Flatterers.… Read the rest
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.
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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Inevitably links go out of date.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.
Terry Sanderson on a Contradictory Report 
Apr 12th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘It is clear that the authors of this report are listening only to those they want to hear.’… Read the rest
Women as ‘Honour of Families and Communities’
Apr 12th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Acts of ‘rescue’ of Hindu women from marriages with ‘other’ men are projected as acts of nationalism. … Read the rest
Beatrix Potter, Botanist
Apr 11th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The first person in Britain to speculate in a scientific paper that lichens are symbiotic life forms.… Read the rest
Germaine Greer on Frankenstein
Apr 11th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘It’s a masterpiece, so PBS wrote it.’ It’s not a masterpiece, it’s not even very good.… Read the rest
Rana Husseini and Others Speak Out
Apr 11th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Muslim journalists and bloggers promoting civil society and women’s rights in Islamic societies. … Read the rest
Man Slit His Daughter’s Throat
Apr 11th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He thought she was no longer a virgin.… Read the rest
Violence Against Women not at Top of Agenda
Apr 11th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘To deal with this problem you have to take the weapons out of the hands of the phallocrats.’… Read the rest
Bishop Distributes Condoms Despite Vatican
Apr 10th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The papal nuncio soon informed him that his views were unacceptable and in conflict with church teaching.… Read the rest
Bishop on Moral and Spiritual Traditions
Apr 10th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Iran’s got them, UK ain’t. Sad.… Read the rest
Libby Purves on Raving Bishops
Apr 10th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Do they think that larding a religious gloss onto cruel, illegal, manipulative behaviour makes it all right?… Read the rest
Assam’s Missing Women
Apr 10th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Women in displaced peoples camps are offered jobs then never seen again.… Read the rest
Serbian Death Squad Sentenced
Apr 10th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
First trial in Serbia to deal with massacre of nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys around Srebrenica. … Read the rest
Paradoxes of Single-sex Education
Apr 10th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Girls do better with single-sex education, boys do worse.… Read the rest
Quantum Feminist Mnemotechnics
Apr 10th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
David Thompson on the intersection of feminism, web browsing and space-time curvature.… Read the rest
Parents of Madrassa Students are Worried
Apr 9th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Parents worried by recent events, but do not want to harm daughters’ education. What education?… Read the rest
Lal Masjid Issues ‘Decree’ Against Minister
Apr 9th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Who has authorised management of Lal Masjid to set up Qazi courts and issue edicts?’… Read the rest
UN HRC and ‘Defamation’ of Religion
Apr 9th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How about death threats against Taslima Nasreen then? But answer came there none.… Read the rest
Clerics at Red Mosque Demand and Threaten
Apr 9th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Fatwa declares that Muslim women must stay at home and must not go out ‘uncovered.’ … Read the rest
Norman Geras on Crimes Against Humanity
Apr 9th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The actual state of international law is not the same as a philosophical underpinning.… Read the rest
