Germany's Biggest Women's Magazine Bans Models From Its Pages

Germany's most popular magazine for women, Brigitte, will no longer feature professional models on its pages. Instead, it will use images of "real life" women. Brigitte's editor-in-chief Andreas Lebert told the Guardian that the magazine will stop using skinny models from the...

Muslim Headscarves Test the Limits of German Tolerance

"For years, Germany's legal experts have been arguing about whether Muslim public officials have the right to wear headscarves. The issue raises difficult questions about religious tolerance and constitutional...

Brigitte Bardot Convicted of Provoking Racial Hatred...Again

Former French screen siren Brigitte Bardot has been convicted of "provoking discrimination and racial hatred" and fined $23,325. Who knows what difference this will actually make, however, given that she has...

Brigitte Bardot on Trial for Using Muslim Slur

"Former French movie star Brigitte Bardot went on trial Tuesday in Paris on charges of "inciting racial hatred" by using a Muslim slur.Prosecutors asked the court to give the former sex symbol a two-month suspended prison sentence and fine her $23,760 for saying Muslims were...

Seals of Disapproval

On November 15, 2007 I reported on the Junk Science Studies of Overfishing by Newfoundlanders, much to the dismay  of some readers who still believe  newfoundlanders in  their  little 6 meter...

Germany Pushes EU Holocaust Denial Ban

Holocaust denial is already a crime under German law; the nation wants to extend that law to the rest of the EU. The key to this debate is the issue of freedom of speech, and whether or not it would be hindered by...

Minister Wants to Legalize Anti-Nazi Swastikas

"Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries wants to legalize anti-Nazi paraphernalia featuring crossed-out swastikas -- a symbol banned in Germany in any form"

Mass-Mediated Terror Threats Intimidate the Public

Columbia University Professor Brigitte Nacos and her colleagues have been studying the way the mass media have terrorized news consumers. What's your experience in the last 5 years? We'd like to hear..."According...

End seal massacre, begs Bardot

Brigitte Bardot says seal penises will be sold to Asian countries as aphrodisiacs. When she was younger, she was an aphrodisiac.

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