Feminism created a new normal. … Read the rest
Fashionable nonsense has been with us since the time that prehistoric man first transcribed Of Grammatology on to the walls of the Lascaux caves. Here we cast an eye back at some historical highlights.
M V Ramana on gay rights in South Asia
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The strongly patriarchal nature of South Asian societies ensures even worse treatment for lesbians than for gay men.… Read the rest
Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the Right to Offend
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Today, the open society is challenged by Islamism’… Read the rest
Pigliucci on Fish on atheism
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He has to reduce science to just another faith in order to salvage the “reasonableness” of religious belief.… Read the rest
Natasha Walter on women in Afghanistan
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
“Every day women are sacrificed for their family or tribe,” Nilab Mobarez tells me angrily. … Read the rest
WHO study on risks of FGM
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
WHO study shows FGM exposes women and babies to significant risk at childbirth.… Read the rest
The Candidate
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The New Yorker on Obama in May 2004… Read the rest
‘Honour’ killing rewarded with prize of 3 girls
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Guy kills wife, gets 3 underage girls in ‘compensation.’… Read the rest
Richard Carrier: Why I am not a Christian
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
God is silent and inert, the evidence is inadequate, and the universe is not the one predicted.… Read the rest
Carl Sagan on Pseudoscience
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
On NPR’s Science Friday in 1996, the rising popularity of pseudoscience and the importance of critical thinking.… Read the rest
Debunking Edward Said
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ibn Warraq on a one-eyed view of the relationship between the Arab and Western worlds.… Read the rest
Clever teenagers don’t have sex
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sexual behavior may compete with the time and resources required for other goals.… Read the rest
The Religious Policeman on the ‘Muslim Offense Level’
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Reasons not to talk about stampedes where “several” poor Third-World Muslims died.… Read the rest
Who should be able to stop a forced marriage?
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bridget Prentice and Jasvinder Sanghera discuss on Woman’s Hour.… Read the rest
Got a complaint? Call 1-800-Human-Rights.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Canadian Islamic Congress has a new partner in its censorship campaign: the state … Read the rest
Flora Terah: beaten and tortured for running for office
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘In Kenya, and especially in the Ameru community I belong to, women are not supposed to get leadership positions.’… Read the rest
Afghanistan: a Just Intervention
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Chris Bertram asks why the British left reacted the way it did.… Read the rest
A History of Neglect
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Paddy Doyle’s timeline of Irish Industrial Schools and failed attempts to reform them.… Read the rest
Religious Schools: the Case Against
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Extracts from Humanist Philosophers’ Group pamphlet.… Read the rest