feminist-politics

The pink vigilantes: The Indian women fighting for women's rights

Intensely proud of her work, she says: "We have managed to stop women being raped and sent girls to school. Violence and rape against women is very common here, so we're trying to educate them so that they know their rights.

"In cases of domestic violence, we go and talk to the man and explain why it is wrong. If he refuses to listen, we get the woman out of the house, then beat him. If necessary, we do it in public to embarrass him.

"Men used to think the law didn't apply to them but we are forcing a huge change."

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"We Scream, We Swoon. How Dumb Can We Get?" Based on this Op-Ed piece written by a woman in the Washington Post. I am going to hazard a guess that we can get pretty fucking dumb indeed.

This is a presentation Isabel Allende gave at TED, it's 18 minutes long, but click here and open it up to full screen, then give what she says your full attention - you will not be disappointed.

Vot for your favorite sexy geek - Wired - bodyhack

Mehh.... none of these geeks are sexy, I mean they are attractive, but everyone knows that geeks aren't sexy because they are attractive, they are sexy because they are fucking nutbars who do stuff like make you brownies for your birthday using a convection oven and an arc welder they picked up off the street.

This list is totally stupid and i would like to open the floor for real sexy geeks and the reasons they are sexy here on my blog.

Here are my top three sexy geeks Not in any order:

Maya because she quotes keirkegaard and makes heartbreak an IA problem.

Jen because she adopts animals off the street and also can still function using a websafe colour palette.

Alison Because she gets really excited ( I was going to use another phrase but I am too mature) when she think about antennae photo projects, and because she likes to dress up fancy but only once every four years.

MK Who once almost asphixiated herself in my kitchen getting drunk and trying to get a vocoder to work inside a gas mask or something. Oh yeah and cuz she's my HOMIE