from the Lingerie Addict It was 2007/2008 and I was still shopping at Victoria’s Secret and wearing their uber-padded 36B bras (the size they put me in). I’ve always said that Victoria’s Secret doesn’t really sell lingerie; they sell sexy. And for some reason that weekend[...]
Posts Tagged ‘feminism’
December 13th, 2014 - 10:02 am § in Uncategorized
When is Rape, Rape?
HYPE The media have been claiming that 1 in 5 women are raped as college freshmen or sophomores. The number comes from a 2007 small-scale study done by the National Institute of Justice, a division of the Justice Department. The study was based on an online questionnaire at two schools.[...]
December 10th, 2014 - 3:40 pm § in Hypocrisy
What is a Nobel Worth, Part II
Russian purchaser to give $4.75M Nobel medal back to DNA pioneer James Watson James Watson, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for the structure of DNA, will finally get his 23-carat gold Nobel medal back from the Russian purchaser who bought it for 4.75 million dollars. Watson’s medal went up fo[...]
November 18th, 2014 - 8:45 pm § in Misc.
Ferguson jail guard sued for raping woman arrested for expired car tags
It’s an old story in Ferguson, Missouri. A female worker, dressed in nursing scrubs, is driving to work when she’s pulled over for expired tags she couldn’t afford to renew. She gives the cop a phony name because she has warrants for fines she couldn’t afford to pay to Fergus[...]
October 30th, 2014 - 10:46 pm § in Misc.
Washington’s Supreme Court Makes Rape Harder To Prosecute
Washington’s Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled today that defendants accused rape can’t be required to prove the victim consented to sex; rather, prosecutors must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the alleged victim didn’t consent to sex. The decision overturns a 1975 legi[...]
October 17th, 2014 - 2:01 pm § in Religion
Pregnancy Brings Reality to Austrian Girls Who Volunteer for Isis
The two teens are believed to be married, pregnant and living in the Islamic State-controlled city of Raqqa. Photo: Europics While Kurdish women are fighting for their people’s right to exist, two Austrian teens got way more than they bargained for when they abandoned their homes and familie[...]
October 16th, 2014 - 11:51 am § in Misc.
The Secret Weapon DAIS (aka IS) Can Not Fight
Kurdish enclave of Kobani was “about to fall” to a massive, sustained assault from ISIS. from JEWSNEWS Also on Monday, Rooz Bahjat, a Kurdish intelligence officer stationed in Kobani said the city would fall within “the next 24 hours.” By now ISIS was expecting to be slaughterin[...]
Satya Nadella gets dissed for wrong reason.
The breathless hype about Satya Nadella’s remarks utterly missed the BIG point. Nadella was not saying women should be paid less or accept lower pay. He was saying that workers need to trust the management system to promote the best. A similar idea motivates the Catholic Church.[...]
October 3rd, 2014 - 2:16 pm § in Misc.
BUCHENWALD 57: On Yom Kippur The Women of Shoah
Chilling new book has unearthered thousands of complicit German women[...]
September 29th, 2014 - 6:21 pm § in Misc.
Paying $$$ for the privilege of getting raped in Louisiana
Louisiana has become the epicenter of gouging rape victims for medical services that are supposed to be free. Federal law forbids charging victims for medical forensic exams (MFEs), aka “rape kits.” Medical providers are required to bill state victim compensation funds, not victims, fo[...]