‘It is really not a nice feeling when you are really proud of her and they dismiss her as just another mistake.’… Read the rest
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
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FGM Actually Glorious and Empowering
Dec 3rd, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonPesky Western feminists just don’t understand.… Read the rest
Sudanese Views Over Mobear Not All the Same
Dec 2nd, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSome ‘hotheads’ demand the sword, many people are ashamed and angry.… Read the rest
Meet the Sudanese Thinker
Dec 2nd, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘We’ll make a mosh pit, head bang together and proclaim “down with the infidel teacher”. Yaaay!’… Read the rest
International Appeal to Reinstate Malalai Joya
Dec 2nd, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonJoya has been an outspoken critic of the heavy presence of warlords in the Afghan parliament.… Read the rest
Dawkins Site’s Favorite 100 Articles
Dec 2nd, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonNotice numero uno…… Read the rest
Pope Eager to Chat With Muslim ‘Leaders’
Dec 2nd, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonExcited about command to love God – yes let’s make everyone do that.… Read the rest
Turkish Publisher Faces Jail for Atheist Book
Dec 1st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonDawkins’s publishers threatened with legal action by prosecutors who accuse TGD of ‘insulting believers.’… Read the rest
Nick Cohen on Liberal Condescension
Dec 1st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHow does Garton Ash know what seeds Hirsi Ali is planting in the minds of Muslim women?… Read the rest
Garton Ash on How to Get Along
Dec 1st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhen a Muslim says the Koran favours free speech, why argue?… Read the rest
Bunglawala: Gibbons Case a ‘Silly Affair’
Dec 1st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonRidiculous case – Sudan already has a poor image – silly affair – Sun readers barbarous too.… Read the rest
UK Peers to Visit Gibbons
Dec 1st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonFO ‘pleased that they have been able to convey the views of British Muslims to the Sudanese authorities.’… Read the rest
Deborah Lipstadt on Irving at Oxford Union
Dec 1st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘How does [Tyrl] propose “debating” someone such as David Irving who is a proven falsifier of history?’… Read the rest
Taslima Nasreen Will Censor Her Own Book
Nov 30th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘Some people are upset with what I have said, I have decided to drop the controversial portions.’… Read the rest
Demo in Khartoum to Demand Tougher Sentence
Nov 30th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSome of the protesters chanted “No tolerance – execution” and “Kill her, kill her by firing squad”. … Read the rest
Sudanese Ambassador Called Back to Explain
Nov 30th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonOfficials at the Foreign Office say the mood has changed as a result of the verdict. … Read the rest
Foreign Office Seeks Gibbons’s Release
Nov 30th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe FO was in contact with Sudan’s government overnight and will repeat demands for her release. … Read the rest
Biometrics Will Fix Everything
Nov 30th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonOr perhaps not. Ben Goldacre fools the machine.… Read the rest
Freud Not Taught in Psychology Departments
Nov 30th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhy? Lack of evidence. Fine for gender studies, post-colonial studies, Queer theory though.… Read the rest
Pope Attacks ‘Cruel and Unjust’ Atheism
Nov 30th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAll wrong; only God can do everything; God doesn’t happen to feel like it, that’s all.… Read the rest