Sociologique

Ariela Haro von Mogel April 24th, 2009

According to much of the mainstream media, you would think nothing good ever happens in this world. Apparently, horrible things are easy to report and receive a lot of attention. But yesterday, I finally heard something good on the news. As I was listening to the BBC, I learned that Egyptian women are finally fighting back against Egyptian men who sexually harass them in public. As with almost every single place that has ever existed on the planet, women have almost always been second class citizens compared with men and have been perpetual victims of sexual assault.

Personally, I have always been in favor of feminist vigilantism when the law and society does not come to your aid.

Feminism – Malcolm X style! Continue Reading »

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Ariela Haro von Mogel April 7th, 2009

As much as I don’t want to admit this, I am technically an atheist. A Jesus-lovin’ atheist. So yeah, I’m a little weird in connection with other atheists. But I suppose the saying about atheists is right, that getting atheists to organize is like herding butterflies. We are different.

Anyways, the past two nights (in consecutive dream-order, not calendar date order) that I have had dreams, I had very vocal and opinionated atheist dreams. Who knew?! I always considered my husband, the opinionated atheist in the relationship, as The Atheist, and myself as an indeterminate quantity of atheist. So this comes as a shock to me. Continue Reading »

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