The Rant Mistress
Zero tolerance of idiocy starts here...
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Channel 4's Ramadan bonanza
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As far as manufactured outrages go, this one was entirely predictable. Channel 4 announced plans to broadcast the call to prayer through...
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Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Australia, post-Gillard...
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I have not lived in Australia for almost eight years. Hell, why do I even care what goes on politically back home? But I do. Aside from...
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Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Nigella's business is now everyone's business...
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The reaction to the Nigella Lawson-Charles Saatchi assault story reminds me of the armchair heroes who come out of the woodwork every ti...
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Monday, 17 June 2013
Quetta: Why nobody should be surprised by the bus bombing
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Quetta is a troubled city. It is located on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Over the weekend, a bus transporting students from the all...
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Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Privacy? Who needs it?
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So Edward Snowden is hiding out somewhere in Hong Kong - or maybe by now, he's not. Who knows? Whatever the case, there is no midd...
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Thursday, 6 June 2013
100 years on from Emily Davison...
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So, it has been 100 years since Emily Davison died after invading the track at Epsom's Derby Day. She has become a feminist icon, a ...
Monday, 3 June 2013
Mumsplaining, matronising and mammaries...
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I had a feeling this might happen after putting my views on the Lose The Lads' Mags campaign out there for all to see . Some people w...
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Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Losing lads' mags and the slippery slope of censorship
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The hashtag popped up on Twitter over an otherwise quiet bank holiday weekend. Suddenly my Twitter feed erupted with #losetheladsmags -...
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Free speech, extremism and kneejerk reactions
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There is nothing wrong with questioning British foreign policy in relation to Afghanistan. Expressing the sentiment that the current gov...
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Monday, 20 May 2013
And again, same-sex marriage debate results in another long afternoon/evening of talking...
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I had an exhausting afternoon in February keeping track of the debate in British Parliament over the legalisation of same sex marriage...
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