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I want to answer Karen’s rhetorical question from, . Karen expresses frustration, rightly, at the notion that the lawful protections are breaking down in the relentless pursuit of politically correct, regressive judicial reform which are being demanded in light of the Ghomeshi trial.…
My co-worker rides the bus to work and sees all kinds of things. The other day he told this story. It’s an interesting snapshot of cultural and social change.
This co-worker commutes on the bus and one day recently a pregnant woman got on. The bus was pretty full so she went back to the middle of it.…
Today, I went to a local district court in response to a summons for jury duty. This was my first summons. The timing was inconvenient, of course. I got the usual round of jokes from coworkers about gently nudging the truth to get out of it. Honestly, though, I was and am okay with the idea of civic duty, and serving on a jury.…
The following article is an English translation of a manifesto written in Spanish and signed by a number of Spanish female professionals (actresses, journalists, entrepreneurs, translators, politicians…). Translated and published with explicit permission.…
On January 26th, 2016, Jenni Russell – a columnist for The Times, The Sunday Times, and the Evening Standard, chaired a debate entitled ‘What next for feminism?’ at the Emmanuel Centre in West London. The panel consisted of international lawyer and political scientist Anne-Marie Slaughter, feminist historian and author Amanda Foreman, Darwinian Philosopher Helena Cronin, Neuroscientist and...
The following is a translation of an article from Eldiario entitled Men Who Explain Things To You: Top 7 Mansplainers by El Ratel. His translation comments are in bold brackets, whereas my responses to the article will be outlined in italics.
You will always, always hear the same excuses and explanations for why things are the way they are.…
“Les Droits de l’Homme” simply means “the rights of humans”. The word “homme” is French for “man” but the word “Homme” with a capital “H” means humans or mankind. When you use the word “Homme” you talk about people in general, children, or of mankind in general.…
Traducción de un artículo original de Hannah Wallen.
Hoy he escuchado una pregunta descontextualizada que creo que representa muy bien un aspecto concreto de la controversia de #gamergate, de muchos problemas masculinos y de la reacción pública ante casos de violencia doméstica en famosos, y lo distinta que es esa reacción si el maltratador es un hombre o una mujer.…
After Cologne – Events summarized.
Political:
1: The right wing reaction was immediate and loud with protests taking place in the aftermath as soon as the next day.
The number of protests organized by right wing political movements has increased and protests are now held nationwide.…
The popular TIFU (Today I Fucked Up) subreddit often contains light-hearted stories like teens who don’t know their own strength accidentally shoving milk all over a Wal-Mart employee or a well-intentioned Apple Watch feature delivering a nasty zing to a friend every hour.…
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