Titillate us, entertain us, even educate us, but please, don't talk about rights
From the Blog beenasarwar[image: Women Protest Qandeel murder] Women and men in Peshawar protest Qandeel Baloch's murder. Photo via Javed Aziz Khan Pakistani model and social media icon Qandeel Baloch rocked the boat with outrageous antics like offering to strip if Shahid Afridi led the Pakistan cricket team to victory against India in the T20 match a few months ago. Yesterday, her brother in Multan strangled her to death in apparently because she was bringing a bad name to the family — a family she financially supported. [image: 576a5ec0da421] Talking to television journalist Munizae Jahangir some time back about the criticism she recieved, she had said "*Jab izzat hai hi nahin meri toh phir izzat ko khatra kese ho sakta hai?*" (If I have no 'honour' then how is my 'honour' in danger?'). The interviewpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Notes From July
From the Blog sonyarehman *By Sonya Rehman* In their 40s and 50s, my older colleagues tell me I should have strapped on the old ball and chain in my 20s. The older you get, they say, and the more set in your ways you become. I understand that now. But if you maintain your feminine grace, what is wrong with knowing your 'self,' understanding the mechanics of your heart and this new role: womanhod? I don't understand how a woman who knows who she is can prove intimidating to an evolved *man*. Notice I write man, because those who are easily afraid, intimidated, unsure of self-made women are still boys who need their own time, space, to grow. And I hold nothing against them. The other day I realized I was 'over' a lot of incidents, people, that were riling me up, affecting me in my present. Was quietly stpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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