September 20, 2011
Rebel. The word itself is sexy. So when Maria Raha decided to name her book about rebel women Hellions, it should have been a warning that she did not know what she was doing. The book promises “to give rebel women their due, and celebrate female rebelliousness the way we do its male equivalent.” Seriously, ...
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Janis Joplin,
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Marilyn Monroe,
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Tuesday book club,
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July 19, 2011
Guy Montag is the hero of Ray Bradbury’s dystopian classic Fahrenheit 451, but you have to wonder how the novel would have turned out if there was a “Girl Montag.” Bradbury’s vision of a hedonistic and anti-intellectual future, where books are burned to suppress critical thought and any rumblings of rebellion, may be stock full ...
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Ray Bradbury,
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sacrifice,
strong female characters,
strong male characters,
Tuesday book club
October 5, 2010
The French are known for revolution and fashion, so there was no doubt the protest against the burqa ban would be good — but this is a glorious fuck you. The Niqabitches donned a niqab, short shorts and high heels to hit the streets of Paris. As they strolled past government offices, with their naked ...
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August 24, 2010
Rebel. The word itself is sexy. So when Maria Raha decided to name her book about rebel women Hellions, it should have been a warning that she did not know what she was doing. The book promises “to give rebel women their due, and celebrate female rebelliousness
Tags: Amy Winehouse,
book review,
Dennis Hopper,
feminism,
Hellions,
Henry Fonda,
Jack Kerouac,
James Dean,
Janis Joplin,
Maria Raha,
Marilyn Monroe,
rebel women,
rebellion,
rebels,
review,
victim
October 13, 2009
Jewish girls who date Arab men are not only naive, easily manipulated, and vulnerable, but consorting with the “enemy”, trouble makers, and bringing ruin on the Jewish Nation. This is according to an interview with a Jewish group that goes out into Israeli communities and hunts down these Jewish girls in an attempt to break ...
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interreligious dating,
Israel,
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racism,
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teenagers,
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