Links Dump 2012

Dec 31, 2012 23:59

Last ones for 2012.

http://www.news.com.au/world/outrage-after-superior-court-judge-derek-johnson-claims-a-victims-body-can-prevent-rape/story-fndir2ev-1226536893797 | http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/13/judge-women-rape-victims/1768673/
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/humbled-by-the-muslim-response-to-christians-at-christmas-time-20121228-2bz5w.html | http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/no-merriness-here-mosque-puts-fatwa-on-christmas-20121222-2bsk2.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/heavenly-virgins-hold-no-sway-over-freedomfighting-females-20121221-2brjr.html
http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2012/09/21/advocates-end-transplant/16494/
http://www.smh.com.au/world/police-under-fire-from-furious-protesters-in-indias-rape-capital-20121223-2btkd.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/asylum-seeker-debate-marked-by-tragedy-and-discord-20121226-2bwgp.html | http://www.smh.com.au/national/unaccompanied-teenage-refugees-could-be-at-risk-during-holidays-20121222-2bsik.html
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/biology-trumps-need-in-bargain-hunt-20121226-2bw43.html
http://www.watoday.com.au/national/people/how-racist-are-we-20121226-2bvmx.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/opinion/the-gun-challenge-strict-laws-work.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/silence-in-tribute-to-indias-daughter-20121230-2c1iz.html
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/opinion/political-news/unhcr-takes-aim-at-australia-over-nauru-detainees-20121214-2be9u.html

MOAR

Refugees
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/new-20000-ticket-to-oz-for-refugees/story-fn3dxiwe-1226537340811
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/labor-mp-slams-foreign-aid-cut-20121217-2bjd1.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/refugee-lawyers-challenge-indefinite-detention-rule-20121211-2b7lr.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/islands-of-the-damned-20120817-24dxt.html - "Millions will be spent on a new camp for asylum seekers while their own people still lack schools, health programs and decent roads."
Amnesty’s vision: a regional approach to refugees in the Asia Pacific
http://www.smh.com.au/national/deportation-no-deterrent-to-sri-lankans-20121201-2anyz.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/israel-eases-over-eritrean-refugees-trapped-in-nomans-land-20120906-25haz.html | http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/police-bar-israeli-doctors-ngo-from-accessing-eritrean-refugees-trapped-near-border-1.463176 | http://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/eritrean-refugees/ | http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49e4864b6.html | http://www.ardc-israel.org/en | http://iceritreanrefugees.org/ic/ | http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/10/28/israel-asylum-seekers-blocked-border | http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/israels-poor-treatment-of-refugees/2012/11/15/82f9f756-2dc9-11e2-b631-2aad9d9c73ac_story.html | http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israels-crackdown-on-illegal-african-migrants-draws-critics/2012/11/02/70687de2-2469-11e2-9313-3c7f59038d93_story.html | http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ruth-marcus-israel-confronts-a-flood-of-african-refugees/2012/07/24/gJQA5ebZ7W_story.html

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/red-cross-examines-nauru-protests-20121107-28yjs.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/coalition-boat-plan-attacked-20121023-283k5.html - when is the Opposition going to get the message from Indonesia and drop their turn-the-boats-back policy?!
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1559106/UN-refugees-say-queue-jumping-a-myth | http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/nauru-camp-unable-to-deal-with-mental-health-issues-20120924-26hgc.html | http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/sri-lankans-choose-home-over-nauru-20120922-26dnn.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/cloud-cast-over-fate-of-young-on-nauru-20120920-269k4.html | http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/onus-is-on-australia-for-child-safety--un-20120921-26c57.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/asylum-seekers-pour-in-as-others-sent-to-nauru-20120910-25oii.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/were-still-coming--boat-people-wont-be-deterred-20120814-246vt.html | http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/detention-deja-vu-as-victimising-begins-anew-20120814-246so.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/government-faces-mass-action-to-compensate-refugees-held-at-detention-centres-20120713-2219u.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/migration-slows-along-with-boat-arrivals-20120330-1w3fo.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/refugee-limbo-spurs-suicide-attempts-20120515-1yp3e.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/lives-lost-after-rescue-plea-denied-20120707-21nry.html - "Australian authorities refused to co-ordinate the search and rescue for the asylum seeker boat known as the Barokah, which sank in December killing about 200 people, despite pleas for help from Indonesia." ^%*#*^%#(&%$#$%$#
http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/political-news/asylum-seeker-impasse-pathetic-qcs-plan-to-stop-the-boats-20120629-216da.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/hard-figures-back-case-to-open-gates-20120628-2156z.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/the-people-smugglers-are-to-blame-but-that-is-no-excuse-for-us-20120618-20k86.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/detention-centre-policy-based-on-guantanamo-20120313-1uyj7.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/blunder-revives-siev-x-memories-20120603-1zq7p.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/as-108-drowned-they-cried-pray-for-us-20120602-1zoix.html
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s3502653.htm (asylum seekers)
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/asylum-claims-in-australia-fall-despite-global-increase-20120327-1vwnj.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/biased-but-refugee-reviewer-still-has-job-20120221-1tlrr.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/supporters-dismiss-claim-of-red-carpet-for-refugees-20120217-1tebm.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/refugee-obsession-out-of-proportion-20120214-1t49w.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/tough-laws-on-people-smuggling-are-a-con-20120212-1szkp.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/we-cant-abandon-refugees-says-architect-20120207-1r5k8.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/coalitions-nauru-costings-linked-to-caterer-20120206-1r1yl.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/2b-nauru-detention-bill-overblown--opposition-20120124-1qft5.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/bowen-reveals-16b-cost-of-nauru-option-in-letter-to-morrison-20120124-1qeui.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/sticks-and-carrots-used-on-detainees-plan-shows-20120108-1pq87.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/psychiatrist-numbers-boosted-to-help-treat-asylum-seeker-mental-health-crisis-20111211-1opsi.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/troublemaker-tag-shrouds-refugees-survival-struggles-20111002-1l3v4.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/lawyer-throws-down-challenge-in-people-smuggler-case-20111003-1l5e1.html
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/wife-mother--security-threat-20120517-1yths.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/teens-asylum-boat-ride-washes-up-in-adult-jail-20120525-1za3e.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/government-delays-action-on-buoy-to-help-asylum-seeker-boats-20120424-1xjfn.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/asylum-claims-in-australia-fall-despite-global-increase-20120327-1vwnj.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/buried-the-report-that-warned-of-asylum-riot-20120323-1vpbr.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/court-rules-against-turn-back-the-boats-policy-20120224-1tti3.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/supporters-dismiss-claim-of-red-carpet-for-refugees-20120217-1tebm.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/refugee-obsession-out-of-proportion-20120214-1t49w.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/funds-boost-for-detention-health-care-20120222-1to88.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/villawood-death-prompts-call-for-inquest-from-suicide-chief-20120227-1tyug.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/tough-laws-on-people-smuggling-are-a-con-20120212-1szkp.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/jakarta-slams-abbott-boat-plan-20120123-1qe40.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/biased-but-refugee-reviewer-still-has-job-20120221-1tlrr.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/most-asylum-seeker-rioters-turned-out-to-be-refugees-20120306-1uief.html
"Legitimate refugees, including toddlers, are imprisoned indefinitely. Only ASIO knows why and it will tell no one."
http://www.smh.com.au/national/sticks-and-carrots-used-on-detainees-plan-shows-20120108-1pq87.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/asio-blocks-child-refugee-on-security-grounds-20120103-1pjk3.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/asylum-seeker-policy-betrays-labors-true-believers-20111214-1ouf9.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/refugee-inquiry-to-tackle-backlog-20111212-1orij.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/psychiatrist-numbers-boosted-to-help-treat-asylum-seeker-mental-health-crisis-20111211-1opsi.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/lifeline-for-jailed-indonesian-children-20111210-1oons.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/bill-to-try-217-skipper-250000-20111126-1o090.html
http://www.theage.com.au/national/boy-freed-after-years-in-prison-20111112-1ncym.html

Religion
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/men-and-women-are-different-and-so-should-be-their-marriage-vows-20120828-24yo6.html - "Kinky! I like it!" | http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/no-place-for-spirited-women-20120826-24u8v.html | http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/for-a-happy-marriage-try-the-submissionary-position-20120830-251ih.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/islamic-groups-in-pakistan-support-christian-girl-on-blasphemy-charge-20120828-24yur.html | http://www.smh.com.au/world/senior-islamic-cleric-defends-christian-girl-20120904-25ci0.html | http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/girl-accused-of-burning-koran-bailed-20120908-25kye.html | http://www.smh.com.au/world/girl-accused-of-burning-koran-goes-into-hiding-20120909-25mh6.html | http://www.smh.com.au/national/the-teenage-girl-rattling-a-nation-20120918-264g7.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/where-theres-faith-so-too-doubt-20111223-1p8bl.html
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2012/05/the-strange-idea-that-religion-evolved-towards-christianity.html

Feminism / Gender
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/plastic-poison-found-in-84-per-cent-of-pregnant-women-20121217-2bjhu.html
Texas Finally Realizes Where Babies Come From, May Restore Family Planning Money
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/straw-feminists-setting-fire-to-the-marriage-material-20121203-2aqzk.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/ireland-legalises-abortion-to-protect-mothers-20121219-2blwb.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/figures-expose-soaring-rate-of-aboriginal-women-in-prison-20121206-2ay9b.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/opinion/sunday/the-gop-and-violence-against-women.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/rape-the-frightening-stranger-isnt-the-scariest-part-of-it/2012/11/12/5afddd7a-2d11-11e2-a99d-5c4203af7b7a_story.html
http://jezebel.com/5927962/treatment-for-rape-without-insurance-costs-more-than-some-good-used-cars
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/31/third-congolese-men-admit-sexual-violence | http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jul/17/the-rape-of-men
http://www.smh.com.au/world/porn-producers-threaten-to-flee-la-over-condom-rule-20121108-28zc5.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/egyptian-vigilantes-act-to-stop-attacks-on-women-20121106-28w3e.html
http://mindhacks.com/2012/10/28/a-brief-reheating-of-the-refrigerator-mother/
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/and-heres-the-news-my-bums-got-nothing-to-do-with-the-story-20121025-28837.html - "I finally decided to speak into that flesh-coloured microphone you were always pointing in my direction." A smashing rant.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/hardline-views-on-rape-in-republican-mainstream-20121026-28b40.html | http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/mourdock-conception-and-theodicy/264148/
http://abafflingordeal.com/2012/10/11/an-apology-to-paul-sheehan/
http://overland.org.au/previous-issues/issue-203/feature-rodney-croome/ - "The history of freedom to marry in Australia"
http://www.smh.com.au/national/paid-domestic-violence-leave-setting-a-world-standard-20121026-28b1w.html
http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/in-defence-of-the-hipster-male-20121012-27hgg.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/opinion/mr-romneys-version-of-equal-rights.html - kept for the useful phrase "rote ideological posture"
http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/playing-the-sexism-carda-guide-for-politicians-20121010-27cxp.html
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/she-asked-for-it-still-being-used-as-murder-defence-20121006-2767f.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/science/bias-persists-against-women-of-science-a-study-says.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/some-girls-they-rape-so-easy-politician-under-fire-for-remarks-20121012-27ghl.html
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/litee/malaysia/article/putrajaya-lists-homosexual-symptoms-to-prevent-spread-among-schoolchildren/
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4246568.html - Princesses and superheroes: the consequences of gender roles (ta bodlon)
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/exclusive-brethren-gp-banned-for-prescribing-gay-cure-20120904-25cnu.html | http://www.smh.com.au/national/healing-the-gay-worshipper-20120407-1wicq.html | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/25/robert-spitzer-ex-gay-psychiatrist-apology_n_1453570.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/togo-women-in-sex-strike-against-president-20120827-24uzi.html
http://therealkatiewest.tumblr.com/post/29993665904/its-trigger-warning-week
http://desliz.tumblr.com/post/8944082875 - "I can tell you how to stop the vast majority of abortion in the world."
http://tigerbeatdown.com/2011/08/04/the-girl-who-waited-why-i-hate-amy-pond/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/27/tom-smith-rape_n_1834234.html | http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/pregnancy-begins-2-weeks-before-conception-now-the-law-in-arizona/politics/2012/04/13/37993
http://bigthink.com/focal-point/attention-space-cadets-do-not-proposition-women-in-the-elevator
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/judge-rules-on-when-conception-begins-20120809-23wqa.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/call-for-free-abortions-as-needy-women-priced-out-of-procedure-20120805-23o1u.html (Australia)
http://www.smh.com.au/world/hanoi-ponders-easing-rules-on-samesex-unions-20120810-24013.html
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/ofarrell-to-offer-apology-for-years-of-forced-adoptions-20120820-24ins.html | http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/i-kept-asking-for-my-baby-and-they-kept-telling-me-no--20120821-24kqg.html
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/opinion/vagina-is-not-a-dirty-word-20120724-22lo5.html
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/when-is-a-virgin-a-virgin-20120720-22eza.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/18/dc-abortion-ban_n_1684283.html
http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2012/03/mens-rights-activists-named-as-hate-group/ | http://manboobz.com/2012/07/13/tom-martin-leading-uk-mens-rights-activist-pedophiles-who-pay-children-for-sex-are-not-really-rapists-because-the-child-understands-the-nature-of-the-contract/
http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/36643.html - "I mean, sure, America does hate it some women something fierce, but Dude Nation also kinda wants to get laid as well and not have to worry if that's going to be a roller-coaster ride of terror, counting, and continual arguments."
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/prolifers-raise-new-barriers-to-abortion-20120707-21noq.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/mar/13/woman-retracted-rape-claim-husband | http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/14/falsely-retracted-rape-claim-questions | http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/mar/16/false-retraction-rape-supreme-court
http://northern-district-times.whereilive.com.au/news/story/women-get-raw-deal-on-wages/ "It's not women versus men or anything that simplistic. People who are threatened try to turn it into a battle of the sexes."
http://www.scp.nl/english/Publications/Publications_by_year/Publications_2010/Just_different_that_s_all
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/airlines-transsexual-flight-attendants-equality-or-gimmick-20120313-1uxus.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/net-widens-on-family-violence-20120602-1zoku.html
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/family-court-lacks-power-to-stop-abortion-judge-rules-20120328-1vyso.html
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/02/22/430779/breaking-bush-appointee-finds-doma-unconstitutional/
http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/turning-point-for-sexchange-teens-20120210-1sic4.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/09/closure-of-hooters-breastaurant-welcome
http://tribune.com.pk/story/442516/ensuring-equality-transgenders-equal-citizens-of-pakistan-rules-sc/
http://www.smh.com.au/world/ban-on-gay-cure-hailed-by-activists-20121001-26vib.html | http://www.smh.com.au/world/trying-to-convert-gay-people-unethical-british-therapists-told-in-new-guidelines-20121002-26xg1.html | http://www.smh.com.au/national/healing-the-gay-worshipper-20120407-1wicq.html
http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-obnoxious-assumptions-hollywood-makes-about-women/
(the answer to http://animalstalkinginallcaps.tumblr.com/post/10204545846/damn-baby-im-feeling-on-that-proboscis-youre) | http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2011/10/03/111003sh_shouts_kaling
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/responses-to-domestic-violence-fail-20111108-1n5ls.html
http://www.watoday.com.au/lifestyle/life/the-stigma-of-sexual-assistance-20111111-1nace.html | http://www.salon.com/2001/07/18/script_girl/ | http://www.smh.com.au/world/condoms-for-porn-makes-the-ballot-20111227-1pbgo.html
Can You Tell The Difference Between A Men’s Magazine And A Rapist? | http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2012/may/15/1 (lads' mags)
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/shared-custody-a-mistake-for-the-under2s-say-guidelines-20111214-1ouy6.html
http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2010/05/sex-and-the-offlabel-use-of-our-bodies.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/hanoi-ponders-easing-rules-on-samesex-unions-20120810-24013.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-j-hamori/biblical-standards-for-marriage_b_1540159.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/lets-end-this-for-good-man-to-man-20120701-21arz.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/enraged-father-beheads-daughter-with-sword-in-honour-killing-20120620-20muu.html - Yeah, as usual, Perseus, you're a big fat hero.
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/red-tape-cut-for-abused-immigrants-20120616-20gm5.html
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/the-politics-of-fat-in-the-21st-century-20120407-1wi3q.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/courtney-odonnell/anti-gay-pastors_b_1566346.html
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/christian-lobby-analysis-reveals-strong-gay-focus-20120608-2017g.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/garrett-is-the-latest-victim-of-the-faux-feminist-body-image-cult-20120304-1ub02.html (Helen Razer's magnificent turns of phrase continue to knock me dead. :)
http://www.smh.com.au/world/thousands-of-women-protest-over-cairo-beatings-20111221-1p4kf.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/nuns-left-stunned-by-vatican-rebuke-for-radical-feminist-tendencies-20120423-1xhcm.html (Normally I would say "Give 'em hell, ladies".)

Science
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2012/10 - "This is the 332nd consecutive month with an above-average temperature. The last below-average month was February 1985. The last October with a below-average temperature was 1976."
http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/fathers-age-linked-to-gene-mutations-20120822-24mwb.html
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/339334/title/Visions_For_All - "People who report vivid religious experiences may hold clues to nonpsychotic hallucinations" | http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/frontal-cortex/2012/06/brain-experiments-why-we-dont-believe-science.html
http://mindhacks.com/2012/09/29/does-social-psychology-have-a-prejudice-problem/
'Severe abnormalities' found in Fukushima butterflies
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/climate-results-convert-sceptic-let-the-evidence-change-our-minds-20120730-23769.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/book-of-a-lifetime-the-demolished-man-by-alfred-bester-2343714.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/shock-for-the-shock-jock-20121001-26vgp.html - "...shock-jock talkback is no longer the powerful political medium it once was. It had its moment and that moment ended in the mid-2000s... It is now one medium among many and one audience among increasingly fragmented media audiences."
http://www.smh.com.au/national/revealed-dole-recipients-too-poor-to-buy-food-medication-or-heating-20120828-24yvs.html - "one in 10 Australians on the dole are unable to obtain a substantial meal each day, one in eight are unable to buy prescribed medicines, and one in 20 cannot heat their homes."
http://news.yahoo.com/montana-governor-sees-big-savings-state-health-clinic-204012377.html
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=last-worm-tropical-disease-near-eradication - Ha ha die fucker
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/the-story-of-the-only-american-not-on-earth-on-september-11th/262216/
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20092559-10391704.html (obesity)
http://mindhacks.com/2012/09/07/let-there-be-light-finally/ - PTSD
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/after-fukushima-neither-side-sees-a-nuclear-future-20121106-28w57.html
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428594.100-increased-autism-rates-crush-vaccine-hypothesis.html
http://www.livescience.com/19466-climate-change-myths-busted.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/making-heretics-of-scientists-casts-a-shadow-20120318-1vdp4.html

Bullying
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/leveson-warns-of-trial-by-social-media-20121207-2aznx.html | http://www.smh.com.au/national/when-someone-you-interview-suicides-20121208-2b1yd.html | | http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/it-wasnt-me-brothers-plea-shows-up-online-failings-as-police-consider-charging-impersonators-20121217-2biw2.html
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012/06/10/Anti-bullying-program-found-effective/UPI-44321339366287/?rel=90391340040376
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/desire-for-attention-and-power-fuel-mob-mentality-20120831-255kr.html

Misc
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/niqab-row-woman-loses-bid-for-costs-20120123-1qcy5.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/14/north-korea-boys-toys-threat-reaction
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/e-reader-privacy-law-enforcement-fbi
More Guns, More Mass Shootings-Coincidence? | http://www.smh.com.au/world/obama-will-back-assault-weapons-ban-20121219-2bltu.html | http://www.smh.com.au/world/god-bless-america-20121220-2bpf1.html (helpful background on NRA)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2012/oct/23/good-riddance-blackface-mark-lawson | http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/oct/26/cloud-atlas-under-fire-yellowface | http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/jones-makes-apology-on-air-over-lebanese-comments-20121219-2bluo.html
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/frame_game/2012/11/obama_the_moderate_republican_what_the_2012_election_should_teach_the_gop.html | http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/scocca/2012/11/mitt_romney_white_voters_the_gop_candidate_s_race_based_monochromatic_campaign.html | http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_big_idea/2012/11/why_romney_lost_he_couldn_t_separate_himself_from_the_republican_party_s.html
http://mindhacks.com/2012/07/12/bbc-future-column-why-i-am-always-unlucky-but-you-are-always-careless/
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/gangnam-points-to-our-future-20121007-27740.html
http://mindhacks.com/2012/10/12/bbc-column-psychological-self-defence-for-the-age-of-email/
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/13797-bradley-manning-says-he-considered-suicide-in-solitary-confinement | http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/whistleblowers-treatment-exposes-dark-side-of-obama-20121202-2aowh.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/the-importance-of-god-in-our-lives-as-black-women/2012/07/13/gJQAwPeOiW_blog.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/opinion/a-big-storm-requires-big-government.html
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/opinion/politics/stop-grumbling-about-tax-we-all-benefit-along-the-way-20121023-283ag.html
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/jones-faces-own-brand-of-justice/story-e6frerdf-1226490886840
http://tardiseruditorum.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/time-can-be-rewritten-32-shadow-of.html | http://tardiseruditorum.blogspot.com/2012/11/let-your-mind-wander-when-youre-handing.html
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/10/05/margaret-atwood-10-rules-of-writing/
http://expatjane.blogspot.com.au/2008/03/presumptuous-racist.html - "You can tell that it's traumatic for a white person for the first time ever to get shit end of the racism deal."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/17/uk-black-talent-leaving-recession
http://www.arktimes.com/StreetJazz/archives/2012/07/29/the-winds-of-time-and-space-interview-with-doctor-who-novelist-kate-orman
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/poignant-unfuneral-for-beenleigh-baby-boy-20120707-21nhl.html - Don't panic, I'm not about to top myself, but when the time comes I would like an "unfuneral" too, in a park with kids and balloons.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/pool-fencing-review-under-scrutiny-after-childs-drowning-20120706-21mg1.html - This was possibly my first ever political issue; certainly one of the first things I started keeping a scrapbook on. Must've been about 1986. And still kids are needlessly dying. Say, isn't there something in Deuteronomy about this?
http://www.smh.com.au/national/tent-embassy-shuns-mabo-anniversary-20120602-1zp7p.html - "We don't need [Mabo] to be recognised in the illegal corrupt systems of laws that have no jurisdiction over this country in the first place." Interesting point.
http://millenniumelephant.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/day-4191-times-champions-teaser-2-by.html
http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2012/06/black-womens-culture-of-social-support-to-be-studied-for-prevention-of-military-suicides/
http://blog.oup.com/2012/06/zimring-scientific-american-nyc-beat-crime/
http://www.spectraspeaks.com/2012/02/black-history-month-rant-about-ethnicity-erasure-we-are-not-all-black-the-same-way/
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/us/politics/why-americans-think-the-tax-rate-is-high-and-why-theyre-wrong.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/apr/05/us-sexual-humiliation-political-control
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/what-the-left-gets-right/
http://www.smh.com.au/world/high-premature-birth-rates-in-us-equal-to-those-in-developing-world-20120503-1y1ou.html
http://www.racialicious.com/2012/03/01/elementary-racial-privilege-my-dear-watson/
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/when-it-comes-to-crime-harsher-punishment-doesnt-pay-20120313-1uykb.html
http://www.smh.com.au/business/what-jesus-said-about-capitalism-20120408-1wjmm.html
http://www.morethanmen.org/2012/03/26/anti-choice-anti-woman-and-anti-honesty-atheists/
http://www.smh.com.au/national/minorities-fear-their-cultures-smeared-by-reports-of-domestic-violence-20120416-1x3qs.html
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/05/26/080526crbo_books_franklin?currentPage=all - Chinua Achebe
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/precious-knowledge-on-the-front-lines-of-the-ethnic-studies-war | http://www.salon.com/2012/01/13/whos_afraid_of_the_tempest/ | http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/the-tricky-business-of-rights-and-risk-20120526-1zbit.html
http://www.packetgnomes.org/~chris/DnD/
http://www.smh.com.au/national/cars-suicide-are-top-killers-20120425-1xln9.html |
http://theausinstitute.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/is-australia-high-tax-country.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/may/17/australasia-hottest-60-years-study
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/men-may-cheer-boys-may-shout-but-for-thousands-of-johnnys-war-never-ends-20120531-1zksu.html
http://botisrpg.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/set-piece/
http://fromastoryby.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/seeing-i-jon-blum-and-kate-orman-1998.html
http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2012/04/12/whats-in-a-number/
http://feelinglistless.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/eighth-doctor-year-of-intelligent.html
http://landseaandsky.livejournal.com/6360.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/the-silent-tragedy-of-profound-loss-20120418-1x7ri.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/the-forgotten-conflict-20120430-1xtuo.html
http://mindhacks.com/2012/04/29/bbc-future-column-earworms/
http://www.livescience.com/19849-talk-improves-thinking.html
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/faith-in-the-infallibility-of-the-mind-is-the-atheists-delusion-20120411-1ws4j.html - "... something beyond naked contempt. That, surely, is a reasonable request."
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/elders-say-teepee-man-can-stay-20120321-1vj7n.html
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/lifting-the-veil-on-a-courts-injustice-20120326-1vtt0.html
http://www.aoltv.com/2008/04/28/star-trek-the-next-generation-code-of-honor/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/feb/05/black-british-actors-america
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/mar/22/why-global-warming-skeptics-are-wrong/
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1282944/index.html (Black UK TV Writers)
http://www.universityobserver.ie/2012/02/22/steven-moffat-the-full-transcript/
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/opinion/sunday/why-do-innocent-people-confess.html
http://mindhacks.com/2012/02/22/the-mind-is-a-guess/
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/carbon-emissions-hit-a-new-record-20120313-1uyk8.html | http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/climate-change-still-a-reality-despite-soggy-summer-warns-report-20120314-1v3nn.html
http://www.desmogblog.com/heartland-insider-exposes-institute-s-budget-and-strategy | http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Heartland_Institute | http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/web-leak-shows-trail-of-climate-sceptic-funding-20120217-1tegk.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/02/study-of-the-day-blood-tests-can-accurately-diagnose-depression/252664/
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/blooming-miracle-russians-give-life-to-ice-age-flower-20120221-1tls9.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/a-woman-of-extraordinary-bravery-who-charmed-tyrants-20120223-1tp5b.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/girls-at-greater-risk-of-suicide-since-intervention-20120210-1sksp.html
http://www.denofgeek.com/television/1218847/are_doctor_whos_fans_the_shows_worst_enemy.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/jan/20/steven-moffat-sherlock-doctor-who
http://www.truth-out.org/us-ranks-27th-social-justice/1326737822
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/brenda-norrell/2012/01/tucson-schools-bans-books-chicano-and-native-american-authors
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/charts-what-romney-doesnt-want-you-talking-about----except-in-quiet-rooms.php
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/pathway-to-referendum-success-is-now-clear-20120116-1q2yk.html
http://www.theage.com.au/national/porn-blamed-for-childrens-problem-sexual-behaviour-20120113-1pzhh.html
http://www.theage.com.au/national/boys-abuse-in-home-first-sex-study-20120110-1ptld.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/let-evidence-not-polls-decide-law-and-order-policy-politicians-told-20120109-1prvm.html
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sharia-a-good-fit-in-some-areas-says-academic-20111214-1ouy7.html
http://www.smh.com.au/national/millions-wasted-on-aboriginal-job-projects-20120104-1pl7p.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/nuclear-disaster-response-failed-report-finds-20111226-1pap8.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57343397/census-data-half-of-u.s-poor-or-low-income/

Saudi Arabia beheads woman for 'sorcery'
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/how-the-left-got-it-wrong-20111221-1p5jd.html
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/addicts-arent-necessarily-bad-mothers-study-finds-20111204-1odfa.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/global-business-chiefs-fear-poverty-could-destroy-capitalism-20111202-1obey.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10?op=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/opinion/our-hidden-government-benefits.html
http://mindhacks.com/2011/09/21/teenage-kicks/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/12/1025555/-Open-Letter-to-that-53-Guy?detail=hide
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=straight-talk-about-vaccination
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/nannys-wisdom-has-paid-off-before-201

religion, reproductive freedom, refugees, gender

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