Category Archives: Feminism

India Bans Film About Infamous 2012 Gang Rape : The Two-Way : NPR

Udwin said she was “deeply saddened” by the controversy, and she urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “to deal with this unceremonious silencing of the film.” She added:

“India should be embracing this film — not blocking it with a knee jerk hysteria without even seeing it. This was an opportunity for India to continue to show the world how much has changed since this heinous crime; sadly, the FIR and the banning of the film will see India isolated in the eyes of the world. It’s a counter productive move. Whoever is behind this — please see the film and then come to a conclusion.”

via India Bans Film About Infamous 2012 Gang Rape : The Two-Way : NPR.

Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email at State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules – NYTimes.com Advertising $$ down – want Koch Bros to buy ads?

Mrs. Clinton is not the first government official — or first secretary of state — to use a personal email account on which to conduct official business.

But her exclusive use of her private email, for all of her work, appears unusual, Mr. Baron said. The use of private email accounts is supposed to be limited to emergencies, experts said, such as when an agency’s computer server is not working.

“I can recall no instance in my time at the National Archives when a high-ranking official at an executive branch agency solely used a personal email account for the transaction of government business,” said Mr. Baron, who worked at the agency from 2000 to 2013.

via Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email at State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules – NYTimes.com.

Noa: Netanyahu’s speech writer [wish it was real]

To summarize my offer:

1.    No nuclear weapons, for anybody in the middle-east.

2.    A regional agreement that will start with the Palestinians, and embrace the entire Arab world, wherever there are partners for dialogue, and I know they exist, backed and secured by the US and the international community as a whole.

I am willing to take the first, courageous step, in the name of my people, the citizens of Israel.

I believe we have no chance to survive in the region if we do not initiate a positive dynamic, one of good will and action, and I would like to lead this movement

I have no idea if this plan, at this moment in time after all that has come to pass, will lead us to the fulfillment of our goals, but I do know, that continuing on the present  destructive track we are all on, will lead to our certain demise.

I do not know if I will be in office long, as elections are coming up. My words are not meant to serve me, but a higher ideal. I wish these words to be my legacy, continued by my successors and on into the future.

A future of life.

Thank you for your attention.

via Noa: Netanyahu’s speech writer.

​Pussy Riot offers two video versions of ‘I Can’t Breathe’ song

“This song is for Eric and for all those from Russia to America and around the globe who suffer from state terror — killed, choked, perished because of war and state-sponsored violence of all kinds — for political prisoners and those on the streets fighting for change,” Pussy Riot members said.

via ​Pussy Riot offers two video versions of ‘I Can’t Breathe’ song.

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Eurodiputada de PODEMOS

Tenemos otra forma de entender la política porque tenemos otra forma de entender la vida. Venimos de abajo y en la calle nos encontramos, nos miramos, nos enamoramos en primera del plural, más allá del dual. Confluimos, aprendemos rápido y de repente se nos ocurre que llevamos riendas y que las queremos llevar nosotras y nosotros. Y si metemos un pie en las instituciones es para darles la vuelta, demostrar que sí se puede hacer política de otra manera y reforzar los otros miles de pies que seguimos manteniendo en las calles. Yo soy el resultado de las luchas que me tocó dar, de las victorias que arrancamos y de las que nos robaron: anticapitalista, feminista, antimilitarista, ecologista y defensora de todas las libertades que no pasan por preferir lo injusto. Soy profe de instituto, eventualmente eurodiputada de PODEMOS. Lo que sigue es parte de ese camino que recorremos colectivamente.

via Teresa Rodríguez | Teresa Rodríguez.

BBC News – Turkey rallies over murder of woman who ‘resisted rape’

Thousands of women in Turkey have protested at the murder of a young woman who allegedly resisted an attempt by a bus driver to rape her.

Police discovered the burnt body of Ozgecan Aslan, 20, in a riverbed in the city of Mersin, on Friday.

They have arrested three men in connection with her death – a minibus driver, his father and a friend.

The Turkish president and prime minister called Ms Aslan’s family to offer their condolences.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu promised the family to hunt those responsible for the crime and punish them.

Ms Aslan, a psychology student, was kidnapped on Wednesday on her way home.

The driver allegedly tried to rape her. She reportedly fought him off with pepper spray, but was then stabbed to death. She was also hit on the head with an iron pipe.

The brutality of the murder caused an outcry across Turkey.

via BBC News – Turkey rallies over murder of woman who ‘resisted rape’.

Justice Moore in Alabama needs to follow court’s order on same-sex marriage, not publicity’s dictates: editorial | cleveland.com

Today, if America’s anti-gay bigots and diehards aren’t thanking God for Roy Moore, perhaps they should, given Moore’s attempted defiance of a federal judge’s order clearing the way for same-sex marriage in Alabama. By ordering Alabama probate judges (who, incidentally, need not be lawyers) to refuse marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Moore is demonstrating contempt for the rule of law, something he’s sworn to uphold. That is, Moore is treating as a nullity a ruling by a U.S. District judge for Southern Alabama (an appointee of George W. Bush) that cleared the way for same-sex marriage in Alabama.

via Justice Moore in Alabama needs to follow court’s order on same-sex marriage, not publicity’s dictates: editorial | cleveland.com.

Afghan Women’s Writing Project | My Dear Sister

For all the girls who suffer violence

I wish you could be free of the cage and

come beside your other sisters

sitting in a school chair,

hugging your books,

rather than your baby.

I wish you could wear your school clothes,

rather than a wedding dress,

laugh with your classmates,

rather than cry with your kids.

I wish you could wear the white school headscarf,

rather than wear the green wedding veil,

sleep all night so you could do well

in your studies,

rather than stay up all night for the baby.

I wish you could laugh one day.

I wish all this for you, my beloved sister,

and for all the girls forced to marry too young.

By Maryam M.

via Afghan Women’s Writing Project | My Dear Sister.