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Little Miss Brightside
http://www.littlemissbrightside.com
The rambling writings of a Canadian postgraduate student living and studying in Melbourne, Australia.
I am a self-proclaimed liberal with an acute sense of justice and a bevy of opinion. I am interested by topics of politics, media, feminism, international affairs, current events, and anything else that someone can have an opinion on.
Recent Posts
Australian Archbishop Believes Prayer Cures Cancer
Well, I guess science can go ahead and stop searching for a cure for cancer – the head of Australia’s Catholic Church, Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal George Pell has stated categorically that prayer cures cancer. Pell’s statement com...
In Defense of British Airways Cabin Crew (and Sydney Bus Drivers)
I am so. damned. tired. of all the accusations of ’selfishness’ coming from white bourgeois holiday revellers directed at the astonishingly underpaid airline workers who have decided to take dramatic measures in their negotiations with Br...
Australia Goes Ahead with Internet Censorship á la China and Iran
Several months ago, I wrote about the Australian government’s plan to censor the web out of dear concern for the delicate sensibilities of the Australian public. After the public backlash and the publishing on WikiLeaks of the list of censored ...
University of Montreal Study on Pornography Unable To Find A Single Man Who Had Not Watched Porn
A University of Montreal study that sought to compare the views pornography-viewing men held about women to the views of non-viewing men had to be aborted after the researchers were unable to find a single man that had not viewed pornography. Accordi...
Radical Ideas for Addressing Men’s Violence
Make no mistake, violence is inherently a men’s issue. Somehow, through every culture in every society in all of history, constructed ideas about ‘masculinity’ have heavily relied upon violence as evidence of said masculinity. Today...
I Suppose Jeffrey Dahmer Was Involved in “Dinner-time Arguments”
Remember a year or so ago when that KBR employee told the media about her experience being gang-raped by her fellow co-workers in Iraq and how the company wouldn’t let her take any legal action? They were apparently successful in silencing her ...
