Fatima Mernissi and the Size 6 Harem Size 6: The Western Women’s Harem. from Scheherazade Goes West by Fatima Mernissi, a Moroccan feminist and professor at Mohammed V University, who grew up in an enclosed harem, unable to leave except…
Always ‘Talking’: When Three Days Without a Word is an Eternity
For a generation accustomed to near-instantaneous keeping in touch, a generation of peers are perfectly comfortable with face-to-face encounters taking a backseat to cyber contact. Christina Rainie had been trying to reach her friend for three days. For some reason,…
Note to Self
You have OCD. You cannot stop at “good enough.” Do not, therefore, even think about doing any “minor cleaning up” on an image unless it’s damned important. The fact that you’ve come up with the cleanest image map of Georgia…
Fan-Girl Attack
ozarque is Suzette Haden Elgin, author of the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense series and the marvelous Native Tongue trilogy. I was unaware of her Religious Language newsletter until today. The following is part of her Lovingkindness Survival Kit. THE…
Take Cover!
Not Ozzie and Harriet Here
You know that your family is well outside the mainstream when… Both sambear and shadowkatt, upon learning that curiousmay9 had “gone to see Alexander,” said, “Oh, is that a new boyfriend?”
By Way of Waya
Social Status Meme
I got exactly the same scores for “middle class” and “alternative.” But I’ve never bought a lottery ticket, and doubt I ever will. I still consider them “a tax on people who aren’t good at math” as someone else quipped.…
World AIDS Day
Thank you, starrchilde!
NBC & CBS Refuse to Air Church’s Ad Because It’s Too Inclusive
Via d2leddy United Church of Christ ad highlighting Jesus’ extravagant welcome called ‘too controversial’ According to a written explanation from CBS, the United Church of Christ is being denied network access because its ad implies acceptance of gay and lesbian…