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Religion, Vaginas, and FreethoughtFree Speech, Fear Free
“The moment you declare a set of ideas be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible” – Salman Rushdie “Freethought Lebanon” is an initiative that aims to empower freethinkers in Lebanon (both Lebanese and non-Lebanese) in order to promote humanism, encourage critical thinking, and disseminate secular values as a solution
We Want Change Now (The Long Read)Global Socialism and Anarchism will Lead Against Corporate Plutocracy
“I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.” – Mikhail Bakunin I remember being 8 or 9 years old, coming back from school to watch my
Can Your Love Cross Borders?Religion, Race and Nationality as Dividing Constructs for Present Couples
To the loved ones in my life There are six people in my life, three couples to be precise, who are battling for the survival of their relationship. Their fight comes against age-long traditions of wanting to maintain a form of exclusiveness or purity within cultures. Hence, their struggles are against constructs such as religion,
Unapologetically FeministMy Journey as a Media Activist and Interacting With Online Misogyny
I have been an online feminist activist for a few years now. My journey started when I was around 14 years old observing my mother who, at the time, was involved in a Women’s Rights organization in Syria. I remember arguing with a few teachers and professors when the classroom discussion would turn slightly misogynistic but
On Liberty of Conscience and Toleration or why we can’t eat the cake and have it too
In the past few weeks, a lot of ink has been spilled, both in the press and on social media, about the way some freedoms clash with anti-discrimination laws. The dominant leitmotiv seems to be that hate speech should be banned or even criminalised, religious exemptions are deemed unfair, and more recently, the presumably scandalous