Womanist Musings posted yesterday about feminists persistently neglecting to come to the defense of any woman who is not white, able-bodied, or class-privileged.If someone so much as gives the side eye to Hillary Clinton, one can be certain that it will appear on feminist blogs repeatedly. Hillary is continually championed and this is deemed a …
Dismissed Conditions: Men Inherit Twice What Women Inherit
What each member of the family receives upon the death of another is very straight-forward in the Qur'an, and the entire structure is intricately tied together: Concerning [the inheritance of] your children, God enjoins [this] upon you: The male shall have the equal of two females’ share; but if there are more than two females, …
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So, um… what’s a radfem?
Here I was believing I'm a radfem, because I've certainly been called a radical feminist, usually whenever I'm truthful a total meanie about how men actively look for excuses to continue patriarchal oppression, and also when I then proceed to remain unmoved when a man protests, "But not all men," because I should not have …
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STFU.
Crap People Like to Say Because it Makes Them Sound Smart and Theoretical and Shit:"Shari'ah Law is coming to the US!--why aren't the feminists outraged?" "Women suffer most when Islamists are in power! We want to protect our women from terrorists! Also, we're totally going to redefine rape and defund Planned Parenthood." "Lara Logan was …
This isn’t an apology.
(Or a post.) But please excuse the crappy writing.I don't know if it's glaringly obvious, but I'm always in a hurry now, and I've been cringing at my own writing. I never really edited entries, just scanned and if I saw an error I'd fix it, but recently I've begun to rush them too. And …
Shariah Law
Were I a reporter, I would walk around asking those who rage against it, "So, what IS it?"We love being afraid of things we don't know! And some people love living in fear. I can't understand why. Living in fear is not fun. Perhaps because fear unites people against other people? Yay, power!I strongly suspect …