Posts Tagged with ‘LGBT’
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Independence: Media and Masculinity
04 Mar 2013
Living in exile in Greece at the moment, I watch the struggle for Scottish Independence from afar. Mainstream sources are almost universally crap - giving the British propaganda a bit of seasoning then vomiting it out through their mass channels. It is new technology that will win Independence. Because …
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Delusions of Desire: More questions than answers
14 Sep 2012
Guest post from Davy Marzella The politics of desire are failing us because they have been colonized, and are channelled into capitalist practices of consumption. Media promotes normative ideas about beauty and desire to sell us products that keep the capitalist system intact. Fat bodies, disabled bodies and racialized bodies …
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Rape: Heteronormativity and Ethnocentrism
29 Aug 2012
The issue of Rape has been all over the news this month, what with Assange, Galloway and questions raised over what comprises "legitimate rape". In a previous blogpost, I looked at exactly that issue: "What is Rape". The previous blogpost was written in response to chancing across an article promoting …
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A sort of friendship recognised by the police
14 Feb 2012
Having had to apologise twice in the last week for comments that were patronising or condescending, I'm quite sensitive at the moment about the manner in which I express my views. At the same time, the campaign for Equal Marriage is hotting up in Scotland, and I don't really approve. …