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New Year Honours
I've been named as one of the Top Ten Bloggers of the Year (courtesy of The Pod Delusion). Which is a very pleasant (and completely unexpected) New Year surprise.
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Wishing you a magical Christmas
Whether you're celebrating Christmas or Yule, or just spending time with your friends and family I wish you the best for the holiday season.
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‘I read it in the Daily Mirror’ – Denis MacShane explains evidence based policymaking
Denis MacShane famously told parliament 25000 women were trafficked into Britain every year. Nick Davies questioned this figure, and MacShane was asked to defend it on Newsnight. During this interview MacShane admitted he got the 25000 figure from something he read in the Daily Mirror.
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Media, politicians and scaremongering – the truth about trafficking and prostitution in the UK
For some time now academics and health practitioners in the UK have been expressing concern about the current government's approach to prostitution. In particular they have been worried about the misuse of statistics relating to prostitution, overinflating the prevalence of trafficking, representing prostitution only in the context of violence against women, and the cherry picking of evidence by politicians to support particular agendas.
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Disability: Sex, relationships and pleasure
Disability: Sex, relationships and pleasureThose of you working in health or social care, or education may be interested in the forthcoming conference 'Disability: sex, relationships and pleasure'.
It's taking place at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), London, on Friday 13th November 2009.
The aim of the one day conference is to provide answers to the [...]
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Apologies for the downtime
Sorry this blog's been out of action for the past couple of days. I was working with a very old version of WordPress that gave up on me, but am now happily transferred to this sparkly new version.
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Jan Moir’s article on Stephen Gately – “bigoted and homophobic”?
"Why there was nothing 'natural' about Stephen Gately's death". That was the headline on the Mail Online's website today. Where, in their Femail section, journalist Jan Moir aired her thoughts on the death of Mr Gately.
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Sex and science stuff 12/10/09
Sex and science stuff 12/10/09Here's another roundup of some science/sex stories that have caught my attention recently.
Firstly, here's a big round of applause for Good Housekeeping magazine (UK). GH may not be the typical title you'd associate with cutting edge sex advice, but they've recently published a fantastic and sex positive discussion [...]
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Countdown to Valentine’s 2010