Tag Archives: women

Rebel Barbie

Posted on November 4, 2017 by 1minionsopinion

I’m reminded of a thing a few years back where Barbie had a book where she supposedly is showing that girls can be computer engineers. By having the boys do the work for her. Steven and Brian are nice guys, … Continue reading →

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X-Men advertisers make giant billboard misstep

Posted on June 5, 2016 by 1minionsopinion

CBC reports that Toronto wound up with several of these brainless billboards advertising the newest of the X-Men franchise. So we have here a giant armoured up dude strangling the crap out of a dainty naked lady. My trim/enlargement of … Continue reading →

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Quotable Friendly Atheist

Posted on September 18, 2014 by 1minionsopinion

At least, Muhammad Syed, quoted on Friendly Atheist: There will never be reform or improvement if you are unwilling to even hear out ideas that are threatening to your beliefs. The complete lack of introspection, self-criticism, and demands for improvement … Continue reading →

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The One Minion Search Party: “Does god hate women?”

Posted on August 28, 2014 by 1minionsopinion

A couple hits for this question this week. Not for the first time, I look toward Religious Tolerance for an evenhanded approach to answering this one. It offers many examples out of the old testament that illustrate the low status … Continue reading →

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Atheist Scruples: you’re a VP and are getting interviewed

Posted on August 5, 2014 by 1minionsopinion

You are the busy vice-president of a large corporation. A student asks to interview you for a class assignment. Do you make time? Of course I will. I’m going to pretend this is a female student who’s asking how to … Continue reading →

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So I read Deborah Feldman’s book “UNorthodox”

Posted on February 22, 2012 by 1minionsopinion

It was released by Simon and Schuster recently and was a pretty quick but interesting read. Feldman grew up in Brooklyn as part of the Williamsburg Hasidic community and has written a memoir based on that life and the steps … Continue reading →

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Banned Book Club – A Handmaid’s Tale

Posted on May 20, 2011 by 1minionsopinion

We met last night to discuss this book by Margaret Atwood. Whole plot is here for those who’d like it. A half-assed summary from me: the story is told from the perspective of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of … Continue reading →

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“Does God hate women?” If he was created by misogynist men, sure

Posted on April 27, 2011 by 1minionsopinion

Quoting a Washington Post reporter by the name of Sally Quinn: why, I asked myself, if women were so smart and capable and in so many cases, smarter and more capable than men, were they being discriminated against? It made … Continue reading →

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Forgery and the bible

Posted on April 18, 2011 by 1minionsopinion

I skimmed through to the end of Forged: writing in the name of God – why the Bible’s authors are not who we think they are by Bart D. Ehrman this weekend. Not being a biblical scholar, some of what … Continue reading →

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Pole dancing for Jesus just seems seedy

Posted on March 23, 2011 by 1minionsopinion

Back in 2007, mojoey was “What the hell”ing over an article he’d found about Christian women at a spa who’d started a pole dancing exercise group and today I come across another such story. “God gives us these bodies, and … Continue reading →

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