There are days when I want to just bash my head on the nearest brick wall. It started off with MoveOn’s moronically titled post about the Slut Walk protests: 10 Best Photos From This Summer’s Most Scantily Clad Movement.

This, people, is an illustration of what rape culture is all about. Even MoveOn fell into it, by choosing to play it up for ( Read more... )

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I was on twitter when he was interviewed, so the tweets provided live coverage and translation for me. The interview is absolutely heartbreaking, and is translated/transcribed here: Wael @Ghonim (thanks to @exiledsurfer who compiled the information from @SultanAlQassemi’s tweets). ETA Also, a ( Read more... )

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