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Music Monday: Backstabber, by the Dresden Dolls.

February 22nd, 2010 · by John · 1 Comment

I know that Amanda is often ampersanded with Neil Gaiman (and vise versa) these days, but I let myself take a little nostalgic trip back to the days when AFP and Brian Viglione worked a little magic together: Many thanks to my friend Erika for turning me on to this delectable madness, which I somehow [...]

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Socio-economic Inequality between Men linked to Abuse of Women.

February 22nd, 2010 · by John · 1 Comment

I cam across this illustration of how sexism and class differences are linked in the Wikipedia article on honor killing: There is a strong positive correlation between violence against women, and women’s social power and equality; and a baseline of development, associated with access to basic resources, health care, and human capital, such as literacy [...]

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Tags: Feminism