The news of the riots in London, Birmingham and across the UK are now (finally) international news. For those of us in London who have had our neighbourhoods set on fire, our local businesses raped, and our homes torched, it's surreal. It's depressing, angering, and confusing. However, instead of cowering in fear or letting this horrible situation destroy our neighborhoods even further, people are taking action to help protect their local communities, and to clean-up the mess th...
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09 Aug 2011 07:57 GMT
It's a landmark moment for women's healthcare in the USA - millions of women will soon be able to obtain free birth control and other gender-specific services.US health insurance companies will from next year be required to offer women free contraception without copays. The Department of Health and Human Services announced on Monday that from August 1st, 2012, health insurance plans must cover preven...
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03 Aug 2011 07:53 GMT
The grotesque tragedy in Norway casts a pronounced glare on one of the world’s ugliest problems - violent intolerance. In Norway, a 32-year-old man, Anders Behring Breivik, killed 76 people, many of them children, when he set off a car bomb near government buildings and then attacked an island retreat for the country’s ruling Labour Party. Breivik, in an online manifesto, deplored multiculturalism and what he called, “the ongoing Islamisation of Europe.” In order to combat the multicul...
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29 Jul 2011 11:00 GMT
It's not just L'Oréal, advertisers have always enhanced the truth when promoting products. Cheap body sprays don't get you more sex, your toothpaste won't stop you from having to visit the dentist, and Guinness might not actually be that good for you. It's one thing if the claims are merely hinted at as part of an amusing ad campaign, but what if they're verging on outright lies?
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28 Jul 2011 14:24 GMT
This week's award for not only Most Ill-Advised Rape Joke, but also Most Tasteless Celebrity Death Tie-In and Least Sincere Apology definitely goes to Esquire. Hannah Mudge explains why.So. You're running an article themed around sex and you want to make it current and oh-so-relevant to the issues hitting the headlines right now. How about a guide to satisfying oral sex? Good thinking. How about running it as a tie in with the
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26 Jul 2011 08:49 GMT
Amy Winehouse... where do I even begin?We've all no doubt heard of the tragic passing of jazz/pop singer Amy Winehouse. Indeed, there is a lot of news going on lately, especially the unfathomable heartache that the poor people of Norway are currently going through. However, the news of Amy's death is still heartbreaking, regardless of the other headlines.
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25 Jul 2011 12:13 GMT
Anger, moral outrage and righteous indignation. An evil villain, a wicked witch and hoards of noble crusading knights. July 2011, the month when the news became a melodramatic Arthurian legend.Instead of lances and swords, our bold knights dealt blow upon blow on the heads of the vile foe using nothing but 140 characters and a snappy hashtag.
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18 Jul 2011 12:00 GMT
If you've been living under a rock, you may have missed the complete shut down of The News of the World and Murdoch's New International's withdrawing their bid for control of BSkyB—and of course the schadenfreudegasm it generated (thanks,John Oliver, for...
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14 Jul 2011 13:45 GMT
While in '90s it was all about boy bands, mega-selling artists such as Garth Brooks and Michael Jackson, the last few years have seen a massive rise in the power and influence of female pop artists. And now, these women are helping to shape and improve the financial state of the industry. A new report shows that music sales were up 3.6% from 214 million to 222 million in the first half of 2011 for the first time since 2004, thanks to the incredible music sales of female artists suc...
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11 Jul 2011 15:00 GMT
The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 is happening right now in Germany! It started June 26th, and it runs until July 17th. So far, the groups have been whittled down to eight teams for the quarter-finals: Germany
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08 Jul 2011 09:00 GMT