The double standards in erotica and porn

Wednesday, 19 August 2009, 12:02 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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This link is courtesy of Jodi over on facebook :) Really loved the article because it touches something I’m quite sensitive about.
It’s about Filament, a UK women’s magazine that is trying to publish some visual erotica for women:
Issue 1 featured three photo sets of men, none of whom removed their trousers. While some questioned whether [...]

The Lockerbie Case

Wednesday, 19 August 2009, 11:48 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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Abdel Basset al-Megrahi is a Libyan man jailed for the 1998 airline bombing over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. His guilt or innocence has not been proved, it probably never will be proved because he has cancer and does not have much time left.
It’s a very interesting case because it happened way before 9/11 when [...]

The Pashtun vote and how it may turn the elections in Karzai’s favour

There’s a lot of reports now about how ethnic divides may decide results (just saw one about the Hazara community, but thought it was badly done, so I’m not linking :]). Here’s one about how Karzai is set to get the Pashtun vote: