‎”I am tired of being called a shrieking harridan for pointing out inequalities so tangible and blatant that they are regularly codified into law. [...] I am tired of being asked to “cite sources” proving that sexism is real (that RAPE is real, even!), because there is no way to concisely cite decades and decades [...]

Gepost in: English, Feminism, Internet, Other author
Geen reacties » | 5 maart 2013

The late ayatollah Fadlallah was not only a feminist, he was a revolutionary as well:

What makes it especially interesting to me is that he links adult behavior (submitting to the strong) to the way people are raised - father is right and the rest has to shut up. As a teacher that’s my perpetual conundrum: [...]

Gepost in: English, Middle East, Politics / Analysis
1 Reactie » | 8 maart 2012

Last year, some crazy people made this:

Now, they’re back with this:

Isn’t it awesome?

Gepost in: Beautiful, English, Internet, Visual
Geen reacties » | 15 januari 2012

… but Photographs of Your Junk (will be publicized!).

Gepost in: English, Internet, Politics / Analysis, Visual
Geen reacties » | 7 januari 2012

Sometime back in 2001 or 2002, I went to visit a friend who was working at a hospital near Kisumu, in the western part of Kenya. I hadn’t told him when I was coming, though, so when I arrived he had just left for a long weekend at the beach and since I had no [...]

Gepost in: Africa, Anthropology, English, Injustice, Travel
Geen reacties » | 14 juli 2011

In the 1950s, in a racially segregated US, psychologist Kenneth Clark performed an experiment with black kids. He wanted to measure the impact of racism on their self-image. They had to choose between a black doll and a white doll. Now, 50 years later, someone repeated the experiment.
The video below (in English) is of that [...]

Gepost in: English, Injustice, Internet, Visual
Geen reacties » | 13 juni 2011

I’m getting older (oh yes!), and with getting older comes realizing I am a lot more like my parents than I thought I was. I say ‘uh huh’ during conversations, exactly like my mother does when she’s listening to someone, and I catch myself making remarks about my husband’s after-shave exactly like my father does [...]

Gepost in: English, Life, Personal, School
Geen reacties » | 11 april 2011