The Blood is The Life 02-03-2012
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miss_s_b- The Controversial Case of Typhoid Mary
Fascinating stuff
- DeConnick and Noto Resurrect Dark Horse's "Ghost"
YAY! I'm really excited about this.
- SIGNAL BOOST: Fancy working in comics?
Here's a chance to get published.
- Gender and comics: "No more nut-smuggling zeppelins" - Graphic Scotland
Interesting stuff on gender panels at comics cons.
- SIGNAL BOOST: Hypatia Special Issue on Feminist Disability Studies
... is looking for submissions, with an 8000 word limit and very high academic standards.
- Xena and Seven of Nine together in pictures
- Sexism In Fighting Game Culture Says Nothing About Gamers, But It Says Everything About Bullies | The Mary Sue
Very interesting article
- Gender Guidance Group – Be Very Afraid | Sarah Brown's Blog
I don't consider myself to be the most trans-aware person in the world; I just treat my trans and genderqueer friends as people, and respect that what they choose to do with their bodies is up to them, and use the personal pronouns and descriptions they would like me to use. Apparently, this makes me something of a radical, and certainly streets ahead of the medical professionals who are designated to help trans folk... Seriously, how hard is it to respect other people's needs if they have no conflict whatsoever with your own? I don't get why so many people have difficulty with this. Just because somebody is doing something you would not choose to do does not give you the right to condemn them or denigrate them or treat them as anything less than the full human beings they are. Tossbags.
- Ahmadiyya Muslim Community - muslim sect differentiation
A handy guide to what differentiates each of the various muslim sects from each other.
- Englebert Humperdink to be the official UK Eurovision entry this year
... What? Sorry, WHAT? LMAO!
- Yellow rebels take on Clegg over NHS 'betrayal'
If this is not a misquote, if Clegg really IS ready to piss all over the democracy of our party, who's for a vote of no confidence?
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Date: Friday, March 2nd, 2012 05:08 pm (UTC)You don't need to wait for Gateshead if you think that's the right route - the benefits cap effectively withdraws child benefit from higher income earners, which Conference has already voted against.
I'm not sure I'd go for a vote of no confidence specifically over the party democracy aspects here - I do understand why Conference decisions can't bind our ministers, because that could be used to tie them to voting for narrow party interests rather than in the interest of the country as a whole. I do have very serious misgivings as to whether we're getting the realpolitik right at the moment, though, and am considering whether the Welfare Reform Act has crossed my red lines.
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Date: Friday, March 2nd, 2012 09:58 pm (UTC)