Hell yeah! 00:06 Women are making significant strides in the metal music scene. 03:28 Women pioneers in metal music 06:05 Metal women can growl, shout, and roar regardless of gender, focusing on technique. 08:57 Women in metal face challenges and discrimination 11:36 Metal scene is opening up for women musicians. 14:03 Women in metal are … Read more
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Journalist from pro-government daily fired over TV comments Daily Yeni Şafak’s columnist and interviewer Murat Aksoy was sacked after daring to criticize the government’s handling of the graft scandal on TV The new draft bill on internet will deepen the internet censorship,? advocate Koç told biane Vimeo Banned in Turkey Vimeo, one of … Read more
How many American think tanks are run by women? from FP Passport by Blake Hounshell Wealth disparity in America: an inch of bar-graph for the 90%, 4.9 miles’ worth for the top 0.01% from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Cairo and Washington engage in ?twitter war? from Hurriyet Daily News A row erupted between Cairo and Washington … Read more
Significant amounts of wastewater in Turkey are discharged into the environment without being treated. Wastewater treatment plants in 15 towns will help reverse this. via 26,000 Women Exposed to Violence in First Half of 2011 from Bianet :: English According to official numbers of the Provincial Police Directorates and prosecutor offices, about 26,000 women became … Read more
Kiss-In by Jenny White Photo from Radikal A group of young people staged a kiss-in protest on a bus on the Taksim-Sariyer route. They got on the bus at Taksim and all started kissing, then got off at the next stop to applause. They were responding to an incident last week when a couple was … Read more
This is an element of a mindset that is increasingly hegemonic in this country… Staying single a bigger threat than nuclear power, Turkish minister says from Hurriyet Dailynews by ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News The health effects of any potential nuclear meltdown pale in comparison to the dangers of remaining single, Turkey?s energy minister said … Read more
Implicated and enraged: an interview with Judith Butler from The Immanent Frame by Nathan Schneider Judith Butler, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, is among the leading social theorists alive today. Her most recent books are Frames of War (2009) and The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere (2011), an SSRC … Read more