Iraqi women refuse to be intimidated

Goon Moqtada al-Sadr attempted to tell Iraqi women what to do.  They took to the streets last week to tell him they don't need his advice.

1. Mosul Eye عين الموصل‏Verified account @MosulEye Feb 13
   

   Women of Iraq take to the streets defending freedom. Revolutionary Women who will change the history of Iraq. #IraqProtests

   

   
   

   

   

   

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2. Reaam ريام  🪐‏ @reaam_mh Feb 13
   

   Todays womens march in Baghdad. Today our womens voices echo across every province in Iraq. If you look closely- the men have created a wall surrounding the women as protection. #بناتك_ياوطن #IraqProtests

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1. Middle East Eye‏Verified account @MiddleEastEye 9h9 hours ago
   

   Gallery: Thousands of women pour into the streets of Iraq to oppose government cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's calls for segregation http://ow.ly/ulaA30qi56F 

   

   
   

   

   

   

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1. Arwa Ibrahim‏Verified account @arwaib Feb 13
   

   Huge women’s march through the streets of #Iraq today to call for women’s rights + denounce Shia leader Muqtadaal-Sadr’s calls to segregate men and women in protest hubs. #Iraqprotests

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1. Faisal Saeed Al Mutar‏Verified account @faisalalmutar Feb 9
   

   This is HEROIC. Iraqi women continue joining the protests DESPITE calls for segregation from Muqtada Al Sadr and his militants. They also launched hashtag #هي_الثورة This is the type of energy that keeps me optimistic about the future of Iraq and the middle east. Please RT

   

   
   

   

   

   

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1. luma‏ @luma24259306 Feb 13
   

   luma Retweeted zara  🇮🇶

   Iraqi women of different cultural & religious beliefs united by their love for Iraq. The male protesters supported & protected them. Today Iraq proved it will never become another "Mullah State" كد كيدك و اسعى سعيك فوالله لا تمحو ذكرنا #بناتك_ياوطن #شبابك_ياوطن @UN_Women

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   Iraqi women of different cultural & religious beliefs united by their love for Iraq. The male protesters supported & protected them.…

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2. Mohamad Ali Harissi‏Verified account @aleeharissi Feb 13
   

   Hundreds of Iraqi women gathered in central #Baghdad today, to defend their role in the four months long anti-government protests, waving #Iraq’s flag and vowing to continue

   

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3. Mohamed Al Ajil‏ @M_Ajil Feb 13
   

   I expected Women in Baghdad to have a big March but the South , now that’s the real revolution Nasriyah and Basra. We don’t need to look anymore at old pics of Iraq and state it was better back then . I would rather have this Iraq were change is coming from the people .

   

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1. Faisal Saeed Al Mutar‏Verified account @faisalalmutar Feb 9
   

   More photos are being sent and uploaded on the same hashtag on both facebook and Twitter #هي_الثورة translates to #SheIsTheRevolution Show your support for these amazing women by using both hashtags and let them know they are not alone. Media coverage will be great too! #Iraq

   

   
   

   

   

   

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2. Liz Sly‏Verified account @LizSly Feb 9
   

   Liz Sly Retweeted د. علي الجابري

   The people of Iraq are just not giving up, despite 100s of deaths, intimidation and who knows how many arrests. They were out in force in Iraqi cities today. Women led the march in Baghdad. Feel the anger.

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   وين الملايين؟ كلها كذب تلطم عالحسين

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1. ABC News‏Verified account @ABC Feb 13
   

   Hundreds of women marched in Baghdad, calling on the United Nations to support their protest against alleged corruption, discrimination and gender-based segregation. Protesters demanded the end of the current political system in Iraq. https://abcn.ws/2UPOsTW 

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2. NCRI Women's Committee‏Verified account @womenncri Feb 13
   

   More on #iraqi_women's march calling for #Iraq's freedom

   

   
   

   

   

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3. Hussein Faleh Raheem‏ @Hussein_Afp Feb 13
   

   An Iraqi women holds a red rose as she takes part in an anti government demonstration in southern city of#basra on February 13,2020 #iraq

   

   
   

   

   

   

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Azhar Al-Rubaie | أزهر الربيعي‏ @AzherRubaie 18h18 hours ago

In pictures| Iraqi women take to streets defying government and conservatives. A woman carries a poster saying "we are the home, who are you!". My photo gallery story with the great photographer @AmeerHazim, for @MiddleEastEye https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pictures-iraqi-women-take-streets-defying-goverment-and-conservatives …

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PREVENTION MAGAZINE can't be bothered with facts -- or fact checking

Last month, PREVENTION MAGAZINE published a story on Jane Fonda.

We were left scratching our heads.  Not just over the headline which seemed better suited to a magazine entitled GREED but also over the byline.  Nicol Natale wrote the article and she's billed as "an assistant editor."  Who edits the editor?




Better yet, who fact checks the editor?




We found multiple errors, reasons the article never should have been published to begin with.  We're zooming in on these five.



1) "In 1960, Fonda’s career really started to bloom. She took home a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in the play There Was A Little Girl and made her first film appearance in the romantic comedy Tall Story."

Huh?

Jane Fonda's never won a Tony.  She was nominated in 1960 -- and again in 2009 -- but she's never won a Tony.

2) "She continued to juggle film and theatre in the years to come, starring in notable movies, like The Chapman Report (1962), Barbarella (1968), and They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969)."

No, she didn't juggle them.  She left the theater in 1963 with the Actors Studio's production of STRANGE INTERLUDE.  She would not return until 2009.


3) "She also won an Oscar for On Golden Pond (1981), in which she co-starred with her father."

No.  Jane was nominated for Best Supporting Actress (and lost to Maureen Stapleton) and the film was nominated for Best Picture (Jane's company produced the film) but lost to CHARIOT'S OF FIRE.

4) "After injuring her ankle while filming The China Syndrome in in 1979, Fonda shifted gears and started doing aerobics and strength exercises with instructor Leni Cazden."

Wrong.  Jane was filming THE CHINA SYNDROME in 1978.  She had to follow that film, a few weeks later, with CALIFORNIA SUITE which included a bikini scene.  That's why she started doing aerobics and strength exercise.  CALIFORNIA SUITE was released in December of 1978, by which point Jane was filming THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN and was leading a workout class for any who wanted to participate.

5) "In 2013, she released her memoir My Life So Far, which became a New York Times bestseller."

MY LIFE SO FAR was published in April of 2005.



How does something like that article get written by an assistant editor, let alone published?

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