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Evolution and the Thong-Burqa Continuum

  • by: Katrina Voss
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The “Thong Song,” a rap homage to butt-baring bikinis, was released in 1999, several years after I graduated from an ideologically feminist all-women’s college. Still, I can imagine the predictable, feminist reaction it would have caused among my classmates. They [Read More...]

Published in the September / October 2010 Humanist
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Liberté, Egalité—de Féministes! Revealing the Burqa as a Pro-Choice Issue

  • by: Amanda Knief
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“Ban the burqa! Ban the burqa!” Across Western Europe this resounds as the rallying cry of the day among the public and politicians. At least Belgium, France, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, and the United Kingdom are in various stages of [Read More...]

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Humanism and the Burqa Bugaboo

  • by: J. F. Leach
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The recent burqa controversy, plaguing France has produced yet another headache for liberals, humanists, and lovers of democracy who feel themselves trapped between conflicting principles. While the term “burqa” (a head-to-toe covering) is commonly used in a debate that really [Read More...]

Published in the September / October 2009 Humanist
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