Katha Pollitt talks to Der Spiegel *

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Feminism created a new normal. … Read the rest



Charles Murray is Deeply in Love With Sarah Palin *

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The last thing we need are more pointy-headed intellectuals running the government.… Read the rest



Katha Pollitt on Palin the Affirmative Action Babe *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

There’s the fun of watching conservative pundits scramble to deny the obvious.… Read the rest



Dick Taverne rebukes Prince Charles *

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A democratic country cannot tolerate a monarch whose views command notice not because of expertise, but because of his birth.… Read the rest



Saudi Arabia: more female graduates, no more jobs. *

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Only 16% of Saudi women work, mostly teaching in segregated classrooms.… Read the rest



Swimming in Saudi Arabia *

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Foreign woman demands to use pool in international hotel, succeeds.… Read the rest



Maryam Namazie on the veil *

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The veil is a tool for the suppression and oppression of women.… Read the rest



Rape victims are guilty of zina; their rapists go free. *

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Four male witnesses of good standing are required to prove rape. Charging rape is proof of zina – by the woman only.… Read the rest



Women’s lives in Afghanistan *

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More than 60% of marriages are forced; 57% of women marry under the age of 16.… Read the rest



Woman’s Hour on women in Afghanistan *

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Maternal mortality and female illiteracy rates are among the highest in the world.… Read the rest



Primacy of the UDHR *

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Universal means universal.… Read the rest



Nahid Toubia fights against FGM *

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‘This is about women and elevating the status of women and making them equal human beings.’… Read the rest



Canada will not participate in Durban II *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Durban I degenerated into open expressions of intolerance and anti-Semitism that undermined the very goals the conference sought to achieve.… Read the rest



Muslim students file rights complaint against Maclean’s *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Faisal Joseph, a lawyer from the Canadian Islamic Congress who is representing the four students, argued that journalists can’t write just anything.… Read the rest



Got a complaint? Call 1-800-Human-Rights. *

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The Canadian Islamic Congress has a new partner in its censorship campaign: the state … Read the rest



The Candidate *

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The New Yorker on Obama in May 2004… Read the rest



Reading Karen Armstrong *

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History is for Karen Armstrong not so much putty as Playdoh.… Read the rest



Little help available for minors fleeing FLDS *

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Service providers cannot help them because they’re minors and runaways. … Read the rest



Pope Says No to Gender-neutral God *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Anyone baptised using terms such as “Creator”, “Redeemer” and “Sanctifier” would have to be re-baptised using the traditional ceremony.… Read the rest



Pragna Patel: Failed by religious law *

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The sentiments expressed by the archbishop are indicative of those who call themselves “progressive” or “liberal” but who are often the most insidious. … Read the rest