Eureka Street: The nun and the burqa, by Bronwyn Lay I wonder how a fully garbed nun, living a reclusive life of prayer and consenting to the authority of a male Pope/Bishop, would fare. I doubt the nun would be… Read More ›
religion
LibrarianLazyWeb: Books of mythology from current dominant religions?
I’ve been poking around looking for books of the basic Bible stories and of stories including the basics from the other current prevalent world religions, but (a) told in a form suitable and engaging for a primary school kid who… Read More ›
AFA selling burning-cross Christmas decoration
White American, and proud of it? Not sure what to put out in the yard this Christmas? Want to express your lurve for the Real American Family? The American Family Association has just the decoration for you. Let Your “Light”… Read More ›
“Are Republicans healthier than Democrats?”
What am I missing, here? Red State Blue State quotes from a study that found that people in poorer health tend to vote Democrat. This is a big ol’ “duh”, surely – people who don’t have temporarily-able-bodied privilege are more… Read More ›
Friday Hoyden: Rayyan Hamoudi from Little Mosque on the Prairie
It’s hard not to have a soft spot for Canadian television. Little Mosque on the Prairie, now in its third season, is a half-hour Canadian sitcom created by Zarqa Nawaz. The Little Mosque of the title stands in a fictional… Read More ›
Feminism Friday: Right Wing Women, Sarah Palin, and Me
Beppie is a PhD student who reads feminist blogs to help her procrastinate think. I’ve been thinking a lot, lately, about Andrea Dworkin’s Right Wing Women, a book that asks why so many women choose (or apparently choose) to live… Read More ›
On removing hijab
From Crypto-Muslim (aka Muslim Hedonist): How I again became (fully) white I was once again fully white. I blended into white, middle class society at work, at the mall, in the street. No one stared. No one asked me “where… Read More ›
“Pro-life” Archbishop Hart’s murderous misogyny
The Abortion Law Reform Bill 2008 can be read in its entirety at Austlii. The emergency provisions are not complicated or difficult to understand. They are as follows: Despite any conscientious objection to abortion, a registered medical practitioner is under… Read More ›
A matter of emphasis
The Book of Leviticus has many many more verses (indeed chapters) about redistributing wealth to the poor (via tithes, the prohibition against gleaning, etc) and preserving the fertility of the land through compulsory fallow periods, as well as rules preventing… Read More ›
Well they would say that, wouldn’t they?
From ABC Online: A residents’ group that fought against a proposed Muslim school at Camden, in Sydney’s south-west, has denied its support for a proposed Catholic school demonstrates a double standard in the community. Apparently their main concern, they now… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 