The Blood is The Life 08-02-2013

• Vote Molly
  Axe is an American men's deodorant, similar in their sexist marketing to lynx in the UK. They are running a contest to send someone into space. wouldn't it be cool if that person was a lady?
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• Vote Sabrina
  this is the UK version of the above. Certainly explains why axe and lynx have similar sexist marketing campaigns...
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• One of the reasons I want equal marriage
  Heart-rending story.
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• “Why do you hate the shape of breasts in plate armor so much?”
  this!
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• Girls Lead in Science Exam, but Not in the United States
  how culture makes a difference to exam performance
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• an alternate history of doctor who
  This had me at Hattie Jacques, but when it got to Miriam Margolyes as Six... It's just beautiful. I want to live in that alternate universe.
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• The new Tories: Maria Hutchings, Eastleigh
  Tory candidate for Eastleigh in her own words. answers to the last two questions most interesting to me
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Cross-Platform Follow Friday #ff 10th Edition

Solo Blog: Life Less Ordinary by Stephadoo - especially worth reading is her Guide to the ladies of classic who.

Group Blog: Brian May in Places - Hilarious photoshopping of my favourite curly-haired old hippy* guitarist.

Twitterer: DM Reporter. Spoof Daily Mail journalist. Hilarious and sharp.

Podcast: Mitch Benn music podcast, this week featuring EXXCITING COMIC RELIEF NEWS!

Pinterest Board: Cosmos: the Universe. Amazing photos of stars and galaxies from a huge group of people.

Radio Show: The Film Programme. Beats any film programme on the TV by a country mile, and better than Kermode and Mayo by dint of not having the incredibly irritating Simon Mayo in it. Presented by the incomparable, analytically sound and understatedly witty Francine Stock.

TV series: Bones, sadly not on terrestrial, but available on netflix/lovefilm/etc. The most recent series is just as awesome as the foregoing ones so far :)

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* this is not me being rude, it's how he refers to himself