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Category Archives: Politics
Jul
27
2010
Hate Lives Here
Yesterday a local Vancouver paper asked a question on its Facebook page: “Do you think more could be done to combat homophobia?” In the ensuing comments, a White Pride freak — who I’m really fucking wanting to identify by name here but don’t feel like dealing with the legal hassle as a little blogger girl [...]
Also posted in Battle of the Comments, Crime, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, Ethics, Facebook, Gay or Straight?, Life 101, Lifestyle, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Specifically Steff, blogging, censorship, internet, keeping it real Tagged bad people, changing the world, fighting hate, hate, hate speech, homophobia, homophobic, prejudism, racism, reality, reality check, skinheads, what not to do, what's going on, white power, white pride 6 Comments
A couple months ago, I proposed to talk about writing for therapy, how to kinda “go there”, via blogging. The conference was yesterday. It was an “unconference” put on by end-patients and people who work on the peripheries of mental care. Why did I want to get involved? For a million reasons. I’ll get to [...]
Also posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Depression, Dimestore Philosophy, Hygiene & Health, Journalling, Loving and Knowing Yourself, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Society, Steff Rants, blogging, internet, keeping it real, writing Tagged absenteeism, assholes, depression, insantiy, mental health, mental health camp, mental illness, pettiness, public speaking, rant, sick, small-minded people, spineless, stigma, stimatizing 14 Comments
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, Laws, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), 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
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