It is the revolution of fighting the patriarch. By Mona Eltahawy The Guardian There’s a thin line between sex and politics, and it is nonsense to keep repeating the mantra that Egypt’s revolution “wasn’t about gender”. What revolution worth its salt can be fuelled by demands of freedom and dignity and not have…
SEX LIVES OF OUR NEIGHBORS Arianne Cohen has learned a few things from poring over the sex diaries of 1,500 people. For starters: relationships are a lot like careers. Sure, some of us work 9 to 5—but others stay home in pajamas all day, eating crackers in bed. It can get messy. Second:…
Egypt Joins “nude photo revolution” Aliya Mahdy with her body, debunk all myths of Egyptian liberalism. Despise Aliya Mahdy or not, she has done what few revolutionaries in Egypt have been able to do: take revolutionary action. Her public display of her naked body in a blog post has seen attacks from…
Editor’s choice Mar 25, 2011 12:30 EDT
The American government has been supplying arms and paying salaries for these Somali troops.
Michelle Obama today faced a fresh wave of attacks over her lavish break in Spain with 40 friends, which could easily cost U.S. taxpayers a staggering £50,000 a day. The First Lady has been lambasted for her extravagance at a time when the economy is still struggling. One blogger went so far as to brand…
Forest fires in Russia Hundreds of thousands of firefighters are battling forest fires across western and central Russia in the worst heatwave for decades. Homes have been destroyed, wildlife and farm stock lost and more than 30 people have died