle feuds. Pakistan’s ruling party on Tuesday introduced a bill to outlaw forced marriages, including under an ancient tribal custom in … Continue reading

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Saudi ERA watch

This is why I laugh when people tell me that Islam has any relation to feminism. The Saudi Gazette reported that a Saudi man who demanded SR100,000 from his daughter in return for allowing her to marry has been disallowed … Continue reading

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Muslim ERA watch

Hey, check it out! Saudi Arabian women are now allowed to sell cars! Except, well, when you read it, you see that they are only selling cars to other women. Which is a pretty bad deal, what with women still … Continue reading

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How I learned to lie about Islam

Yvonne Ridley, the woman who was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan and ultimately converted to Islam (one’s mind does immediately jump to “Stockholm Syndrome,”) waxes poetic—and untruthfully—about the equality of women under Islam. Here’s my favorite part: A careful … Continue reading

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