When you sacrifice women’s rights, when you negotiate women’s rights away, the entire society suffers.… 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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Andrew Anthony on Hitchens v Galloway 
Sep 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Galloway reached a pitch of finger-waving declamation both comical and frightening. … Read the rest
Women Candidates Threatened in Afghanistan
Sep 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
While male Guardian reporter concentrates on ‘sex appeal’ of one candidate. … Read the rest
Highlights from Hitchens-Galloway [audio]
Sep 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Radio 4 boils it down.… Read the rest
Bush Suspends Wage Protection Law
Sep 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Help the poor recover from Katrina by cutting their wages.… Read the rest
Bush’s Suspension of Wage Law May be Illegal
Sep 18th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He was in such a hurry he forgot to declare a national emergency. … Read the rest
UN Adopts Landmark Outcome Document
Sep 17th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Calls for action when national authorities fail to protect against genocide, war crimes.… Read the rest
UN Summit Has One Achievement
Sep 17th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
New principle of humanitarian intervention despite fears that it would infringe sovereignty.… Read the rest
Distortions and Red Herrings in Sharia Debate
Sep 17th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Advocates dismissed the Muslim women who led the no-sharia fight as a Westernized elite.… Read the rest
Norm Geras on Just Association
Sep 17th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Fundamental interests, human rights, how to protect them, the global community.… Read the rest
Hitchens and Galloway Together at Last
Sep 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A debate.… Read the rest
Trade Union Friends of Israel Meeting
Sep 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Jon Pike’s remarks on defeat of AUT boycott were like a sudden breath of fresh air.… Read the rest
If You Want to Be a Millionaire, Get Yourself Raped
Sep 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Says Musharraf to the Washington Post. Women in Pakistan disagree.… Read the rest
Jonathan Rée on Nietzsche and Rée
Sep 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Robin Small writes on a philosophical friendship.… Read the rest
Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche as Business Advice
Sep 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘All around me businesses are going bust and this has made me very philosophical.’… Read the rest
Hitchens v Galloway
Sep 16th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Independent goes along.… Read the rest
When Feminists Defend an Antifeminist Custom
Sep 15th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Critics of the hijab were repeatedly challenged with a false dichotomy.… Read the rest
Opinion Poll on Iraqi Constitution
Sep 14th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
84% of sample support women’s rights.… Read the rest
FEMA List Ignores Secular Agencies
Sep 14th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Has Pat Robertson’s ‘Operation Blessing’ in top three.… Read the rest
The Da Vinci Code and Nonsense
Sep 14th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The story of the Priory of Sion is an elaborate hoax that first materialised in the 1950s.’… Read the rest
