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By stephenmoore • 16 years ago

Turkish anti-violence video

I came across the following Turkish anti-violence video that I think is quite good.

Trigger Warning

The following video contains scenes of sexual harrassment and partner violence.

I don’t know Turkish, but the following is a rough translation based on a free online translation website.

Hayat?n?zda bir gün bile kad?n olman?n ne dmek oldu?unu dü?ündünüz mü?
(Have you ever considered what it means to live a day of your life as a woman?)

En az?dan bugün dü?ünün!
(Consider it today!)

Dünyada her 3 kad?ndan l’i ?iddete maruz kal?yor.
(One in three women around the world experience violence.)

Peki suçlu kim?
(So who are the criminals?)

Biz sadece bir ayna koyduk kar??n?za.
(We’ve just put a mirror to your face.)

Bu film Ecobella Home’un bütün kad?nlara arma?an?d?r.
(This film by Ecobella is a gift to all women.)

Ecobella is Turkish homewares company.

h/t Greg Laden’s Blog.

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By stephenmoore • 16 years ago

Joe Proxy

If you’ve been following the US presidential election you would have noticed this campaign’s typical voter. The Democrats have Joe the Plumber, the Republicans Joe Six-Pack. The idea of Joe is to connect the candidates with the voters. It is a way for the candidates to say, "Yes, I really do care about the average American." That average American is the blue collar worker who is presented as the backbone of society.

Joe Six-Pack is an obvious creation by the Republicans, not a real person. But Joe the Plumber is purported to be a real person, someone named Joe that Barack Obama met on the campaign trail, and who also happens to be a plumber. I doubt Joe the Plumber ...

If you’ve been following the US presidential election you would have noticed this campaign’s typical voter. The Democrats have Joe the Plumber, the Republicans Joe Six-Pack. The idea of Joe is to connect the candidates with the ...
By stephenmoore • 16 years ago

The Choice That Never Was

That Bristol Palin, US Vice-Presidential Republican Candidate Sarah Palin’s 17 year old daughter, is pregnant (and, golly gosh!, unwed) is no secret. It’s been out there in medialand for all to read and hear about. The Republicans have been telling the media to keep out of this private family business, and that’s a fair enough request. After all, Bristol’s pregancy really does have nothing to do with her mother’s ability to fullfill the duties of the office of Vice-President of the United States.

That Bristol Palin, US Vice-Presidential Republican Candidate Sarah Palin’s 17 year old daughter, is pregnant (and, golly gosh!, unwed) is no secret. It’s been out there in medialand for all to read and hear about. The Republicans ...