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Global Quickies: Brave Kids, Cultural Appropriation, and Voting for the “Wife of…”
MEXICO “A 12-year-old Mexican boy became an overnight icon after a journalist snapped a photograph of him attempting to block an anti-LGBT demonstration.” ITALY “Four men are being questioned in Italy in connection with the suicide of a woman who battled for months to have a viral video that showed her having sex removed from the internet.” SPAIN “On Tuesday…
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Global Quickies: Sexist Textbooks, Bad Advice, and a Terribly Concieved Fertility Day
AUSTRALIA (From Jack99) “Doctors around Australia have criticised dietary advice by celebrity chef Pete Evans who told a person diagnosed with osteoporosis to remove dairy from her diet.” UK “MPs have urged China’s UK ambassador to intervene in a row over racist comments reportedly issued by a Chinese airline about ethnic minority areas of London. An image of text from…
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Global Quickies: Burkini Ban Overturned, Being Trans in Turkey, and Racists All Over
FRANCE “After a month of intense national scandal and heightened international outrage, France’s highest administrative court, the Conseil d’État, on Friday overturned the burkini ban in a coastal area of the south of France.” FRANCE “Burkini bans in France have boosted sales and interest in the full-body Islamic swimsuit, particularly from non-Muslim women, the Australian credited with creating the design…
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Global Quickies: Women in Stadiums, Period Taboos in Sports, and Hair Salons Help Family Planning
JORDAN “A gag order has been placed on a Jordanian writer who was arrested for posting a cartoon deemed offensive to Islam. […]The cartoon depicts God in paradise, being treated as a servant by an Arab man, who is in bed with two women and asking for wine.” FRANCE “A French court has refused to release a 68-year-old woman pardoned…
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Global Quickies: Honor Killings, Burquini Ban, and Body-Shaming in the Olympics
AFGHANISTAN A pregnant 14 year-old girl who was burned to death, had been given as part of a dowry and then married-off to an abusive husband. FRANCE “The mayor of Cannes has banned the wearing of burqinis – full-body swimsuits – on the beaches of the French Riviera resort famous for its annual film festival, officials said on Thursday.” UK…
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Global Quickies: Vaccinations Up in Australia, Men in Hijab, and Sexual Assault at the Olympics
AUSTRALIA “Australian vaccination rates are at an all-time high after government removes anti-vaxxers’ benefits. […] According to the report, since the policy was introduced in January, the immunisation rate for one- and five-year-olds has now reached 93 percent for the first time ever – up from around 90 percent.” GERMANY “German and Dutch police are probing the deaths of three…
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Global Quickies: Landmine Destroying Drone, Jordanian LGBT Magazine, and Disciplinary Actions Against Antivax Doctors in Italy
CANADA (From Dan) “Comedians across Quebec are worried their freedom to poke fun at others was dealt a severe blow by the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal. In a decision handed down Wednesday, the tribunal ordered comedian Mike Ward to pay a total $42,000 to Jérémy Gabriel and his mother, compensation for being the butt of several jokes.” MALAWI “Malawi President…
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Global Quickies: Un-Islamic Pokemon Go, Queens in Iran, and Sexual Violence During Running of the Bulls
SPAIN It’s running of the bulls season so, as every year, this happens: “Police in Pamplona have arrested 16 men over the last few days as they investigate reports of five violent sexual attacks – including a rape and an attempted rape – and 11 allegations of sexual assault.” EGYPT “An official for the top Islamic authority in Egypt told…
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