Of late, I've been thinking a lot in passing about how the concept of "anticapitalism" is used against social justice movements. Whether it's Louise Mensch on HIGNFY asking how the Occupy London protesters outside St Paul's can be anticapitalist if they're drinking Starbucks coffee, or claims that the Occupy Wall Street movement is a Jew-hating mob ( Read more... )

1981 - not in the UK ( Read more... )

I was interested to note that today's Sali Hughes column has the start of a good discussion about the Bad Science of cosmetics advertising, what "chemical-free" means and how seriously (or not) women are taken as consumer. I think the commenter has a very valid point, but I'd like to see this unpacked a bit more. Anyone got links to more detailed ' ( Read more... )

I don't know why it seems to hard to write things down these days. I suppose it must be because I've got SO MUCH on my mind that I don't know what to concentrate on ( Read more... )

"I am not voting for a party that cannot get a decent playlist together. I'm with Rosa Luxemburg. If I can't dance I don't want to part of your revolution."

Hot on the heels of talk about dubstep revolutions, Suzanne Moore is right on the nose with an article about why music does matter, and why Cameron liking the Smiths isn't anything like the ( Read more... )

A guest post explaining what the movement's about.

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I really need this apron.

Pumpkin Porn, only a month or so late.

A lovely Flash animation about the size of the universe, via
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This is such a cute response.

It instantly improved my day. Yes, it's only one girl and her 'Star Wars' water bottle, but it's all teaspoons, right?

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My resolve to keep to my early German hours has inevitably been wavering. In my defence, I have to point out that the weather in Cologne was ~miserable~ and the hotel bed was warm, comfortable and king-sized, even if it did have that odd arrangement with duvets. What's that about, eh? Talk about discouraging intimacy. The hotel was very keen to ( Read more... )

...who threw shit (including possibly a fire extinguisher) off the roof of 30 Millbank...

...please go die in a fire, you fucking knobjockeys, and stop diverting attention from a serious and important issue by doing stupid, dangerous crap which could injure or kill people.

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