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Sunday, October 5, 2014

MARIE CLAIRE MAG HIGHLIGHTS REAL FEMINISTS

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Dear Cosmo: Marie Claire features real feminists — the women of the Kurdistan Army
We've seen this week how Cosmopolitan - the "bible for fun, fearless females" - has defined its own brand of feminism by trashing reality TV star Jessa Duggar as "tone deaf" and "deranged" for her pro-life views. In the meantime, Cosmopolitan continues to pedal its own version of feminism with articles such as "8 Inspired Ways to Decorate Your Vagina (NSFW)," and "7 Sex Tips from Cosmo That Will Put You in the Hospital," as well as oral sex tips involving glazed donuts.
Let's skip this month's issue of Cosmopolitan, then, and instead pick up an issue of Marie Claire, which this month features a photo essay on "the Women's Protection Unit, an all-women, all-volunteer Kurdish military faction in Syria that formed in 2012 to defend the Kurdish population against the deadly attacks lead by Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, the al-Nusra Front (an al-Qaeda affiliate), and ISIS." Real feminism? Behold.













The Kurdistan Army today provides a sad reminder that these fierce feminists do far more than pose for photos.

Also read: Meet the female peshmerga forces fighting ISIS 

While looking for a video to include in this post I found a BBC report, dated September 5th, and realized that the fighter in the last tweet, who took her own life rather than be captured by ISIS, was prominent in the video. She is identified as Diren, age 19. Diren is highly motivated and her morale is high. She's proud to be fighting ISIS in defense of her people but also relishes the fact that she fights in defiance of the ideology of ISIS that women are basically weak and fit only for feeding and breeding.

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RIP, Diren

The video below does a great job of showing the proximity of the opposing forces. When watching fighters in a war zone being interviewed one can't help but wonder what will happen to them. In the case of this young but brave woman warrior, we now know. These people are the boots on the ground and it's time the U.S. back them with whatever they need to defeat ISIS.  Remember these faces...

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