Baghdad Burning is written by a young woman, Riverbend, living in Baghdad. Riverbend is in her mid-twenties and lives with her father, mother, and brother. Burning Baghdad is a blog written by Riverbend during the war. She has very strong feelings about the war and about Americans. This book is said to be necessary reading. Burning Baghdad is a perfect book to read in this course because it is present day and we are all familiar with the war. Also, it is a legitimate blog written by a young woman close in age to the students reading the book. This book is going to be easy to relate to in one sense, but hard to relate to in another sense. Reading this book can be beneficial because it is a point of view from the other side of the fence. It can be a real eye opening to get a different point of view.

After reading the post titled “Fat Is A Feminist Issue” I had to stop and ask myself..what has gotten into the women of our world today? This post briefly discusses a small study that was conducted..10 faceless women wearing a variety of tight grey clothing were shown to a large group of observers. 129 of these female observers consider themselves to be “feminists”..132 of them did not. These women were asked to identify the thinnest and heaviest woman they found “physically attractive” as well as the most attractive woman overall. The feminists found heavier woman to be more attractive than the non-feminists. All women involved in this study, however, seemed to agree on the most attractive woman overall..a female who was somewhat underweight..