Category: Comment
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The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds and how men get to speak while women stay silent
The following are some thoughts after seeing the show: I have just watched the Secret Life of 4 Year Olds which is based on observation over two weekends, each six months apart, observing children. The men with PhDs, who said they had never been able to listen to children like that before (this group of […]
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If there is to be peace in the world, Lao-Tze
If there is to be peace in the world, there must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, there must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, there must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, […]
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What makes a cafe independent?
Tesco have apparently been criticised for setting up cafe shops that look independent even though they are 49% funded by the ginormous billions-in-profit-making multinational. I find this very bizarre. I would instead criticise the Harris & Hoole brand for thinking it was acceptable to present their cafe chain as an independent one. Nick Tolley, the […]
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I have been…
I Have Been: I found this on Roofbeam reader’s site and I liked the look of it {writing} Not so much. A little bit at New Europe, a bit on here and sometimes in my head, working on that novel. That novel is proving quite difficult emotionally. I wish my subconscious would be a little […]
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Stalking, a new offence covers trolling?
‘Stalking’ and ‘Stalking involving a fear of violence’ have now become criminal offences under Section 111 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, which adds a section 2A to the Protection From Harassment Act 1997. From the act (3)The following are examples of acts or omissions which, in particular circumstances, are ones associated with stalking— (a)following a person, […]
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An anecdote about Loose Women and stalking
I dislike the show Loose Women and mention this first so you can judge whether that colours my judgement of what took place on one of their shows. A woman guest on the panel was chatting and answering questions from other panel members. She was a singer on cruise ships and found fame after featuring […]
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Noam Chomsky on Gaza
For more information on what is happening in Gaza visit this Media Lens alert.
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Meaningless mandates and erroneous privilege for the Bristol elections
There are two topics I dislike: one is the notion of voting as a privilege and the second is turnout somehow providing a mandate of some type on the leader. Voting is not a privilege, it is a right in the same way that education and health and police protection are rights. Imagine saying that […]
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Liz Jones doesn’t understand patriarchy
I have written about Liz Jones before and unwisely for her, she did not take heed of my message to keep it nice and try to energise and inspire people. Instead she picks on a whole group of women, mummy bloggers. She is critical, as usual, and wrong. I won’t bother defending mummy bloggers too […]
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Women out of the pink box and into a pink festival
You only need to read through the themes of the workshops of women outside the box to realise what a useful resource this may have been for women running their own business: “Inspiration-Perspiration; Inspiring stories from entrepreneurs, Start-up, Growth, Work-Life-Family, Marketing, Pitching”. Breaking into markets is hard so there is excellent help for these entrepreneur […]
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