It is so useful to be told what is haram and what is halal.… Read the rest
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Male Clergy Coerce Women Into Sex 
Sep 11th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He says it is God’s will and she takes his word for it. Easy.… Read the rest
Get the sick bag, it’s Tony Blair
Sep 10th, 2009 6:18 pm | By Ophelia BensonTony Blair gets more sickening every day. Individualism, financial crisis, profit, communal good, deeper level, materialistic, my generation, urk urk urk.
The danger is clear: that pursuit of pleasure becomes an end in itself. It is here that faith can step in, can show us a proper sense of duty to others, responsibility for the world around us, and can lead us to, as the Holy Father calls it, caritas in veritate.
Ew? Ew ew ew ew EW!
What the hell does he mean ‘the Holy Father’? He’s not my fucking Holy Father! He may be Tony Blair’s Holy Father but he’s not mine, so he’s not ‘the.’ The arrogance of them – thinking there is such a thing … Read the rest
Kristof and WuDunn on the Oppression of Women
Sep 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It’s not news, so it doesn’t get much coverage.… Read the rest
Dwight Furrow on Sholto Byrnes on Atheism
Sep 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
His entire argument rests on a sophomoric understanding of the work of David Hume.… Read the rest
Extra Vitamins Pointless for Most People
Sep 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And some are bad for you. Eat a healthy diet, skip the pills.… Read the rest
Blair Talks Rebarbative Kack About God’s Truth
Sep 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
See if you can read this without losing your lunch.… Read the rest
Andrew Brown Swoons for Blair on ‘Faith’
Sep 10th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Blair understands that religion isn’t applied theology. That belief gets everything precisely backwards.’… Read the rest
King’s Fund Reports on Alternative Medicine
Sep 9th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
An ‘expert report’ can be produced to back any view whatsoever simply by choosing the right ‘experts.’… Read the rest
It Is Sudanese Law That Is Offensive
Sep 9th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Lubna Hussein was fighting against laws that objectify and seek to control women. … Read the rest
David Colquhoun Reviews Unscientific America
Sep 9th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
In the UK the appeasers of crackpot medicine are widespread but appeasement hasn’t worked there either.… Read the rest
Michael Weiss on Misogyny as Multiculturalism
Sep 9th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How dare two white-skinned Western atheists presume to condemn the Prophet for keeping a 9 year-old bride?… Read the rest
Athena Andreadis on Others and Numbers
Sep 9th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Furniture is useful and can be decorative, but it’s not supposed to move, dammit! … Read the rest
Rome Conference on Violence Against Women
Sep 9th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The women of Iran have been at war with the Islamic clerics’ establishment for at least 150 years.’… Read the rest
Greta Christina on Atheism Sex and Race
Sep 9th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The more atheism seems to be all white male, the more it will stay that way. Does it matter? Yes.… Read the rest
NY Times Reporter Freed, Colleague Killed
Sep 9th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Stephen Farrell, held by Taliban, was freed by commando raid; Sultan Munadi was killed.… Read the rest
Boys’ club
Sep 8th, 2009 4:14 pm | By Ophelia BensonI often wonder why there are so few women mixing it up on atheist sites or running atheist and related sites themselves. Are they all too busy working the double shift, or what?
I thought of one possible reason today, and that is that (to my ever-renewed surprise) lots of men still think it’s hip and funny to be sexist. Then if a woman says it’s not, a lot of them think it’s hip and funny to be sexist some more by way of reply. Then the woman decides she doesn’t want any more of this crap, so she stops visiting the site in question – and it becomes even more of a boys’ club than it already was.
That’s … Read the rest
RSF on Culture Minister Farouk Hosni
Sep 8th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He is part of a censorship system that relentlessly controls newspapers, literature, Internet commentary. … Read the rest
BHL on a Culture Cop for Head of UNESCO
Sep 8th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Farouk Hosni promised to burn any book written in Hebrew that might have slipped into the stacks of the Alexandria Library. … Read the rest
Fired for Her Religious Beliefs Shock-horror
Sep 8th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Soap actress says she was fired for objecting to ‘gay storyline.’ No one will confirm.… Read the rest
