Archive for 'Western'
Antonin Scalia:Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Concentration Camps
As if we needed reasons to fear and loathe Antonin Scalia, we’ve just received another. (WARNING: THE FOLLOWING POST IS DISTURBING.) No, it’s not that hunting trip he took with Cheney – wikipedia offers that “Scalia refused, however, to recuse himself in the case of Cheney v. United States District Court for the District of [...]
Posted: February 18th, 2008 under Guantanamo, Supreme Court, Western, abu ghraib, ann coulter, antonin, ass, ballot, battlefield, camp, cartoon, case, cheney, civil court, concentration, concentration camps, constitution, coulter, court, crime, dick, district court, district of columbia, escape, execute, execution, fair trial, fascism, guantanamo bay, hamdan, harold, humanity, judge, kumar, legal, legal recourse, middle easterner, mullah, politics, preventative war, prevention, punk, punkassblog, recuse, rumsfeld, scalia, suicide, suicide attempts, switzerland, terrorism, terrorist, torture, vice president, war, waterboard.
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You Can Kill a [Wo]man, but Not an Idea: Benazir Bhutto & Female Leadership
Benazir Bhutto was catapulted into public consciousness in Western media on December 27th when a suicide bomber took her life, as well as those of at least 26 others. Bhutto, a former Pakistani Prime Minister, graduate of Harvard Law School, wife, and mother of three, will be missed not just by the ordinary family members, [...]
Posted: December 30th, 2007 under Harvard, Islam, Media, New York Times, Pakistan, Western, amnesty, asif ali zardari, assassination, benazir, bhutto, bilawal bhutto zardari, candidate, corruption, death, democracy, dubai, east, economy, election, farooq leghari, female, general, general election, ghulam ishaq khan, government, law, leader, leadership, opposition, pakistani, pakistani people's party, politics, power, president, school, socialism, suicide bomber, west.
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Tonight, It's All About the Ladies . . .
Sorry ’bout the late notice. But if you’re in the Western Massachusetts area today, consider your plans for this evening. If they’re not going to include the verbal stylings of MCs Tye Pheonix, Latia Larock and Apani B Fly, or the mixing of DJs Nomadik (formerly of WERS’ Hip Hop show on Tuesday nights) and [...]
Posted: September 29th, 2007 under Apani B Fly, DJ Megha, DJ Nomadik, Desiree, Latia Larock, MA, Massachusetts, NYC, Tye Pheonix, Western, all female, amherst, artist, concert, england, free stuff, gallery, greenfield, hip hop, ladies, music, myspace, new, pushkin, showcase, talent.
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Depression, Oppression, Gender Socialization, Other Pressing Things
It has come to my attention that about twice as many women are depressed as men. So let’s read about it. Here’s an excerpt from an essay by Marwan M. Kazimi on the link between gender and depression (or you can read the whole essay). Personality attributes of girls and boys have been linked to [...]
Posted: July 31st, 2007 under Research, Western, achievement, adolescent, anxiety, biological, child, children, cultural lens, dependence, depression, eating disorder, emotionality, fear, gender, gender differences, gender socialization, helplessness, hormone, intelligence, mental health, parental, passivity, peer, personality, psychology, rejection, risk, self-esteem, sex difference, sexual abuse, social, social stigma, societal factors, stereotype, stereotypes, symptom, women, women's studies.
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Bolivia and Women as Vessels of Cultural Authenticity
Tonight, my flight leaves for Bolivia at 8:30. I´m excited for the visit because my money will go farther there, and because it will be the first country that I´ve ever been to which has a thriving indigenous culture. It´s a culture that I don´t know much about, so I´ve been trying to do some [...]
Posted: July 8th, 2007 under 18th century, Aramayá, Barbie, Bolivia, Bolivian, Female Sexuality, La Paz, Miss Bolivia, Quillacollo, Robert Albro, Western, anthropology, bourgeoisie, chola, cholita, colonialism, culture, designer jeans, dress, empire, empowerment, fashion, femininity, gender, globalization, historical actor, identity, image, indigenous culture, market seller, objectification, oppression, politics, pop culture, popular woman, resistance, root metaphor, spanish king, standard of beauty, traditional dress, viceroy toledo, woman.
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