Where Are the Moms in 50 Shades’ “Mommy Porn?”
I hadn’t heard of the phrase “mommy porn” until I started reading reviews for the 50 Shades of Grey movie. Then it seemed like it was everywhere, from respectable news sites to Urban...
Review: Snow In Paradise
Dave is the real face of multicultural Britain; his best friend Tariq is a rapper and his uncle Jimmy is a racist gangster selling overpriced coffee to young professionals by day and cocaine to them...
The Danish Girl: Casting Eddie Redmayne is Transphobic
Apparently unsatisfied with cripping up for an Oscar in The Theory of Everything, Eddie Redmayne is charging ahead in drag as Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl, a film purporting to be about the life of...
Review: Cucumber, Banana and Tofu
Russell T. Davies may be particularly famous for his revival of Dr. Who and spell as showrunner from 2005 to 2010, but before then, he made the shortlived series Queer as Folk, chronicling the lives...
Sanctions: Smart or Stupid?
March 2015 is seeing the looming prospect of yet more economic sanctions being levelled by the western powers against both Iran and Russia. As of writing the European Union is preparing to introduce...
A Global Food Deal for Milan’s Expo2015
In recent years, numerous experts from around the world (scientists, economists, politicians, environmentalists, sociologists), has been researching the great food paradoxes of our time, namely: With...
Republicans Ignore Selma, Continue Courting White America
The Selma marches constitute landmark events in American race relations. The marches were organized to protest the continuing voter disenfranchisement of the African-American community in Alabama....
Are the US and Israel Discontinuing Their Use of Toxic Weapons?
The Pentagon has recently stated that the U.S. Air Force's A-10 Warthog attack planes targeting the Islamic State group are not, and will not be, carrying ammunition which contains depleted uranium...
Review: Ian McEwan’s The Children Act
When picking my holiday reading this year, one book that was front and centre on my list was Ian McEwan’s latest, The Children Act. I was intrigued by the premise, had seen some positive reviews...
The Promise of a Kurdish-Turkish Peace Agreement
Given the horribly violent conflicts which have ravaged many countries throughout the volatile Middle East as of late one could hardly be blamed for having very little optimism regarding peace...