This video against homophobia made by Parisian kids made me very happy today.

Hat-tip: greenie_breizh

I was out for drinks with an old friend of mine, H, last night. ( The glass ceiling: still in existence. Newsateleven. )

Everyone is squeeing over the James Marsters appearance in Torchwood. Having neither a past nor present interest in Torchwood, I did not watch it, so this journal is devoid of squee on that account. queenspanky and I did watch episodes 6 and 7 of S1 of The Wire last night, though, and an embargo on spoilers is now in place. Anyone who spoils me for any Wire ( Read more... )

Dear fandom (you know who you are),

( PLEASE DO NOT STOMP YOUR WORLDVIEW ALL OVER ME. )

I spent this week (post-exams, obviously) commuting to Kent and back, about 2 - 2 1/2 hours each way. The joys. The work's hard, and technical, and I could have really used a break after exams, and getting up at 6am is no fun, but it could be worse. I could be in the arse-end of north London I could be back at a former posting. Plus, my team is ( Read more... )

There is a very good article in The Independent today which basically sums up my views of the ‘multiculturalism v. womens' rights’ debate. Have a read of it below:

( Read more... )

Some good news for you all, on a variety of subjects:

- After years of study, Mathmatica Research, Inc., has just released their 164-page report on the impact of abstinence-only education, proving that it is ineffective and has been propped up by the Bush administration for years ( Read more... )

Feministing had some comments on IVF restrictions being introduced in Britain, which was automatically labelled as a step backwards in women's rights. This makes no sense to me, and it is obvious that the person writing the initial post had little understanding of what IVF involves, or what the restrictions would mean. This week's Economist had a ( Read more... )

Explain something to me. How can the US State Department call this no evidence of child or sexual abuse? The practice was criminalised, for crying out loud! What will it take??

Taken from erykah101. It occurs to me that I probably sound very hostile in this - I'm not, really, I've just been reading www.feministing.org while waiting for my client to get off their collective arses and do some work. It makes me very conscious of just how much I'm a stereotypical Girl in some respects.

So. Hmmmm.

( Read more... )