Vagina With Teeth

No, really….vagina with teeth.
(Hat tip: Norm)

The Missionary Position

It was recently suggested that I read an essay that appeared in The Nation over the summer. And so I did. The piece is by Laila Lalami. It is a lengthy critique of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Irshad Manji.
I have not in fact read the Hirsi Ali books nor have I read the Manji books [...]

Four’s a Crowd

Pakistan took a groping, stumbling step out of the dark ages yesterday when its parliament amended the country’s rape laws to reflect the radical notion that an allegation of rape should not require the corroboration of four witnesses, as previously mandated. That’s right: four witnesses! Hell, why stop there? Why not go for an even [...]

Gunned Down in Kandahar

Safia Ama Jan, the southern provincial head of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Women’s Affairs, was gunned down at the front gate of her Kandahar home today by two assassins riding on a motorbike. The Taliban has claimed responsibility. Ama Jan was a forceful proponent for women’s rights in what was once a Taliban stronghold, establishing vocational [...]