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The Very Courageous Lena Dunham
So now Lena Dunham joins the crowd of courageous Hollywood liberals who mock the Bible. On this past weekend’s Saturday Night Live (see here), Dunham shed her clothes in a spoof of the Garden of Eden story. Actually we didn’t really see her … Continue reading
Posted in People, Politics
Tagged Christianity, Hollywood liberals, Lena Dunham, misogyny, Saturday Night Live
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Noticing The Misogynists
Well, this falls into the “Miracles Never Cease” category: The Washington Post daring to print an article describing the abuse of women in Afghanistan. The articles we usually see from the Post tend to ignore the plight of women in certain areas of the world. Not only … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Afghanistan, human-rights, Iranian elections, misogyny, war on women
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More Liberal Lip Service About Women
So now the intrepid Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and other Democratic lawmakers are pushing a resolution to recognize that climate change hurts women more than men. According to Lee, climate change affects agricultural output which has a “disparate impact” on women. Among other things, … Continue reading
Brave Liberals
So now Quentin Tarantino has a new movie, “Django Unchained,” which features depictions of slavery in the U.S. In interviews, Tarantino claims that the truth about slavery was a thousand times worse than that portrayed in the movie. But what’s … Continue reading
Hiding The War On Women
At least someone is speaking out about the real war on women being waged in the Mideast. In an op-ed article, Roya Hakakian explains how misogynists in the Mideast have adopted Ayatollah Khomeini’s tactic of using the chaos created through anti-Americanism, and the resulting reluctance of American leaders … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Politics
Tagged current events, foreign policy, human-rights, Middle East, misogyny, politics, war on women
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Normalizing Misogyny
On the front page of its October 19, 2012, edition, the Washington Post published a photo of two Saudi women wearing burqas – clothing which leaves visible only the eyes of the women. The photo accompanies an article that mentions one of the women, Batoul … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Politics
Tagged current events, liberals, Middle East, misogynists, misogyny, war on women, Washington Post
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Misogynist Enablers
Slate’s Fred Kaplan has weighed in, so it’s official: American efforts in Afghanistan were “doomed from the start,” and now it’s “over.” Okay, so now the Afghan misogynists can get back to their primary occupation of oppressing and enslaving women (the real … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Politics
Tagged Afghanistan, foreign policy, misogyny, morality, politics, war on women
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