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That wedding happened, and didn’t we all know it!

Sun, May 1, 2011by tenderhooligan 1 Comment

In most countries in the world, parents can tell their kids that if they work hard and do everything right, they could grow up to be the head of state […]

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feminisms, randoms, sociologies

What I’ve been reading – bad mothers, and more NYT victim-blaming

Thu, April 21, 2011by tenderhooligan 8 Comments

Just two pieces today for I feel rather sick about both of them. Sweet mother of all that is good and holy, the Daily Fail may just have surpassed itself […]

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feminisms, sociologies

What I’ve been reading – Willets, “virginity tests”, acid violence, and slut-shaming

Sun, April 17, 2011by tenderhooligan 5 Comments

If only I could spend all day online reading blogs, I would. I can’t, so I can only give you what I see. Recently: David Willets: feminism has held back […]

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feminisms, sociologies

What I’ve been reading – French ads, men against rape, condoms in Uganda, and Nigerian traffickers

Thu, April 14, 2011by tenderhooligan Leave a comment

Where to start. It’s been a busy week in the blogoshere. There’s been a lot to talk about. In no particular order: The iconography of French advertising (theillusionists). This is a discussion of […]

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feminisms, medias, sociologies

In brief: yer all savages

Sun, May 31, 2009by tenderhooligan 6 Comments

I’m not one to defend the general British public (see forthcoming entry on culture when it, erm, forthcomes) but I feel that I should get my spake in, albeit briefly, […]

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sociologies

Moments of madness

Fri, July 13, 2007by tenderhooligan 15 Comments

Radio 4 recently reported an interesting story about new Internet billing software which disables your machine by issuing so many pop-up reminders about your outstanding payments that your computer becomes […]

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sociologies

More racism in Big Brother – housemate evicted this time

Thu, June 7, 2007by tenderhooligan 54 Comments

Hooray for sense prevailing. Emily Parr has been removed from the Big Brother house for using a racially offensive word to another housemate. The 19-year-old from Bristol was taken out […]

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