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Strong Persian Women
Persian women were bass asses. Just a few links documenting prominent Persian women.
http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Women/women_ancient_iran.htm
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Creating Change feedback
Creating Change sent out their feedback surveys and I had an earful for them. There were a lot of issues I encountered being on the Host Committee. I thought I'd save this as documentation of the whole experience and for those familiar with the Task Force ( Read more... ) -
Transmisogyny Rant
A poetic and poignant piece about transmisogyny and the inclusion of transwomen in feminist and women's spaces.
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Tribe's long held grievance over unauthorised commercial performance of traditional dance recognized
"Wellington - A war dance made famous by New Zealand's national rugby team the All Blacks was officially designated the intellectual property of a Maori tribe in a compensation agreement signed in Wellington on Wednesday ( Read more... ) -
'Gays Too Precious To Risk In Combat,' Says General
I love The Onion!
Oh, and I came across this title during my visit to the site: "Japan Pledges To Halt Production Of Weirdo Porn That Makes People Puke." I find it pretty funny. Don't get me wrong, I'm a sex positive supporter of healthy, positive, consensual sex work. But the violent, often degrading, pedophilic, scenes depicted with an ( Read more... ) -
BCE/CE vs BC/AD
BCE or Before Common Era and CE or Common Era have been suggested as replacements for the Christian centered BC/AD language used to determine dates. This was brought about by the realization that 1 in 3 people in the world are Christian. Of course this does not change the fact that the most commonly used Western calendar is in fact Christian, but ( Read more... )
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