The amazing, wonderful wood turtle published a post on sex in September last year, in which she writes the following about a friend of hers who’d gotten married: The problem was, she didn’t know what she wanted. She had never had an orgasm. (“Never? No self exploring? No boyfriend pillows?” “No.”) It makes me wonder sometimes just how misinformed …
last names (and names in general)
On my birthday (happy coincidence) I officially changed my middle and last names to what my mother had intended to name me. I'd been using the "new" one--which I consider my real name--for years, and I'm quite happy now that I don't have to explain to professors why I have a different last name on …
Islamic History and the Women You Never Hear About: Rabia al-Adawiyya
She was born into a poor and respected family, and before her birth her parents were already informed from a dream that she would be a virtuous leader. She desired neither fame nor power but her passion, love of God, and self-denial earned her both.At a young age, she was captured and sold into slavery. …
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"Face veils are sexist."
Yeah, so is our makeup. Let's ban that too!Seriously, I can't believe feminists who make this "It's sexist, but it should be up to the woman whether she wants to wear it" point, as though the former sentiment is some kind of disclaimer for the grudging latter. Why do you need to specifically point this …
patriarchy, war, and women
During the Holocaust, women and children were victims of medical experiments. Jewish women were raped and beaten and subjected to unethical sterilization experiments. Roma women were threatened with the possibility that they could give birth to animals if impregnated by non-human sperm as well as with experiments testing the effects of diseases. Every race viewed …
The Slutwalk
I would totally do this."So the point of the matter is saying, if one woman is accused of being a slut, then today we are all sluts. It’s not about saying we should all identify as sluts all the time. It’s a political act of solidarity with people who have been harmed by the label." …
Figments of Patriarchal Imagination: The Testimony of Two Women "Equals" One Man’s
In the Qur’an, different numbers of witnesses are called for different crimes. For example, it takes four reliable witnesses to condemn a woman for adultery: Those who accuse chaste women and then fail to produce four witnesses to support their allegations, the court shall order eighty lashes to such accusers. And, never in the future …
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the fatal feminist 