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Yes, We Can Choose Who We Love (Sort Of). And? 21 Aug 2013 | 07:33 pm
There was rather fluffy piece about a polyamorous relationship on the BBC news site this week. It was extremely superficial and barely touched upon interesting and important questions about the practi...
Reconsidering My Support For The TV Licence Fee 21 Aug 2013 | 03:51 pm
My love for the BBC, and thus my support for the licence fee, has always been one of those "faith" things I have. Like my love for the monarchy, I acknowledge that this belief is completely out of ste...
2013 Britain Is Not East Germany But... 20 Aug 2013 | 03:14 pm
Let us not kid ourselves. We are not living in the world of 1984. We are not in a position to cry out for freedom as if we're being oppressed. Though it is easy to compare our western civilisation to ...
Come Quick Christian Warriors, Lest You Be Considered Hypocrites! #section28lives 19 Aug 2013 | 11:14 pm
The anger and fear over teachers being forced to promote homosexuality (or at least not speak their conscience) that was expressed during the same-sex marriage debates couldn't be anything other than ...
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief 18 Aug 2013 | 06:07 pm
I've read many, many books on Scientology and I think I can safely say that this is the most well-written of them all. The beautiful prose made this an absolute joy to read (even if I read most of it ...
Whilst Our Opponents Moaned About Hypotheticals, Their Kin Were Banning Free Speech In Schools 17 Aug 2013 | 08:17 pm
Remember during the same-sex marriage debates how often the plight of teachers being stopped from saying what they believed was brought up? Oh it was going to be awful, teachers would be sacked, lives...
Lose The Lad's Mags Is Heteronormative! 14 Aug 2013 | 10:05 pm
I hate the word heteronormative. Like "trigger warning" and "privilege", it rubs me up the wrong way. I did use it, very reluctantly, in my last post and it even rubbed me up the wrong way then. It do...
Why I Am Not A Feminist 11 Aug 2013 | 02:18 pm
I'm nobody special so there shall be no profound truths, and no reinventing of the wheel, here. But I felt it was time to write up why I personally disassociate myself from the word "feminist". It is...
Scientology And Some Interesting Times Ahead 8 Aug 2013 | 11:53 pm
We are not quite at the excitement levels that Project Chanology caused, but there are two very big events (one newsworthy and one less so) that are likely to make Scientology pretty interesting for t...
Important Question Of The Week: How Much Cleavage Is Too Much? #losetheladsmags 6 Aug 2013 | 11:58 pm
Some of the things I say below do not actually reflect my opinions. I don't feel I need to point out which bits... So as Lose The Lad's Mags campaign makes advances ahead of their 24th August action....
