by Heather Hastie | Sep 27, 2017 | Human Rights, Tweets, Women
As you can see, there’s a new name in the title: Homily. I’m not sure how that’s going to work – I’m just trying it on for size at this stage. The content of the post won’t change. There’ll still be plenty of tweets on...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 9, 2017 | Religion, Women
Short answer: No, Islam is not a feminist religion. There are more and more women who are trying to convince us Islam is feminist. Their logic seems to be they’re feminist, they’re Muslim, therefore Islam is a feminist religion. But as we all know,...
by Heather Hastie | Aug 22, 2017 | Religion, Simon's Cat, Women
This new Simon’s Cat video, Cat Yoga, came out several days ago but I’ve been too busy to post it. It’s more than 35 years since I did yoga so I don’t remember much about it, but some of the names here seem familiar. I do remember the Downward...
by Heather Hastie | Jul 4, 2017 | Middle East, Religion, Women
Note to Readers: There are images of FGM and sexually explicit statements in this post. Yes, you read that right – an Egyptian imam says FGM (female genital mutilation), which he calls female circumcision, has economic benefits. What’s more, he has a doozy...
by Heather Hastie | Jun 30, 2017 | Middle East, Religion, Women
This video about requiring women to wear the hijab is from a tweet by Ali A Rizvi with the comment “How times have changed.” It’s from 1958 and has been around for a while, but I think it deserves as much attention as possible. It’s a portion...
by Heather Hastie | Jun 21, 2017 | Middle East, Religion, Women
Many people in this world still have extremely backward attitudes relating to women, and rape is a topic on which they expose themselves. For most of them it’s a product of their upbringing. They’ve often never had exposure to different opinions. But,...
