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The Blood is The Life 09-04-2012

It's Easter let's show the love with Christians, unless they are Gay
Stephen writes a moving post about what it's like to be a gay Christian, and arrive at church on the most important festival day of your religion, to find a hoarding denigrating you.
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Captain Jack is living in my bathroom
Sparrow, not Harkness
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The Potter Blogger: The EU wants to make me a criminal
More idiotic technology law stuff
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Dear 15 Year Old Me. I’m writing to tell you: It Got Better.
This post made me cry
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The Blood is The Life 07-03-2012

Interesting analysis of voting patterns
This post applies to Canada, but seems eminently translatable to the UK to me.
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Archie gay marriage comic sells out in face of boycott call | Books | guardian.co.uk
How to explain gay marriage to children is a topic that confuses me, mainly because I've never had to explain homosexuality to Holly. She just gets that some people love each other and want to get married, some people love each other and want to live together, and some people love each other but need their own space. The idea of imposing limits on that never entered her head till she went to school and met other children...
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On capitalism we lefties are clueless – it's not just a rightwing caricature | Zoe Williams | Comment is free | The Guardian
There ARE leftie market economists. I live with one. It's just that, for some reason, they don't tend to get very far...
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The problem with a new tax loophole :: ActionAid UK
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DCWKA pays tribute to the creator of my favourite Bat Villain.
So long Shelly :(
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The Hathor Legacy gives a masterclass in how to smack down blog copiers.
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Towards a Less Simplistic Perception of Gender
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Emily Blunt Thinks Women's Roles In Superhero Films Are Bad | The Mary Sue
No comment needed, I think
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Love and Liberty: Things To Remember About Labour #4
Alex continues his masterful series of eviscerations of the current labour party's hypocrisies.
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Women At Work During World War II
Actual vintage photos of women mending planes and engineering things. Gorgeous.
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NuWho, poverty, and class: Or, the poor women are totally screwed
Another excellent post on Doctor Her, which is fast becoming one of my must-reads.
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Scary scary detailing of the Love-In between Rupert Murdoch and Alex Salmond
Alex and Rupert, sitting in a tree, KISSING. Eurgh.
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Birth Control 101 For Idiots
The best post I have seen on the Rush Limbaugh thing.
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MIT Offers Certificates in Piracy
AVAST!
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Sometimes I feel sorry for Republicans
Andrew Ducker details the hobson's choice facing American Republicans
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The Blood is The Life 23-02-2012

The Consolation of Art
Holly has a fabuolous way of describing things in a very evocative manner. This is her waiting for a bus...
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Why internet piracy happens
(contains one v rude swearword)
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The Future Is Gender Distributed - Charlie's Diary
Interesting article; interesting comments too. Note that "interesting" means interesting, not "I agree with everything said here"
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The creators of Doctor Who were a scandal
Fascinating stuff about very early Doctor Who
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Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year's End - NYTimes.com
Hot damn, I want.
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No, It’s Not Equal
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A Request To All Readers – Review Books You’ve Bought
I shall try to do this.
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Doctor Who series 7: first picture, guest stars, 14 episodes confirmed - Den of Geek
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Pirate shoes!
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High quality lightweight children’s bikes from Islabikes
Non-sexist bike manufacturer shock!
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SIGNAL BOOST: Can you help HAmmer find “lost” / censored footage?
If you can, I for one, would be grateful?
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Mikel Janín: My first cover for DC Comics!
Those who blame the artists for comics being overly focussed on T&A; should take a look at this: artist draws a pretty sexy cover, and is asked to "tweak" it to make Zatanna's tits hang out...
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