About me: High-school student from New York, avid reader of feminist and political blogs, thinker of thinky thoughts. I'm interested in the legal side of stuff, sometimes.
Yeah, God is...apparently pretty cool with slavery, if you read the Bible. And the Bible does talk about rape. If an unbetrothed virgin is raped, she has to marry the rapist, because it's not that she was assaulted, of course, (posted to The Bible silent on rape?)
So? It's still slavery. Foreign slaves served for life. And killing a slave isn't murder. (posted to The Bible silent on rape?)
See, this is why I love midrash. :D I also read another interpretation in a Renaissance Christian feminist text - that, rather than woman being subservient because she was created from man's rib, that this was done to signify "that (posted to A Jewish Feminist view of the creation)
this ability to decide what is right for ourselves. It shouldnt even fucking matter what religion she is or which man created the thing, it is personal and none of your damn business. She shared to try to achieve an (posted to My <em>Hijab</em>, My Right)
As I stated earlier I find it interesting that we are not talking about the racism of policing in this country and how this is translating into the treatment and criminalization of Muslims and our symbols. homeschool | High School (posted to My <em>Hijab</em>, My Right)
GLYNDEBOURNE yesterday defended the controversial production of Mozart's Don Giovanni website hosting, which received the loudest boos ever heard there.The production, directed by Deborah Warner, lent a feminist slant to the opera and was staged in modern dress on (posted to Feminist opera?)
My Dad named his van Kenny the Kamper (camper), at my suggestion and he didn't have a problem with it. My Mum's old car was called Monster (because of the number plate) my car is going to be called Princess (posted to Why didn't anyone tell me a car had a vagina?)
It frustrates me, as a feminist, to watch my 14 year old step-daughter read these books. She hasn't just read them- she reads them over and over and over. This is an otherwise very intelligent young woman, with plenty of (posted to Yes, another Twilight post.)
