Monthly Archives: May 2012
Søren Espersen and Jyllands Posten
What the hell are 16 943 Somalians even doing in Denmark? by Søren Espersen It suddenly hit me this morning when I read a story about some systematic tax evasion by a group of Somalians: in Jyllands-Posten: What the Hell are 16 … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark, Politics
Tagged Dane, denmark, Jyllands Posten, Roskilde, søren espersen, Shahamak Rezaei, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Somalian
27 Comments
Racism in the Danish Press
A new report has highlighted racism in Danish society. One of the problems they point out is that the media promotes racism. With the report stating that “some media have continued to portray minority groups, in particular Muslims and Roma … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark
Tagged Cepos, copenhagen, Copenhagen Post, Council of Europe, denmark, Jyllands Posten, racism, racism in denmark, racist danes, Somalia, Somalian
1 Comment
One from the Vaults: Subscribing to Feminism
I wrote this four years ago and I still believe it! I guess that means I’m a grown up now, that I’m not overwhelmed with embarrassment at the shit I wrote in the past. Some of the trouble with feminism … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism
Tagged feminism, Feminist movement, human rights, Matriarchy, People, South Wales, Universal Suffrage, Women
Why Feminism is Losing (and will probably lose altogether)
Let’s get one thing straight. I am a strident feminist. I think that women are human beings and as such deserve full human rights. Now, feminism has lots of different kinds. Where I fit in on the feminism continuum (continua?) … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism
Tagged feminism, Gender identity, intersex, Male privilege, People, Trans woman, Transgender, Women, Women's rights
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The Next Great Depression
Everything seems to be functioning as normal. People going to work, seeing their families, eating and sleeping. I am anxious though: cracks that appeared in the world economy in 2008 are not healing, they are getting worse. I am a … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Christianity, financial crisis, God, Guerrilla warfare, Jesus, Religion and Spirituality
2 Comments
Danish Mainstream Culture is Quite Racist
Discuss. I mean, I can think of a lot of examples which highlight that Danish mainstream culture is quite racist and have written about them at length. So, let’s have a heated debate. Do you readers out there think that … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark
Tagged Dane, danish language, denmark, denmark is racist, humour, is denmark racist, racism, racism in denmark, shit the bed
6 Comments
News Translation: Mads Christensen Interview
Now the English speaking world has started to become aware of what Mads Christensen said. Great. The point wasn’t that his stupid “jokes” were damaging or offensive or injurious. Just that Dell were stupid as hell for booking him and … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark, Feminism
Tagged Cro-Magnon, Dell, denmark, humour, Information technology, irony, mads christensen, Michael Dell, satire, Stephen Colbert
A Realisation
Jim: Do you know what I was thinking? Selena: You were thinking that you’ll never hear another piece of original music, ever again. You’ll never read a book that hasn’t already been written or see a film that hasn’t already … Continue reading
News Translation: Controversy!
What strikes me here is If you’re going to call something “so dire it should be closed”, you need to make sure your thesis is airtight. You cannot fudge the figures because if your survey is exaggerated, no one is … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark
Tagged Aarhus University, copenhagen, Day care, denmark, Ole Henrik Hansen, Thesis
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Expat Dinners
Expat in Denmark, the governmental organisation set up to keep highly-valued immigrants in the country, have been running expat-dinners for a couple of years now. The idea is that you can meet Danes socially, make friends and then with a … Continue reading
