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[hawkwing_lb]

Should We Be Worried About the End of Boys?

Mesle’s connection between manhood and power is disturbing from a feminist perspective. Should the girls in these books love men who accept social power, regardless of the cost? Probably not. That’s a pretty terrible way of choosing a boyfriend.

Greece is ripe for radical change:

The new cuts in salaries and pensions come on top of the 40% reductions already in place. Greece has experienced a 24% GDP contraction over five years, with unemployment at 25.5 % and youth unemployment at 55%, the highest in Europe. A humanitarian crisis has followed, with homelessness, mental illness and suicide at unprecedented levels. Hospitals cannot work for lack of basic medicines, schools have no textbooks or fuel for heating, people scour rubbish bins for food. The various lists of potential tax evaders, many of them supporters of the mainstream parties, disappear in the drawers of the elites. Politicians and rich tax evaders enjoy permanent immunity, while journalists who reveal them are prosecuted.

Victor Orbán's grip on government is suffocating democracy in Hungary:

Since December 2011, former state TV union leaders and NGOs have been holding protests in front of state TV headquarters against biased reporting. On 23 October, when hundreds of thousands marched on the streets of Budapest, state news preferred to cover a pro-Orbán march for seven minutes on the evening news. A similarly large opposition protest received barely a minute in coverage.

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I spent the day reading Aretaeus. And collecting references to bad smells. The medical writers are a touch on the squicky side.

Comments

[sara (from livejournal.com)]

Thanks for linking to my response to the LA Review of Books article. You've sent some nice traffic my way! And I'm honoured to be included with articles from the Guardian, I'm going to have an inflated opinion of my own intelligence :)

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

I have magpie brain, I collect things. Your thing was interesting. :)

[sara (from livejournal.com)]

The magpie is a noble, if squawky, bird. Thanks again!

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

The situation in Hungary is deeply worrying.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

It is. The one in Greece likewise, although differently so.