Category Archives: Feminism

Saudi ERA Watch: 75-year-old widow to be whipped

Posted on 03/09/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The Saudis have sentenced a 75-year-old widow to jail and lashes for the crime of “mingling” with men who are not related. Except that one of them was. The men were sentenced and whipped. A 75-year-old widow in Saudi Arabia … Continue reading →

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International Women’s Day, Israel vs. the Muslim world

Posted on 03/09/2009 by Meryl Yourish

In Israel on International Women’s Day, former president Moshe Katsav was indicted for rape. In Saudi Arabia, the AP flacks for the kingdom point out that women can now attend the Riyadh International Book Fair for more than the two … Continue reading →

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Arab men seeking Israeli women for LTR

Posted on 03/04/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Apparently, some Arabs only hate Israeli men. “I’m asking for your help. I would like to meet an Israeli woman for marriage purposes,” Abdullah, a resident of Saudi Arabia, said in a recent letter to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, Israel | 8 Comments

The most awesomely awesome night of television

Posted on 02/14/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Many years ago, Friday night TV was must-tape. At 8:00, you had Babylon 5. At nine, there was X-Files. At ten, time for Picket fences. Three different networks, three different kinds of shows, and all three excellent. It got to … Continue reading →

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Bill Zwecker: What did Rhianna do to get beaten up, anyway?

Posted on 02/13/2009 by Meryl Yourish

You would think that these attitudes were dead and gone. You would be wrong. Because here you have a newspaper gossip columnist blaming the victim for bringing her beating on herself. In fact, he goes on and on trying to … Continue reading →

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Iran ERA Watch

Posted on 11/12/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Iranian feminism, Islamic-style: Women can be as free as they want—as long as there are no men around. A woman clad in a red T-shirt plays an Iranian drum in a Tehran park as her teenage daughter dances nearby, her … Continue reading →

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Saudi ERA watch

Posted on 10/29/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Saudi Arabia is breaking ground for the world’s largest women’s college. Here’s the funniest part of the article: The declared aim of the Women’s University is to promote women’s education in the kingdom, improve the situation of Saudi women and … Continue reading →

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Agreeing with Paglia on Palin

Posted on 10/08/2008 by Meryl Yourish

I found something that both Camille Paglia and I agree on: Sarah Palin, and the way she’s been wronged by the mainstream feminists (those would be the radfems). Via Hot Air. The next phase of feminism must circle back and … Continue reading →

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A new campaign poster

Posted on 09/09/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Click here. Laugh. Don’t be drinking or eating. Jon, I want that on a t-shirt.

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Women and the Sarah Palin vote

Posted on 09/09/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Let me try once again to explain to the doubters out there why I don’t care that Palin’s views on abortion are different than mine. Or that she’s a “Christianist,” as Asshole Andrew Sullivan keeps calling her. Or that she … Continue reading →

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EU to ban sex in advertising?

Posted on 09/07/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Oh, this is rich. The nations that don’t blink an eye at sex and nudity in films are thinking about banning “sexist” commercials. MEPs want TV regulators in the EU to set guidelines which would see the end of anything … Continue reading →

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Note to Jeffrey Bell: Premarital sex predates the 1960s

Posted on 09/07/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Spare me from conservative analysis of feminism. Because when you let most conservatives yammer away on the topic, you get a great, heaping, stupid load of sexist bullshit purporting to be an analysis of feminism. Note to Weekly Standard: You’re … Continue reading →

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The Sarah Palin baby rumor

Posted on 09/01/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Oh, please. Any idiot can get a blog on DKos. And this ridiculous accusation is proof that many idiots do. Oh, wait. That was Andrew Sullivan’s link. Here’s the Daily Kos moron’s blog. These unerring detectives have Photographic! Evidence! that … Continue reading →

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What women think: Sexism is sexism

Posted on 08/31/2008 by Meryl Yourish

This is the sentiment, exactly, on what many women feel about Obama not choosing Hillary for VP: “If 18 million votes is not enough, what does it take in the Democratic Party to get a woman on the ticket?” Time … Continue reading →

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Why women Dems will vote for Palin

Posted on 08/30/2008 by Meryl Yourish

I received an email today from a disaffected Hillary fan who plans to vote for McCain come November. I am a died-in-the-wool Democrat, but when Obama turned his ass to Hillary and called her “sweetie,” I didn’t know what to … Continue reading →

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Women and Sarah Palin

Posted on 08/29/2008 by Meryl Yourish

A word to the men who read this blog: While I don’t claim to speak for all women, I can claim to give you a woman’s point of view on what John McCain choosing Sarah Palin for his vice presidential … Continue reading →

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IT’S PALIN!!!

Posted on 08/29/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Fox News confirms that John McCain has chosen Alaska Governon Sarah Palin for his vice presidential pick. This is the BEST pick possible. It shows that the Republicans are just as progressive as the Dems this time around, and I’m … Continue reading →

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Shilling for the Saudis

Posted on 08/21/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Reuters has a puff piece that pretends to be reporting about the “liberalization” of Saudi Arabian cities. Let’s take a look. The Saudi government has a project to develop at least four “economic cities” where many expect the religious establishment … Continue reading →

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Sexist story of the day

Posted on 08/13/2008 by Meryl Yourish

From the headline until nearly the last paragraph, this condescending, sexist piece of drek willl go down in my Feminist Hall of Shame. And it’s from AP. It figures. What a ride: Woman, 82, inducted into Hall of Fame Wow. … Continue reading →

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I miss Ilyka

Posted on 07/29/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Come back, Ilyka. Come back. I have no one else to hang with while tweaking the boys on feminist issues.

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