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The glaring lesbian subtext in 1942 horror film Cat People - Global Comment globalcomment.com/lesbian-su…
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The German word for defusing a bomb
translates literally as "remove the
spicyness".
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The yarn bombing revolution is joyful and subversive - Global Comment globalcomment.com/yarn-bombi…
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Professional Editors Network @MplsPEN
Roses are red
And John's eyes are blue
But you said they were hazel
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The glaring lesbian subtext in 1942 horror film Cat People - Global Comment globalcomment.com/lesbian-su…
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“… ultimately about the rage, helplessness, and desire for justice when systems fail survivors”: M.F.A. (2017) review - Global Comment globalcomment.com/m-f-a-2017…
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The glaring lesbian subtext in 1942 horror film Cat People - Global Comment globalcomment.com/lesbian-su…
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“… ultimately about the rage, helplessness, and desire for justice when systems fail survivors”: M.F.A. (2017) review - Global Comment globalcomment.com/m-f-a-2017…
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6 books to give the nature-lovers in your life this Christmas - Global Comment globalcomment.com/nature-the…
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Your annual reminder to remove the 4 bottles of Baileys you put in your trolley two months ago to reserve your supermarket Christmas delivery and actually add the things you want them to bring (unless you only want 4 bottles of Baileys, in which case fill yer boots)
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6 books to give the nature-lovers in your life this Christmas - Global Comment globalcomment.com/nature-the…
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"If someone’s liberation upsets you, there is a good chance you’re benefitting from their oppression" - Baby Boy Monaghan
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I wrote this about the #SocialModelOfDisability several years ago and, having just re-read it, it's not half bad
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The joy of loitering and the question of where we belong in public spaces: Feminist Art of Walking with Morag Rose - Global Comment globalcomment.com/the-joy-of…
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This, from Naomi Klein's "Doppelganger", is so important for responsible journalists to understand
[When editors and journalists steer clear of important topics for fear that their audiences can't cope with complex truths, it doesn't throttle conspiracies- it fuels them.]
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The Methods of Moral Panic Journalism michaelhobbes.substack.com/p…
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6 unmissable art exhibitions to relish in Yorkshire this October - Global Comment globalcomment.com/art-exhibi…
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Philippa Willitts: writer, editor, journo retweeted
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What a talent Tom Lehrer was - turned on to him by a university friend who introduced me to Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - but The Elements was always a favourite.
This from @PhilippaWrites is well worth a read.
“sophisticated musicianship with subversive subject matter…”
So sad to hear about Tom Lehrer's death. I wrote about why he was a genius, and why his songs stood the test of time. #TomLehrer globalcomment.com/why-ill-ne…
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“Gently hilarious”: Fisk review - Global Comment globalcomment.com/gently-hil…
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Chatsworth House is the perfect location for the similarly eclectic and ostentatious The Gorgeous Nothings art exhibition that celebrates “the resilience and persistence of nature”
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