This Year’s Olympics
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This Year’s Olympics

Any foreigner in Britain in 2012 must think the country was going through another world war. The amount of jingoism, flag-waving, anthem singing and hyperbole spilling out of the national media has gone into overdrive, suddenly proclaiming this country to be the 'greatest country ever', a claim that hasn't been…

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August 26, 2012
Mr. Mulberry
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Mr. Mulberry

I am one of those unusual anomalies you find when thinking of political and ideological combinations: a male feminist. I proudly follow and support feminist voices, organisations, individuals and legislation in Britain, as well as the international feminist movements (such as increasing awareness of the Republican Party's war on…

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August 11, 2012
THE TAKING AWAY OF TABOO
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THE TAKING AWAY OF TABOO

By Midnite Writer I was appalled to learn today that a biggie e-publisher and selected ghost writers are on a mission to re-writing famous, classic literary works of art in a format that would spice them up.  Having read these classic novels in high school, I find this to…

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July 21, 2012
The Secret Language
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The Secret Language

By Christopher Bryant, Guest writer for Wipe Out Homophobia In 1950s Britain, when it was a punishable offence to be homosexual, a slang called Polari flourished. Polari provided a way for gay people to talk to each other in code. If you wanted to say to a friend, for…

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July 19, 2012
Republican Pattern of Lying
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Republican Pattern of Lying

By OcJim There is a Republican pattern that has grown in the last several years. It’s called lying -- in more and more cases bold-face lying. It goes beyond distortion of truth or stretching the truth, which is normal in political arguments on both sides. It is outright lies…

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July 14, 2012
The Door to Anderson Cooper’s Glass Closet
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The Door to Anderson Cooper’s Glass Closet

“To be closeted is to be ‘dishonest,’ to be out, ‘making a big deal.’ It's not just about the fundamentalists and the queer-bashers—good, decent liberal people with the best of intentions can make negotiating the heterosexual world tiring, traumatising and even occasionally dangerous.” ~blogger tiger beatdown RIFF (spoken): I…

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July 12, 2012
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