Oxford University students on why we need feminism
Just a reminder:
When Prophet Muhammad (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) was travelling on the road with his cousin, Al-Fadl ibn Abbas, a woman stopped him to ask him a question. The woman was very beautiful, and Al-Fadl couldn’t help but stare at her.
Seeing this, Prophet Muhammad reached out his hand and turned his cousin’s face away.
He didn’t tell the woman to cover her face.
He didn’t tell her to change her clothing.
He didn’t tell her that her appearance was too tempting or indecent.
He averted his cousin’s impolite stare.
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This is almost making me feel guilty for being on Tumblr rather than working on my literature review.
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The person on the chair was one Ruth Snyder, a woman convicted of killing her husband for insurance money. It was the sensational story followed by a tragic verdict–Ruth Snyder would become the first woman to be electrocuted since 1899. [Her adulterous partner Gray met the same fate]. “Ruthless Ruth,” the press called her; her story would become a Hollywood blockbuster with ‘Double Indemnity’. However, it was “the most famous tabloid photo of the decade” (as TIME-Life put it) that immortalized Ruth Snyder.
Photographers are not permitted into executions in the United States. For the notorious Ruth Snyder case, the New York Daily News was desperate to get pictures; so they hired a Chicago Tribune photographer Tom Howard–virtually unknown to the prison warders or journalists in the New York area. On that fateful day (12 January 1928), Howard, posing as a writer, arrived early in Sing Sing Prison and took up a vantage position. A miniature camera was strapped to his left ankle, the shutter release button was concealed within his jacket. As Snyder’s body shook from the jolt, Howard hoisted his pant leg and secretly snapped with a one-use camera.
That day’s Daily News’ cover simply said, ‘DEAD!’ with the final blurry image above, which instantly become one of the most indelible images of the 20th century. Howard gained overnight popularity. He received a princely sum and went on to become the head of photography for the White House. The state attempted to prosecute Howard and the newspaper, but nothing ever came of it. For many years afterwards witnesses to executions were searched and asked to hold up their hands so they could not operate hidden cameras. But the damage has already been done. The photo has become a rally cry for the opponents of the death penalty.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/0886540c311fb5cdaaad73e06b3212e0/tumblr_mgcc66OHyR1s2xv1uo1_500.jpg)
The person on the chair was one Ruth Snyder, a woman convicted of killing her husband for insurance money. It was the sensational story followed by a tragic verdict–Ruth Snyder would become the first woman to be electrocuted since 1899. [Her adulterous partner Gray met the same fate]. “Ruthless Ruth,” the press called her; her story would become a Hollywood blockbuster with ‘Double Indemnity’. However, it was “the most famous tabloid photo of the decade” (as TIME-Life put it) that immortalized Ruth Snyder.
Photographers are not permitted into executions in the United States. For the notorious Ruth Snyder case, the New York Daily News was desperate to get pictures; so they hired a Chicago Tribune photographer Tom Howard–virtually unknown to the prison warders or journalists in the New York area. On that fateful day (12 January 1928), Howard, posing as a writer, arrived early in Sing Sing Prison and took up a vantage position. A miniature camera was strapped to his left ankle, the shutter release button was concealed within his jacket. As Snyder’s body shook from the jolt, Howard hoisted his pant leg and secretly snapped with a one-use camera.
That day’s Daily News’ cover simply said, ‘DEAD!’ with the final blurry image above, which instantly become one of the most indelible images of the 20th century. Howard gained overnight popularity. He received a princely sum and went on to become the head of photography for the White House. The state attempted to prosecute Howard and the newspaper, but nothing ever came of it. For many years afterwards witnesses to executions were searched and asked to hold up their hands so they could not operate hidden cameras. But the damage has already been done. The photo has become a rally cry for the opponents of the death penalty.
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General information: ‘Desktop multi-application spiralling circle of hell syndrome’ is a zombie-like, depressed state reached during ‘leisure time’ spent staring at a computer screen with many different applications and numerous web pages open at once, over a prolonged period.
The victim’s concentration span declines to 20-second bursts, and the pointer on their mouse roams listlessly, without aim, around and around the desktop, clicking on applications (for example: Twitter, email, iChat, Safari, Spotify, iCal), never quite dealing with anything and moving on.
A typical spiral might see the victim skim-reading news pages, clicking on blog links, editing email boxes, refreshing message-board chats, typing Twitter responses, servicing a Skype chat, before repeating the pattern, over and over again, with a growing state of anxiety about life. Standing up and leaving the computer screen becomes not only impossible but futile, as ‘in the spiral’ the real world seems a very hectic and scary place.
This syndrome is abundant in home-workers, freelances, students and any other profession with a blurred concept of work time and leisure time. Although the spiral occurs in ‘leisure time’, it has no restorative or relaxing properties, despite the victim vehemently claiming that it does.
During an attack, the victim might look up from his/her screen, one hand clamped over their flickering migraine-stricken eye, resembling a toddler imitating a pirate, and grunt, ‘No, I’m fine, I don’t need fresh air. I’m doing THIS!’ On being questioned as to what they are actually ‘doing’, the victim will find this almost impossible to clarify.
"— How to Leave Twitter: My Time as Queen of the Universe and Why This Must Stop by Grace Dent
Popped up on my Facebook feed.
The shooter at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown was described by the media as “shy,” “socially awkward” & a “genius.” There’s privilege in an accused murderer being given a fuller backstory by the mainstream press with positive, or at least, complicating descriptions. I discussed this idea in a piece about the Aurora shooting earlier in 2012.
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"I don’t like this expression “First World problems.” It is false and it is condescending. Yes, Nigerians struggle with floods or infant mortality. But these same Nigerians also deal with mundane and seemingly luxurious hassles. Connectivity issues on your BlackBerry, cost of car repair, how to sync your iPad, what brand of noodles to buy: Third World problems. All the silly stuff of life doesn’t disappear just because you’re black and live in a poorer country. People in the richer nations need a more robust sense of the lives being lived in the darker nations. Here’s a First World problem: the inability to see that others are as fully complex and as keen on technology and pleasure as you are."
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“What’s Wrong with First World Problems”
This times a million, plus the fact that everyone talking about “first world problems” is bragging about them.
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“First World Problems’ and “Trigger Warning” are the two most annoying phrases on the internet.
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While I kind of see the point, every time I see the phrase “first world problems” I always see it as a joke, as a reprimand to oneself for getting upset over trivial things. I really don’t see why people find it offensive. And I grew up in a place that can be considered third world.
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Yeah, it’s supposed to be a joke, not people actually “bragging” about their “first world problems”…or even complaining about them. I say it occasionally but not often…but when I do it’s never to whine about what kind of noodles to buy. It’s always jokey…I for one know a lot about the “third world”…enough to know that the term is connected to socioeconomics of a country as a whole but that many in these “third world” countries are as connected as we in the US are. What’s more annoying is “white people problems”…still meant to be a joke, but if you’re taking offense with “first world problems” I’d think you should maybe focus on the MORE offensive “white people problems” which basically says the only people who are well-off enough to be bothered by trivial annoyances are white people.
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"At age seven a child in Singapore starts Primary 1. Since the beginning of the 1970s this has meant entry into a world of swotting and study, and – except for children attending a few Malay-dominated schools in the eastern part of the island – entry into a strongly Chinese environment. This is not a suggestion of an insidious agenda, but it is important to state it because it is a feature of which Chinese, as the majority race, are usually blissfully unconscious, but which members of minority races can never forget."
— Racialised Education in Singapore by Michael D. Barr
