A militant feminist using inaccuracy as one of the basic tools in her snap-on toolbox?
Gee, who would thunk it? :P
Based on the author's name, there is a good chance that English is his first language, but this passage definitely calls for a qualified editor; does this refer to execution because of sodomy, or execution by sodomy? I thought the practiioners preferred a slow death caused by AIDS with drug cocktails to while away the time...
Jeeze, doesn’t look like a feminist. Earings, hair managed, lipstick.
But I’d have check the armpits for a final answer.
This lady wrote an entire book based on an old English legal term that she misunderstood. The term meant exactly the opposite of what she thought it meant.
The AP reported that publishers rarely fact-check books, citing time and expense.
1) That the book was so bad , too obvious?
or
2) That there still is some leadership in the publishing industry and we should be encouraged.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_Mifflin_Harcourt
Here is how and why it happened. A reminder to all of us to shine the light. But to shine the light we need to know a lie when we see it.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/naomi-wolf-bbc-interview-error-book-executions
It is every author’s biggest nightmare – getting called out live on air for featuring factually incorrect information in your new upcoming book.