Posted on May 26, 2009 by Jemima Aslana
Is not the big thing among bigots. See, I wrote this post about who’s angry, about Guy White and his complete ignorance on the study he referred to, his ignorane on evo psych, on biology, on sociology etc etc. He did not even allow a pingback to his post. Instead he posted a comment containing [...]
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Posted on May 24, 2009 by Jemima Aslana
WordPress has this lovely feature called tag surfer. I’ve found some wonderful blogs that way, and sometimes I find some less fantastic ones. A few days ago I found yet another post by an angry white male, who absolutely denies any white male anger to ever have existed. He’s not angry. Nope. Never. No, he [...]
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Posted on April 5, 2009 by Jemima Aslana
This issue can basically be summed up like this: “We have listened to your advanced use of the English language, but because you are not of white descent, and because you speak another language in addition to English, we must put you through an unnecessary test far below your level of language usage, despite your [...]
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Posted on February 18, 2009 by Jemima Aslana
I’m a regular reader over at Heartless Bitches International. They have many good articles up, many good rants. I especially like the Rants and the Auntie Dote sections. Everything posted on the site has been through admin approval. But there is one section where small disgusting things slip through the cracks. It’s in the Pukefest. [...]
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Posted on February 8, 2009 by Jemima Aslana
This ad makes me cry every time.
The text says: “How obvious must human trafficking be, before we do something. Help now at hopenow.dk”
And that’s exactly what I’m going to do.
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Posted on November 5, 2008 by Jemima Aslana
via Feministing
Teh_horror!
Yeah,
“Why would I vote for someone who is all for abortion? Statistics show that mostly the white population uses birth control and the ever-present abortion. Our numbers are dwindling, and Obama wants to keep it that way . Ever think about that? “
This is when I have to point out: No, deary, [...]
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Posted on July 26, 2008 by Jemima Aslana
This story is fairly old by now, but when it was still fresh I had me some thoughts.
News stories are always a matter of perspective – obviously. On those thankfully few occasions there have been ‘honour crimes’ on Danish territory, people have been outraged, and the news media and the politicians have been all over [...]
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