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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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Reflections and Future Legal Directions After #porntrial
10 August 2012 12:32 PM | No CommentsChris Ashford was an expert witness in R v Walsh. He reflects here on the potential legal implications of the case.
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The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage
09 May 2012 1:09 PM | No CommentsChris Ashford notes that, despite politics on both sides of the Atlantic being dominated by the subject of same-sex marriage, most politicians remain frustratingly vague about their views.
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TV & Film Archive
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Surviving Progress: The endless repetition of the Malthusian meme
Posted on July 17, 2012 | 4 CommentsKeith 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)
Posted on February 27, 2012 | No Comments"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. -
In praise of… The Killing
Posted on March 31, 2011 | No CommentsCharles Brickdale writes in praise of the BBC4 Danish crime thriller, The Killing. -
Relocating to the Man Cave
Posted on February 16, 2011 | 10 CommentsNob gags and bodily fluids: 'man cave' films offer a snapshot of young men's retreat from the public world. -
In praise of… The Dark Knight
Posted on February 13, 2011 | No CommentsWes Brown praises The Dark Knight, finding it to be a nuanced and surprising analogy of the war on terror. -
The Simpsons or Shakespeare?
Posted on December 9, 2010 | 3 CommentsCiaran Guilfoyle argues that, despite the 'relevance' and intelligence of The Simpsons, studying Shakespeare is still more worthwhile.
