| Hardly 'the "bravest woman in Afghanistan"' |
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| Written by Mark | ||
| Monday, 16 November 2009 14:38 | ||
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That's the view of Brian Platt at The Canada-Afghanistan Blog: Brave Women Malalai Joya is now touring the Vancouver area with her new book, "A Woman Among Warlords". (I'm not going to link to it.) In general, she receives fawning press coverage. You'll often see her quoted as the "bravest woman in Afghanistan", which is apparently what the BBC dubbed her. I went to a presentation of hers on Friday afternoon [Nov. 13]... Read on, and then read Terry Glavin: An Encounter With The Latest Poster Girl For Dizzy, Bourgeois Vanity... It is only in "the west" that she serves any purpose. She can be summoned as a sort of celebrity spokesmodel for that caste of the west's rich liberals who have a weird need to believe the lie that there is something "feminist" or "progressive" in the narcissistic, reactionary isolationism they have adopted as the defining mark of their own political virtue. It's the reason why so much effort is expended in building up a cult of celebrity around Joya. That's all that's going on here. It has absolutely nothing to do with what Afghan women want or need... Mark Ottawa
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Rick Bonsteel
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... The CBC and their ilk have a peculiar notion of "bravery". When Linden MacIntyre won his recent literary prize (I forget what it was -- Governor General? Booker?) it was said to be because of his bravery in writing the novel The Bishop's Man. Bravery?! He was criticizing the Catholic Church -- pretty much a routine event. If he wanted to be brave, why didn't he go after an imam? |
