When the personal should be political
Labour condemns UK ‘opt out’ from EU directive against sex trafficking – The Guardian “The government will review the UK’s position once the directive has …
The machinery of hate resurrects in Germany
The Sarrazin Debate: Germany Is Becoming Islamophobic Thilo Sarrazin’s comments about Muslims have triggered outrage in Germany and abroad, but have met with willing listeners …
Italy: Doctors accused of brawl over woman in labour
Police were today questioning staff at a hospital in Sicily where a child was born with suspected brain damage after two doctors attending his mother …
International Day of the Disappeared/ Dia de los desaparecidos
Today is International Day of the Disappeared/ Dia de los desaparecidos, an annual commemoration day created to draw attention to the fate of individuals imprisoned …
Embrace beige and win at maintaining the status quo
I sometimes post some problematic comments or stories from Jezebel but I hardly ever thought of the Jezebel phenomenon as a whole (separate from the …
Twitter and the feel good machine
I use Twitter. Not very intensely but I do and I really like most of the people I follow. The system itself, due to its …