BLOGGING THE LONGEST REVOLUTION
Posted in Femicide, Male Terrorism, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sex Trafficking, The Left, War on Women, Woman Hating, Women and Fundamentalism on Dec 17th, 2008
“Christians” are not oppressed in the same way “Americans” are not oppressed in the same way “whites” are not oppressed — they are not oppressed if they are male. They are not oppressed unless they are female persons
Posted in Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Female Ritual Servitude, It's all connected, Love Between Women, Male Terrorism, War on Women, Women and Fundamentalism on Dec 4th, 2008
More than 75 countries throughout the world criminalize lesbian and gay relationships. To put as fine a point as possible on it, for women to love women in more than 75 nations is a criminal offense. (As it is a criminal offense for men to love men as well, but this is Women’s Space [...]
Posted in Iranian Women's Activism, Male Terrorism, Women and Fundamentalism on Nov 28th, 2008
An Iranian appeals court has once again sentenced Delaram Ali, a leader of the vibrant and immensely inspiring Iranian Women’s Movement, to four months in prison and 10 lashes for participating in a peaceful, nonviolent protest in Tehran in 2006 in which women were seeking the following basic human and civil rights:
• Abolition [...]
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Feminism, Feminist Politics, Internalized Misogyny, Love Between Women, Sisterhood, War on Women, Woman Hating, Women and Fundamentalism on Nov 21st, 2008
I have been intending to write a post about the way so many feminists, leftists, liberals and progressives consummately misunderstand conservative Christianity and conservative Christian women in particular. I keep feeling overwhelmed by this writing project and so deciding against it. But given the across-the-board anger among women over the misogyny of the [...]
Posted in Female Ritual Servitude, Male Foolishness, Male Terrorism, War on Women, Woman Hating, Women and Fundamentalism on Nov 18th, 2008
On Monday a French court struck down a ruling that allowed a Muslim man to annul his marriage because his wife was not a virgin, Benedicte Manier reports today.The case continues the legal battle over freedom of religion and women’s secular legal rights.
PARIS (WOMENSENEWS)–In a case that has sparked a national controversy here, [...]
Posted in Iranian Women's Activism, Male Terrorism, War on Women, Women and Fundamentalism on Aug 31st, 2008
The Iranian Women’s Movement’s One Million Signatures Campaign celebrates it’s second birthday this week. Among other goals, the movement has sought the abolition of polygamy, the right of divorce by women, joint custody of children for mothers and fathers, equal rights in family law, increasing the minimum legal age for girls to 18 (currently it is 15), equal rights for women [...]
