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Spark: Proselytizing Hits Home

July 15th, 2008 · by xJane · 3 Comments

Or, When Muslims Attack (with free copies of the Koran!).
Sorry I’ve been AWOL recently, I’m in the process of moving. I now have internet (yay!1!) but now need to unpack all the boxes of stuff. Then, I promise, real posts.

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Tags: Activism · Belief · Christianity · Classic · Dialog · Fiction · Getting over Religion · Humor · Islam · Links · Religion · Spark

Spark: Misogyny in Christianity vs. Islam

July 11th, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments

Over at Screaming into the Void.

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Tags: Belief · Bible · Bible Study · Christianity · Church and State · Current Events · Dialog · Ethics · Feminism · Gender · Getting over Religion · Islam · Links · Religion · Sexuality · Spark · Women

Spark: Google Stats

July 10th, 2008 · by xJane · 2 Comments

A legal team attempting to defend their client against (among other things) “obscenity” charges is trying to get Google to release certain stats about search terms in the area the trial is taking place. This is because part of the “obscenity” definition relies upon what “the average person, applying contemporary community standards” would find obscene. […]

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Tags: Current Events · Humor · Justice · Law · Links · News · Pop Culture · Sexuality · Spark · Web 2.0

“Dying Wish”

June 21st, 2008 · by xJane · 7 Comments

on Fox. I don’t know how long that link will work…there’s a YouTube of it somewhere, too, I may imbed it below a fold later when I find it.
This is my father, busy exploiting his illness for his life-long pet project: “the right to life”. Which I’ve learned translates into “the denial of rights”, “inadequate […]

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Tags: Death · Ethics · Feminism · Getting over Religion · Humanity · Justice · Law · Links · Personal

Spark: Target Women

June 19th, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments

Whoever invented this is inspired! Here they are on politics.

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Tags: Activism · Current Events · Feminism · Gender · Links · Media and Design · News · Politics · Society · Women

I Heart Michelle Obama

June 18th, 2008 · by xJane · 4 Comments

Although Elizabeth Edwards is also teh awesome. However, she [Obama] has become the latest target in the media as an “agressive, outspoken, forceful” woman. Her rise to this prominence after Clinton’s exodus from the misogynist spotlight can be taken to be indicative of the fact that one of the major draws [for the media] of […]

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Tags: Blogging · Current Events · Feminism · Gender · Links · Politics

China withdraws from Tibet, with Apologies.

June 8th, 2008 · by John · 1 Comment

Someone took John Lennon’s advice and imagined “all the people, livin’ life in peace:”

It’s a simple exercise (and don’t follow any of the links, as it will burst the bubble by leading you to the real news), but it brought tears, shivers, smiles. It’s a glimpse of the world as it could be, and […]

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Tags: Links · Musings

Spark: Loving

May 15th, 2008 · by xJane · 4 Comments

Mildred Loving, half of the Loving couple who battled antimiscegination laws through the Supreme Court died (yes I’m late to this). And already the wolves are claiming her as an historical figure for their side in the homosexual marriage battle. Unfortunately, she already chose a side. Read her words here. Religion Dispatches has a great […]

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Spark: Gender in Media

April 16th, 2008 · by xJane · 5 Comments

USC just sponsored a study of gender in movies, animation, and television, coming up with some pretty stark results: essentially, although the number of female characters has increased, most are still locked into gendered activities and are not often main characters. This can be seen quite clearly in Horton Hears a Who: there are many […]

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Tags: Feminism · Gender · Links · Media and Design · Movie Reviews · Politics · Spark

Spark: Muslim Women in the News

March 26th, 2008 · by xJane · 6 Comments

Turkey’s Political Tensions Weigh on Women’s Heads, where a new law allows headscarves in universities. hat tip
Writers Can’t See Past the Veil, a critique of Muslim women’s recent portrayal in the news.
Using the Koran to feminist ends.
Spark is a new category for sharing links. No intense commentary, just a link & a brief reason you […]

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