Thursday, May 22, 2014

Where the War on Women is Real

Hashtag FreeHappyIranians?

Iranian authorities arrested on Monday at least six people who starred in a viral YouTube video that shows them dancing to Pharrell Williams' "Happy," according to multiple reports. ...

Negar Mortazavi, an Iranian freelance journalist based in Washington, D.C., told Mashable that she wasn't surprised the six people were arrested. When Mortazavi first saw the video, she thought it was dangerous to upload it online, considering its content. "Not wearing hijabs and dancing, boys and girls together — that's three big red flags," she said.

To be fair it's a war on men and women. But why feminists aren't a natural support base for the war on Islamist terror (and yes, this is about the Shia verson and not the Sunni version) has always been a mystery to me.

As American troops go to Chad to help the approved (and deserving, I'll admit) victims from Nigeria, the Iranian girls don't get the benefits of #BringBackOurGirls. It's a funny world.

#ArrestedUnhappyIranians.