Tag Archives: Afghanistan
Aghan women fight for safe streets
TweetAbout two dozen young women took to the streets yesterday in Kabul Afghanistan to protest street harassment. Their demands were similar to those fighting against street harassment worldwide–that women should be able to feel safe anywhere they go and that women shouldn’t have to be afraid just walking down the street. They believe, rightfully, that street harassment [...]
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TweetSouth Dakota Bill 1171 sponsor Rep. Phil Jensen is claiming the bill’s language will be modified (and why his defense of the bill is bull). What’s worse than Adam Sandler’s decaying Hollywood career? His offensive (and just straight up bad) joke about asking his wife for a transgender housekeeper so he could have “another penis [...]
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On Time’s “Courageous” Cover.
TweetI have been stewing over the implications of TIME’s decision to run the face of a mutilated Afghani woman on the cover of the magazine to raise awareness about women’s rights in Afghanistan. Many have applauded TIME’s decision to do this calling it courageous and effective, all while recognizing this is also a cheap plea [...]
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