Honor killings

I made the mistake of watching the cell phone video of the stoning to death of a 17 year old Iraqi girl. It was an "honor killing." As Twisty Faster posted:

The Daily Mail and other reports title the story more or less like this: “Teenage girl was stoned to death for loving the wrong boy.” Implying that the girl, however much sympathy we have for her, nevertheless brought the savagery on herself.

I knew better than to watch it. I think there are more than one? I've gotten emails, seen various posts, but finally went back and clicked on one. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I did not need to see a mostly dead girl, with her skirt up around her waist, bloodied, surrounded by a circle of men yelling and picking up huge rocks and hurling them on her.

Do I cry? Do I throw up?

Men are scary. How can women thrive, much less live, in a place where making a personal choice violates some other man's claim to property and he can, with a little help from his friends, kill you? In broad daylight. And no one will stop them.

And people roll their eyes when I talk about feminism and patriarchy.

Just spreading the Good Word

I love feminism. I aspire to be savvy enough, eloquent enough, perhaps angry enough to be a Feminist Blogger.

Below is a short list of blogs I love for those not in the know. There is no time like the present to join the bandwagon. Female or male, gay or straight, white/black/other, rich or working class, there is a place for all at the table (and let no one convince you otherwise)!

I submit for your consideration:

I Blame the Patriarchy: Twisty Faster is my idol.
One Good Thing
Feministe
Angry Black Bitch
Unsprung on Neil Pollack's new alternadad (hurl) website, Offsprung, that is actually pretty cool.
Pandagon: written by Amanda who writes the above blog.

And also, my favorite publication, Bitch.