Archive for December 2009
Dec 28th, 2009 |
By Kim |
Category: Personal Stories
This is the continuation of “The Secrets We Carry: Stories of Molestation” Read Part 1 here.
Carla was the first to open up about her story. She told it very straightforwardly.
“My story is really simple. It ends in 4 or 5 sentences. It effect on me, however, was beyond what words can explain. I [...]
Tags: child abuse, molestation, rape, sexual harassment, story Posted in Personal Stories |
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Dec 28th, 2009 |
By aphrodite |
Category: Bits
Hi كيفك ca va؟
ايه لأ يا أحبائنا، من اليوم وطالع، لا HI ولا ca va.
لأن “ميم” قررت ترجع للغة العربية مكانتها وهيبتها واحترامها وعظمتها من خلال مجموعة خطوات منها تشجيع الكتب والأفلام والموسيقى العربية داخل “ميم”، والحرص على أن يكون هناك نسخة عربية لكل وثيقة أو اعلان أو رسالة يتم تداولها بين العضوات، والعمل (كما [...]
Tags: Arabic عربي, meem, website Posted in Bits |
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Dec 28th, 2009 |
By editor |
Category: Featured Articles
We thought Aswat’s New Year greeting cards were extremely cute Happy New Year to all of you courageous women too from all of us at Bekhsoos!
Tags: Aswat, New Year, Palestine Posted in Featured Articles |
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Dec 28th, 2009 |
By editor |
Category: Featured Articles
As 2009 comes to an end, we remember the great times we shared online with all of you! From the extensive Arab and international media coverage of Bareed Mista3jil to the relaunch of Bekhsoos.com, it’s been an amazing year for lesbian visibility and voices in Lebanon. Expect lots more in 2010! This video sums [most [...]
Tags: digital activism, media, meem, video Posted in Featured Articles |
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Dec 28th, 2009 |
By Guest Contributor |
Category: Featured Articles
Beirut hosted yet another “European Film Festival”! The 16th edition of the annual event ended by awarding two student short films, “Dirty Mirror” by Mirna Mounayar (ALBA) and “Empty Talk” by Amanda Abou Abdallah (USEK). The latter exposes the life of five Lebanese women leading opposing lives. A consumerism victim with a fresh nose job [...]
Tags: award, feminism, film review, women Posted in Featured Articles |
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Dec 28th, 2009 |
By Guest Contributor |
Category: Featured Articles
Sojourner Truth, was a black woman born into slavery in New York in 1797. Her original name was Isabella Baumfree. She was first sold at the age of nine at an auction when her original owner died. After being regularly beaten and raped in her next home, she got passed around to different households. Among [...]
Tags: biography, Feminist Column, herstory Posted in Featured Articles |
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Dec 28th, 2009 |
By rouba |
Category: Health
السرطان هو مرض العصر من دون منازع، وقد ازدادت نسبة الاصابة به بشكل كبير في العقود الاخيرة، وتشكل الأسباب لائحة طويلة منها التلوث البيئي وما يتبعه من تعرض جسم الانسان لمواد دخيلة على تركيبته الجينية، ونوعية الطعام التى يتناولها الانسان حيث يدخل في اعدادها الكثير من المواد الصناعية، وارتفاع نسبة التدخين و تعاطي الكحول، ونمط [...]
Tags: cancer, Health, lesbians, prevention Posted in Health |
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Dec 28th, 2009 |
By rouba |
Category: Around the World
المكسيك تزوج المثليين مع حق التبني
أصبحت نيو مكسيكو اول عاصمة في امريكا اللاتينية تشرع الزواج لمثليي الجنس مع تمتعهم بكافة الحقوق التي يتمتع بها المواطنون المكسيكيون، ومن ضمنها الحق في تبني الاطفال.
وكانت المكسيك منحت سابقا المثليين الحق في الارتباط المدني، وكذلك الارجنتين و الاوروغواي، لكن بموجب القرار الجديد، سيحصل المثليون على كافة حقوقهم المدنية بعيدا [...]
Tags: germany, honduras, mexico Posted in Around the World |
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Dec 28th, 2009 |
By shant |
Category: Feminist Column
The land that is now known as the Middle East is most notable for bringing the worship of a mono-God to prominence. From this part of the world, the three great monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam sprouted and spread. But before monotheism and patriarchy, there existed another mode of worship: that of the [...]
Tags: deities, feminism, herstory, religion Posted in Feminist Column |
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