Tag: Youth
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Dear 40 year old me
A classic idea but with a new twist, and some shocking statistics….and some brave kids. Bullying especially of LGBT youth, but I think of anyone different is endemic now – I guess part of the trickle down of the recession and current political climate, kids copy what they get at home, and pass it along.…
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Steve Albini on John Peel, Sonic Youth and how GQ & Fashion should Fail
Steve Albini, everyone’s favourite ‘don’t give a fuck’ misanthrope this side of Mark E, was interviewed in GQ a few years back. Yes THAT GQ – I missed it then but a link to a quote is doing the rounds again and I tracked down the interview. It’s funny, and right on the money and…
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It Gets Better – video from me
Talking about gay bullying and my experience of bullying and suicide as part of the It Gets Better project by Dan Savage (but sadly he’s exceeded the favourites for the channel!). It’s a great idea in response the sad and ever-present suicides of gay teens- something like 3 times the UK average here, depressingly… and…
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Mashing up politics
(Powershift Flashdance London 2009) I was looking at the frankly disgusting video of Lord Monckton calling COP15 climate change protesters (noisy but peaceful; and ones that like SustainUS seemed happy to debate – he should try and meet some of the hardcore G20 anarchists they’d probably just punch him in his upper class fat ToryUKIP…
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Podcast Nation
Joined the new Ning Social Meeja thingummy called Podcast Nation – the UK Podcast Forum has been combined with this; not surprising with the rise of social networking and fall of the old messageboard…I still visit GYBO and TaP though!