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Link Love (26/06/2012)
News Across the World Afghanistan: “Gulsika was 13-years-old when she was forced into an arranged marriage. The first 10 days or so, she says, were pleasant — but then the abuse started. “ Afghan Woman...
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Link Love (30/06/2012)
News Across the World Iran: “ISNA cited Tehran police as saying that the “Zendegi cinema complex has been sealed by police after it sold tickets to women since cinemas are only authorised to sell...
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Link Love (03/07/2012)
News Across the World Algeria: “The recent parliamentary election in Algerian has made little difference to the balance of political power. One thing, however, is new: there are now suddenly five times...
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Link Love (07/07/2012)
If you come across any articles or posts you think I might enjoy send them over! Thought-provoking “So why hasn’t this become an issue of global concern? Instead, between 1997 and 2008, the percentage...
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Link Love (10/07/2012)
News Across the World Arab countries: “The greatest challenge in that quest is not religion but the lack of economic and social development and a dearth of perceived security, said a Gallup Poll...
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Link Love (21/07/2012)
News Across the World Afghanistan: “But now, in what will hopefully prove to be a shift from their restrictive attitude towards female education, the Taliban has approved a British-funded scheme to...
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Link Love (24/07/2012)
News Across the World Afghanistan: “A 30-year-old woman and two of her children were beheaded overnight in Afghanistan’s east, police said, in what appeared to be the latest in a rapidly growing trend...
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Link Love (04/08/2012)
News Across the World Bangladesh: “The typical image of acid attack victims in Bangladesh is the common description of a women victim who is someone who has denied a man by rejecting his advances. But...
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Book Notes: God Is Not a Christian by Desmond Tutu: Our Salvation is of the Jews
I read God Is Not a Christian: And Other Provocations by Desmond Tutu, and it is one of the most amazing books I have read. I greatly recommend it, whatever your religious beliefs. Desmond Tutu,...
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Fabulous Female: Mathilde Fibiger (the First, Danish Feminist
This week’s Fabulous Female is Mathilde Fibiger, the first Danish feminist. I read a biography about her called ‘Passionsblomsten’ (The Passion Flower), which is by Bodil Wamberg. All quotes from the...
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Book Notes: God Is Not a Christian by Desmond Tutu: I Stand Here Before You
I read God Is Not a Christian: And Other Provocations by Desmond Tutu, and it is one of the most amazing books I have read. I greatly recommend it, whatever your religious beliefs. Desmond Tutu,...
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Book Notes: God Is Not a Christian by Desmond Tutu: Unbiblical, Unchristian,...
I read God Is Not a Christian: And Other Provocations by Desmond Tutu, and it is one of the most amazing books I have read. I greatly recommend it, whatever your religious beliefs. Desmond Tutu,...
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Writer’s Wednesday: God Is Not a Christian by Desmond Tutu
It took me just over a month to read God Is Not a Christian: And Other Provocations by Desmond Tutu back in February/March. Not because it’s long, it’s just over 200 pages, but because it is so...
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Not a Feminist?
*Originally written in 2011. Republished from my old blog.* Why Am I a Feminist? Because women’s work is never done and is underpaid or unpaid or boring or repetitious and we’re the first to get fired...
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On “Jokes” and Domestic Violence
So, the other day on Twitter I came across the following: Then Scarlett Johansson. RT @kkalthani: I really hope Chris Brown dates Serena Williams. — Çelebe ✨ (@Sa_WAITFORIT_ra) February 17, 2013 If...
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Women Shouldn’t Need to be Seen in Relation to Men
Last night I saw and shared the above photo on my Facebook, commenting that women should be respected in their own right, not because of their relationship to a man. This started a bit of a discussion...
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Secular Sunday: Losing My Religion, Part 2: Islam
I have been asked several times to share my story of how I went from growing up as an Evangelical Christian, to a Qur’an-only Muslim and finally as an Atheist. The only “beliefs” that give me no...
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Writer’s Wednesday: Yes Means Yes! by Jaclyn Friedman & Jessica Valenti
Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape is a fantastic anthology edited by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti. It is groundbreaking in dismantling our beliefs around...
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Writer’s Wednesday: Lean In For Graduates by Sheryl Sandberg
Lean In for Graduates (the updated and expanded version of Lean In) by Sheryl Sandberg is a very thought-provoking read. While I might not agree with everything in it, it left me with a lot of things...
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International Women’s Day, Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month and the Struggle
On this years International Women's Day, I encourage you to learn more about AI diseases, especially what signs and symptoms to watch out for, get to know your family's medical history, and help...
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