This book details three trials in depth, with a few others in general terms. The guiding principle is how juries and the media responded to the excuse of passion. It is an interesting read.
Not perfect but close, more thought provoking than thought providing it's 50 opinion pieces with other scattered snippets, quotes and some cartoons about feminism, some of them explore the elephant in the corner of 50 Shades of Grey but many of them just talk about their experience of feminism and w...
Salutes to this wonderful lady for everything she's done and been through.
This book is honest, brutally, painfully honest and that is really why it can make a difference. With every page I felt Somaly Mam's struggle with the prostitution that was a big part of her past and how the very same past has propelled her forward. I feel lucky, extremely lucky, because I know had ...
Perhaps it is difficult for people today to understand the furor that arose when Satanic Verses (SV) first came out. Even with the Danish Cartoons of a few years ago, it almost seemed to belong to another time. Perhaps this has to done with how the news media covered the cartoons. I’m not sure. ...