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Category Archives: Laws
Jun
30
2010
The Dishonour of Honour Killings
Recently, here in the Great White North, a murder trial ended and the accused were sentenced to life. A father and his son killed his daughter, all because she was too progressive to be a good little Islamic girl. Muhammad Parvez and Waqas, his son, murdered Aqsa Parvez on December 10, 2007, in the guise of [...]
Also posted in Battle of the Comments, Current Events, Dating, Dimestore Philosophy, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Politics, Religion, Society, Specifically Steff, Women's Department, feminism, freedom, keeping it real, sexuality Tagged aqsa parvez, burkas, burqas, Crime, culture clash, fundamentalism, hijab, honour killings, immigration, islam, life sentence, muhammad parvez, murder, muslims, pakistan, parvez family killing, pierre elliott trudeau, saudi arabia, traditionalism, trudeau, waqas parvez 4 Comments
Jun
29
2010
Diving into Safety Head-First
We have helmet laws here in British Columbia. Even if we didn’t, I’d be wearing mine. One saved my life. And still I’m different than I used to be. When I saw this article come up on Twitter, I got pretty choked about it. I started thinking of the friends I’ve seen riding without a helmet [...]
Also posted in Autobiographical, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, Hygiene & Health, Journalling, Life 101, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Steff Rants, Twitter, keeping it real Tagged accidents, brain damage, bump on the head, change your life, changing your life, coma, concussion, doing it wrong, head injuries, health, helmet safety, helmets, hurting your head, msp, preventable, what not to do 12 Comments
Jun
04
2009
Opting Into Ignorance
Freedom of education? Not on my tax dollar, bub. The province of Alberta, here in Canada, has opted to make matters of sex, sexual orientation,* and religion OPTIONAL for their students. Parents can yank their kids out of school when they disagree with the premise at hand. [Story here.] Religion? Okay. Fine. I’ll give you [...]
Also posted in AIDS & STDs, Dating, Education, Gay or Straight?, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Sex, Society, Steff Rants, Viginity, casual sex, censorship Tagged AIDS, Alberta, conservatism, diseases, Education, fundamentalism, HIV, pregnancies, right wing, sex ed, STDs, stupidity 4 Comments
One of the most offensive things to me is when journalists — people who are paid to get messages right — get things wrong. Like here, in the San Francisco News, where they describe fetish films with bondage and sado-masochism as being “torture-based” films. Talk about an economic stimulus. California taxpayers have paid $46,791 so [...]
Also posted in Current Events, Lifestyle, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Sex, Society, Steff Rants, censorship Tagged bdsm, commentary, journalism, media, Politics, torture 7 Comments
I’ll get to the changing-your-life follow-up on the weekend. News comes first. Back in 2005, eHarmony got slapped with a lawsuit for discrimination because gays couldn’t use the service. Now, personally, considering their overpriced, weird cult-like dating service, I kinda thought eHarmony was doing gays a favour. But I agree with the spirit of the lawsuit, [...]
Pride Day in Vancouver