The Blood is The Life 16-03-2012
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miss_s_b- A4e From a Clients Perspective. | Online Protest Against Workfare
And people think Pauline in the LEague of Gentlemen is an exaggeration...
- The British Public are in favour of equal marriage - no they aren't - yes they are - etc.
Full Fact delves into the various polls.
- Harriet Potter
OMG Lady Neville is so adorable! And Lady Voldy is fabulous.
- For the last time – yes, you can be feminine and play sports! « Fit and Feminist
I want to know why people find it so unsettling when they encounter a boy who wants to dress up like a princess or a girl who wants to cut her hair short and wear baggy pants. I want to understand why people are so horrified by trans* people and gender-queerdos. I want people to explain why they react so negatively to anyone whose gender expression fails to align with the expected markers. Can we talk about that? Can we talk about how a society that prides itself on freedom can come down so hard on the people who choose to actually exercise that freedom? So not only would I like to ask that people stop acting as though athletic women are single-handedly perverting the natural order of things, but I’d also like to request that people stop it already with the obsessive gender policing. How about instead of focusing on whether or not people are good at being “men” or being “women,” we care more about whether they are good at being a decent human being? Can you imagine what this
- One of my fellow LGBT+ Lib Dems tells it like it is on equal marriage
"This /is/ a matter of religious equality and freedom - equality of all churches before the law, and the freedom of persons of all faiths and none to be married as they, and their god(s), see fit."
- How To (Really) Build Your Own TARDIS : Discovery News
Surely they are grown?
- Stephen's Liberal Journal: Warning to Danny Alexander - Stop George on cutting 50p rate!
I agree with this post.
- Trailer for Lego Batman 2:DC Superheroes
I, too, thought Wonder Woman was supposed to be in it. Amused by Superman's little lego kisscurl though.
- Amusing image
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Date: Friday, March 16th, 2012 09:46 am (UTC)My Dad lost his job as an Electronic and Electrical Engineer with British Steel in 1989. He spent almost two years out of work, desperately applying for anything he could find, reporting stories of how the Job Centre and other 'employment providers' would bully, intimidate and look down upon the very people they were supposed to be helping.
A friend of mine with a first-class honours degree in English Literature and Philosophy cannot get a job. She suffers from neurological problems that cause crippling migraines, but she is still incredibly pleasant and clever with a degree under her belt... and she is telling me the exact same stories I heard fro my dad back in 89/90.
We never learn.
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Date: Friday, March 16th, 2012 11:52 am (UTC)I'm really worried I'm going to be shoved into one of these stupid "back to work" programs. The training I did was to be a Biology curator. There are no jobs in this field out there at the moment, and I'm trying my best to find things that SOMEWHAT fit the skills I've gained.
I'm really starting to resent the feeling from the government that me trying to get ahead in a career I worked hard for, instead of stacking shelves like I did when I was 21 makes me an elitist or a snob.