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Dominant State, Submissive Populace
09 January 2015 4:31 PM | No CommentsWithout any parliamentary debate or public support, a new law came into force in December 2014 that severely limits the activities that can be legally depicted in UK-produced porn.
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Step away from the internet, Mr Cameron.
26 July 2013 12:54 PM | 1 CommentDavid Cameron hasn't got the faintest idea of how 'porn filters' work, which makes his recent statements of intent incoherent, hypocritical and alarming.
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Regulating Relationships: Emotional Abuse and Violence
27 February 2013 3:29 PM | No CommentsAt a recent Manchester Salon event, Helen Reece and Anna Percy discussed new domestic violence legislation that expands the definition of DV to include 'emotional abuse' and 'coercive control'.
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Nude Norms: The Curious Case of the Castro
21 January 2013 3:25 PM | No CommentsChris Ashford and Sara Mohammadzadeh note how sexual freedom has shifted from the radical narrative of the 70s to the more cautious and homogenous attitude of the twenty-first century.
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“I can’t imagine why you would want to watch this…”
25 November 2012 11:03 AM | No CommentsJane Fae argues that the real danger to individual freedom lies in the sub-legal level: the legal establishment's view of what the law OUGHT to say.
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Extreme Pornography: Legal Theory, Institutional Reality
27 August 2012 4:15 PM | 5 CommentsFollowing the Simon Walsh case, Nick Cowen challenges the arguments of those academic legal theorists who claimed the objections to the 'extreme pornography law' were overwrought or unjustified.
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Charlie Hebdo is a rare exception today. Despite complaints, death threats, and even, in 2011, the firebombing of its offices, the magazine always declined to apologise for its offensiveness.
The Black Book: The Life & Crimes of Richard Rouska
Denis Joe on THE BLACK BOOK: THE LIFE & CRIMES OF RICHARD ROUSKA, an autobiography that offers important insights into a key punk figure.
The Essence of Goodness
John Michael McDonagh’s CALVARY (2014) proposes a humanist morality as a defence against nihilism and despair.
The Ruins
‘The Ruins’ is a long short story by Danny Broderick, a regular FIPA contributor. Read an excerpt here.
What Is Good Art?
At a recent Leeds Salon discussion, Tiffany Jenkins, Nigel Walsh, Kenneth Hay and Antonia Stowe considered the question of ‘what is good art?’
British Workers and the US Civil War
Paul Thomas reviews ‘British Workers & the US Civil War’: James Heartfield’s pamphlet that tells the little-known story of how Lancashire cotton workers supported the fight against slavery.
Surviving Progress: The endless repetition of the Malthusian meme
Keith Lauchlan reviews “Surviving Progress”, and finds the complex political and economic issues which presently confound modern life are reduced to crude, naturalistic analogies in this short, rambling film.
Sylvia Pankhurst: Everything Is Possible (DOCUMENTARY)
“Sylvia Pankhurst: Everything is Possible” is a documentary that tells the largely buried story of a remarkable and courageous woman who lived in an era very different from our own.
Technology and the Philosophy of Religion — David Lewin (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010)
Charles Brickdale reviews David Lewin’s attempt to probe the causes of the loss of vision in contemporary society.
The Myth of Racist Kids — Adrian Hart (Manifesto Club, 2009)
Paul Thomas reviews Adrian Hart’s report on the impact of government efforts to prevent racist and homophobic bullying in schools.
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Is ‘Luther’ State-Sponsored Torture Porn?
Posted on July 23, 2013 | No CommentsScreen grabs from BBC1's current primetime Monday night cop series, Luther, are already appearing on the fetish sites. Is our state broadcaster deliberately producing sadomasochistic imagery? -
Regulating Relationships: Emotional Abuse and Violence
Posted on February 27, 2013 | No CommentsAt a recent Manchester Salon event, Helen Reece and Anna Percy discussed new domestic violence legislation that expands the definition of DV to include 'emotional abuse' and 'coercive control'. -
Nude Norms: The Curious Case of the Castro
Posted on January 21, 2013 | No CommentsChris Ashford and Sara Mohammadzadeh note how sexual freedom has shifted from the radical narrative of the 70s to the more cautious and homogenous attitude of the twenty-first century. -
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Posted on January 3, 2013 | 1 CommentIf programmes like Ripper Street explicitly appeal to transgressive libidinal desire, but current obscenity law forbids their use for sexual pleasure, are the BBC and others enabling criminal behaviour? -
“I can’t imagine why you would want to watch this…”
Posted on November 25, 2012 | No CommentsJane Fae argues that the real danger to individual freedom lies in the sub-legal level: the legal establishment's view of what the law OUGHT to say.
In praise of… giving offence
Charlie Hebdo is a rare exception today. Despite complaints, death threats, and even, in 2011, the firebombing of its offices, the magazine always declined to apologise for its offensiveness.
In praise of… supermarkets
Paul Thomas says that while a few may turn their noses up at chain stores, and prefer ‘independent’ shops, there is much to be said in praise of supermarkets.
In praise of… alcohol
Paul Thomas writes in praise of alcohol: a thing to be both savoured and swilled down in great quantities.
In praise of… The Killing
Charles Brickdale writes in praise of the BBC4 Danish crime thriller, The Killing.
In praise of… the Libyan people
Paul Thomas writes in praise of the Libyan people’s heroic struggle for freedom against a brutal Western-backed dictator.
In praise of… clean sheets
“I’m not a natural ironer. Nor any caper of domestic goddess. But I love beyond measure smooth icy cotton sheets…”
