About Steff
This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Category Archives: Modern Feminism
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, feminism, freedom, keeping it real, Laws, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Politics, Religion, sexuality, Society, Specifically Steff, Women's Department 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
14
2010
From Hair to There
I’ve been adrift in a thought-sea for days now. Just lost in waves and waves of thought. About me, my future, what next, why now, where to go, who to see, and a million other things. I can’t write during those times. I get a little discombobulated and things don’t really happen linearly for me. Writing [...]
Also posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, keeping it real, money, Psychology & Moods, Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Specifically Steff, weight loss, writing Tagged being creative, chance, change, getting stuff for free, hair, how to change, life, lost in thought, makeover, opportunities, style, thinking, writer's block 2 Comments
Jun
04
2010
Fuck You, Hollywood.
We’re witnessing the end of an empire at the box office. Sex and the City 2 is lying there like a dead fish, with all the appeal of a used-up 45-year-old prostitute after a night of chasing 8-balls with gin after running the line for a sex-train at a frat party. Naturally, Hollywood is CONVINCED it’s [...]
Also posted in Being me, Consumerism, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, feminism, Hollywood, keeping it real, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Steff Rants, Women's Department Tagged bad movies, box office, carrie bradshaw, cliche, failure, feminism, Hollywood, kim catrall, movies, mr. big, new york, sarah jessica parker, satc2, sex and the city 2, Sexism, stereotypes, stupidity 6 Comments
A Stitch in Time