‘Qamile Stema, 88, a so-called sworn virgin, scolds relatives for not visiting her often enough.’ IHT, Sworn to virginity and living as men in Albania: “Pashe Keqi recalls the day nearly sixty years ago when she decided to become a man. She chopped off her long black curls, traded in her dress for her father’s [...]
Entries Tagged as 'feminism'
Sworn to virginity and living as men in Albania
June 24th, 2008
Tags: albania · cross dressing · feminism · sexuality
Politically incorrect adverts
December 3rd, 2007
Daily Mail (sic!), The outrageously politically incorrect adverts from the time equality forgot
Tags: advertising · feminism · history · sexism
Sunny Bergmans slachtofferfeminisme
November 17th, 2007
Casper Schoemaker, Slachtofferfeminisme is een doodlopende weg: “Zo fascinerend als ik de eerste documentaire vond, zo vervelend was in mijn ogen de tweede. Dat begon eigenlijk al met de introductie van de zes medestanders, in korte filmpjes in een roze lijstje. Ik weet zeker dat deze vrouwen oprecht ongerust zijn, en dat ze een authentiek [...]
Tags: anorexia nervosa · beperkt houdbaar · casper schoenmaker · feminism · naomi wolf · sunny bergman
Where Are The Women Conductors?
November 12th, 2007
New York Times, A One-Woman Vanguard: “There can be a seductive element to conducting. Think of the kinetic young Leonard Bernstein, the suave Herbert von Karajan, the exotic and scruffy Valery Gergiev. Ms. Alsop is a dynamo on the podium, an incisive technician who moves and grooves much like Bernstein, her mentor. Might male orchestral [...]
Tags: conducting · feminism · marin alsop · music · sex
Sex and the Renaissance Nun
September 25th, 2007
The Smart Set: Sex and the Renaissance Nun. “Church officials in Venice and Rome turned a blind eye to these activities, but reluctantly investigated some of the most blatant and scandalous cases. The Italian academic Guido Ruggiero has pored over countless documents to find that only 33 convents were prosecuted for “sex crimes against God” [...]
Tags: feminism · history · italy · religion · renaissance · sex · sexuality
The kimono traders
August 6th, 2007
“Japanese housewives have ditched their traditional subservient image for the world of currency trading – influencing both international markets and Japan’s economy.” Times: The kimono traders (via)
Tags: currency trading · day trading · economy · feminism · japan · stocks
Lijden, strijden, heilig worden
June 14th, 2007
Jolande Withuis: “Moslimaterrorisme – dit nieuwe woord zal velen in de oren klinken als een contradictio in terminis. Dat is ten onrechte, en gevaarlijk naïef. De gangbare associatie van vrouwen met vreedzaamheid en harmonie is een fabeltje. Het is weliswaar vrij zeldzaam dat vrouwen terroristische aanslagen plegen, maar onbekend is het verschijnsel niet.” (via)