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Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
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Iran scowls at Brazil’s offer of asylum for Ashtiani
Disgusting bastards.
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Ashtiani lawyer calls for release of his relatives
Iranian lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, who is in hiding, calls on Iranian authorities to end “hostage taking” of his wife and brother-in-law.
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President Lula asks Iran to let Ashtiani accept
“If she is causing problems there, we will welcome her here,” he added.
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Brazil offers asylum to Ashtiani and her children
Lula da Silva has called on Ahmadinejad to accept the offer of asylum for Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and her children.
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A Christian thanks god for the new atheists
“Today’s science-oriented atheists call us into right relationship with our time, and that means using all of our best information and cross-cultural experience.”
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Hamas tightens the rules on women
Last year Hamas tried to prevent female lawyers from appearing in court without wearing a hijab. Step by step.
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Women in Mexico get long prison sentences for abortion
Six women in conservative Guanajuato have been sentenced to 25 to 30 years in prison for abortions…or one miscarriage.
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Casual sexism is misogyny
Hags, dogs, whores, bitches. How do you spot a woman-hater? By the way they talk about women.
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Nina Power on equality as a race to the bottom
We do a disservice to the aims of feminism if we believe that it is enough to have a job, regardless of what it is.
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Israel: some Haredi women wear the burqa
A few women in Beit Shemesh chose to don the burqa three years ago in a bid to “protect their modesty.”
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It’s a mistake to libel people via Twitter
All Ben Goldacre asks is a retraction, yet it’s not forthcoming.
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Do alligators count as fish for Catholics?
No. Do Catholics count as lunch for alligators? Yes.
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Saira, 19, recalls attempted honour killing
“My mum said, ‘He is your husband, even if he kills you we don’t care’.”
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Sherrod plans to sue Breitbart
Brent Bozell, of right-wing Media Research Center, said “I hope this champion of honesty will stop lying about Fox News.”
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Gove welcomes “atheist” schools
Because he thinks a secular school is an “atheist” school.
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UK govt response to petition to ban halal slaughter
“The Government recognises the needs of certain communities” to kill animals without stunning them first.
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Extended interview with Hitchens
“I’ve only got one side of the brain that works. The other is sort of walnut-sized. I think I’d do better to stay with the essayistic form.”
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Ron Lindsay on how to discuss religion
Religious truth-claims should be subject to examination and criticism, just like any other claims about reality.
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Lauryn Oates on cultural relativism and FGM
Why do we worry so much about alienating people who hold down screaming little girls and butcher their genitals?