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Cameroon denies homosexuals face persecution

I am of two minds on this.

On the one hand, I sincerely doubt that the Cameroon government is going to expand any effort to prosecute a person for something that does not benefit the officials involved (Transparency International has Cameroon ranked 146th out of 180 countries in the corruption ( Read more... )

From ontd_feminism's post on Scotland's new PSA -

The PSA tackles victim-blaming in rape cases. This should be shown across the entirety of the UK, not just Scotland. Well done Rape Crisis Scotland!

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Day 05 - A show you hate

Not entirely sure about the point of this one. Surely a show you hate is one you're not watching? But there have certainly been ones I tried to get into and failed miserably. I have tried several times to get into SGA and BSG, for instance, without much success. Then there are the ones I fell out of love with, such as LOST ( Read more... )

Anonymity in rape cases. Boy, that's a strange issue. The government has recently clarified it's proposal to attempt to reinstate this measure by limiting it until the accused has been formally charged. This is not enough for women's groups, who point out that no such similar provision has been proposed for other serious crimes ( Read more... )

Tomorrow night, C4 will be screening a Dispatches documentary, The Lost Girls of South Africa. I will be watching it closely.

In 2009, the Medical Research Council published survey data regarding rape and sexual assault in South Africa. ( (statistics details) )

Primark withdraws padded bikini tops - aimed at 7-year-olds. I am without words.

No, actually, I am not. Everyone should go and read Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism by Natasha Walter, where she talks about - shockingly - this exact same trend. For those curious, other examples include:
- Tesco and their pole-dancing kit in the 'toys' section
- Next ( Read more... )

I haven't forgotten about these. I did a whole stack off-line in a notebook (almost the entire season, actually), and I'm going to write those up and finish up the season, see where that takes us. See this post for general assumptions on alien races.

( 4x11 Data's Day )

Catching up with some book reviews -

The Lathe of Heaven
Ursula Le Guin, p.184.

( Not a lot like the other works of hers I've read, but still a cracking read. )

Catching up with some book reviews -

The Lathe of Heaven
Ursula Le Guin, p.184.

( Not a lot like the other works of hers I've read, but still a cracking read. )