Scientist dismisses ‘detox’ diets *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Detox-based diets can include the use of tablets, socks, body wraps, diets, eating nettle root extract or drinking herbal infusions or “oxygenated” water.… Read the rest



The dangers of too much ‘detox’ *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

The evidence supporting the whole ‘hydration industry’ is flawed. … Read the rest



Belief in hell *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

79.7% in Ireland, 74.6% in the US, 58.3% in the UK.… Read the rest



Brad DeLong on books as people *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

‘As long as I think of these as “texts,” they are dry and boring. But there is a key to making them exciting: to remember that they are not texts: they are people–people urgently trying to talk to me, to tell me something very important that they think I desperately need to know.’… Read the rest



LRA accused of selling food aid *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

ICC prosecutor says the rebels are using the money they make to rearm.… Read the rest



Flora Terah: beaten and tortured for running for office *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

‘In Kenya, and especially in the Ameru community I belong to, women are not supposed to get leadership positions.’… Read the rest



‘Honour’ killing rewarded with prize of 3 girls *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Guy kills wife, gets 3 underage girls in ‘compensation.’… Read the rest



Katha Pollitt talks to Der Spiegel *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Feminism created a new normal. … Read the rest



Charles Murray is Deeply in Love With Sarah Palin *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

The last thing we need are more pointy-headed intellectuals running the government.… Read the rest



Katha Pollitt on Palin the Affirmative Action Babe *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

There’s the fun of watching conservative pundits scramble to deny the obvious.… Read the rest



Dick Taverne rebukes Prince Charles *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

A democratic country cannot tolerate a monarch whose views command notice not because of expertise, but because of his birth.… Read the rest



Saudi Arabia: more female graduates, no more jobs. *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Only 16% of Saudi women work, mostly teaching in segregated classrooms.… Read the rest



Swimming in Saudi Arabia *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Foreign woman demands to use pool in international hotel, succeeds.… Read the rest



Maryam Namazie on the veil *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

The veil is a tool for the suppression and oppression of women.… Read the rest



Rape victims are guilty of zina; their rapists go free. *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Four male witnesses of good standing are required to prove rape. Charging rape is proof of zina – by the woman only.… Read the rest



Women’s lives in Afghanistan *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

More than 60% of marriages are forced; 57% of women marry under the age of 16.… Read the rest



Woman’s Hour on women in Afghanistan *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Maternal mortality and female illiteracy rates are among the highest in the world.… Read the rest



Primacy of the UDHR *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Universal means universal.… Read the rest



Nahid Toubia fights against FGM *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

‘This is about women and elevating the status of women and making them equal human beings.’… Read the rest



Canada will not participate in Durban II *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Durban I degenerated into open expressions of intolerance and anti-Semitism that undermined the very goals the conference sought to achieve.… Read the rest