Picture me on the Eurostar, in Brussels, Belgium. The year is 2004. There’s a veil-wearing lady sitting behind me with her friend. Like most women of a certain age, they’re chattering their heads off. Later, however, the loud conversation takes a sharp turn, when the Muslim lady pontificates about the superiority of Islam and the [...]
Buried Alive In Turkey—and Under the Burqa
February 9, 2010 By 25 Comments
In Turkey, a father and grandfather bury Medine Memi, a sixteen-year-old girl, alive.
France denies citizenship to man with veiled wife – AP
February 4, 2010 By 1 Comment
PARIS – French authorities have denied citizenship to a man who forced his French wife to wear a face-covering veil, saying he had rejected national values of secularism and gender equality.The government has been speaking out strongly against head-to-toe veils, and is moving toward banning them in public after a long public debate over French [...]
Introducing The Naomi Wolf Award
January 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
For too long, extraordinary feats of feminist moral blindness have gone unrecognized. But now, those dark days are finally over.
Today, I am pleased to introduce The Naomi Wolf Award, affectionately known as The Howler.
The award bears the name of author Naomi Wolf, a third wave feminist who provoked a blogospheric kerfuffle last year with [...]
