| Dahlia Kurtz | Always Write! |
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 It was the most revolutionary social movement, since the chip hit the fan, in the wake of a chip company’s noisy but environmentally friendly bag. The other day, a small group of users on a social media site, created a social mediament, as it were, and managed to put an end to female exploitation. Sort of… 13 Comments  Women should weep. If this is what the proverbial “we” consider feminism, then I say down with feminism. Today, in the Toronto Star, Heather Mallick wrote an article about the specie that is Russell Williams. A thing that brutally tortured and killed two courageous women, and committed many other horrific acts. More specifically Mallick wrote about men in general, in comparison to Williams. “Men should weep,” she wrote.  A while back, prominent Egyptian lawyer and women’s rights activist, Nagla Al-Imam, proposed that young Arab men should sexually harass Israeli girls as a means in the resistance against Israel. And though I would like to take credit for the clever facetiousness, in calling Al-Imam both prominent and a women’s rights activist, I am sadly just stating the facts.  Sex and the City has been called a groundbreaking show that ushered in a new era of female empowerment. Whether or not you feel that walking blocks on end in $800 stilettos, constantly (pretending to be) eating high-calorie foods, and having lots of sex is empowering, is irrelevant. At issue here is something far greater than designer clothes and limitless bank accounts, in a city that eats money faster than Samantha can spread em-mental cheese on a bagel stick. If SATC is so empowering to women, why does its sequel take place in “Abu Dhabi” (as played by Morocco)?  Reality TV is about to get its cherry popped by something it has never seen before: a virginity auction. Australian filmmaker, Justin Sisely, is the brain(less)child behind this adventure, or romp, as it were. This is not the first virginity auction ever. They happen all over the world. But it is the first ever that could potentially be nominated for an Emmy. About a year ago, Sisely began a real cherry picking mission – recruiting virgins willing to sell themselves to the highest bidder. Virgins will get their $15,000, 15-minutes, and at least a solid 15 seconds of something else.  Why is it that such an influential woman always speaks as if she’s under the influence? Before you start judging me… I didn’t turn there. It was on. I was at the gym. A hostage to its messages. Strengthening my physical fitness, while it weakened my mental fitness. The View. A show with five women, from five different backgrounds: Journalism, celebrity, sub-celebrity, sub-sub-celebrity, and Elisabeth Hassel-what-the-heck-is-she-saying-beck.  This week the United Nations elected Iran to its Commission of the Status of Women. In other news, the UN also elected the KKK to its Commission of the Status of Israel and Nigeria. The humanitarian organization, proud of this stride in democracy, made the announcement about Iran’s accomplishment in a recent press release, buried about 2000 words in. Iran will serve alongside 10 other nations on the body, and was “elected by acclamation.” Meaning, there was no open vote requested or required by any member states. Not even the United States. | 
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