stereotypes | stereotypes
Apr.17.2013
I admit, my first thought was not one of sympathy, but “Hope it is not a Muslim” on hearing about the bomb blasts.
Is she dead? Injured? Her limbs blown off? I will never know. I knew her only as a pseudonym. She often spoke about training for the marathon. She was, from all accounts,...
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Mar.02.2013
Would you want your clothes to become transparent whenever you are aroused, instead of the usual signals? When innovative tech art enters personal territory it becomes both edgy and a matter of some concern.
Artist Daan Roosegaarde, who runs a social design lab, has diversified into...
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Oct.01.2012
The casting couch is a reality few want to accept.
Her life is pornography. Even as their bare bodies are entwined for a few minutes of pleasure, Mahi Arora is capturing the scene on her camera.
I know a wannabe Mahi from years ago. Strange hands splashed whipped cream in her cleavage,...
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Sep.18.2012
Ennui, more than rage. How many Muslims with open mouths does the world want to look at? What demons, what paranoia is it?
Why can't I get to see Terry Jones on a magic carpet burning a book and spreading its ashes on the 'secular' believers? Oh, we are not like that. That is Rick Samtorum, Pam...
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Aug.21.2012
Is “What did you surf last night?” akin to a metaphysical query? Is your use of the internet no different from how you introspect and the answers you get from it?
Scientific research has once again stretched it, although now it concerns what we do every day. I am not dismissing the...
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Jul.26.2012
Sexist jokes are vile and unacceptable. However, I object to a study that uses this yardstick to understand whether women fit in under these circumstances.
A Melbourne Business School report found that companies lack strategy to tackle "low level sexism" despite having policies in place that...
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Jun.20.2012
Ok granted…compared to some of my counterparts
I’m the geek in the room who the “dumb blond” jokes are directed at
I get it and to be honest… it’s ok
I’m the one in the room that doesn’t instantly get offended by terminologies, jokes or articles that incite calls of stereotypes and racial...
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May.14.2012
Picture this: President Barack Obama waving at the crowds in a gay parade. Behind, there are men wearing helmets, fire-hoses in hand. Helming the operation would be Mitt Romney, the enemy of the state until the elections. This could be the digitalised image on Time magazine’s cover.
The...
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Jan.28.2012
In spite of her family being homeless one 17-year-old girl has stayed focused. Samantha Garvey recently discovered she's being considered for a national prestigious science award, and hopes to get a full scholarship to college to study marine biology. Read her story on my Living in the Heartland...
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Jan.28.2012
The past few days saw a couple of Jay-Joe humorous swipes that met with two distinct reactions: WTF and WTF. The potent acronym is, however, about duelling ideologies.
1. “WTF! How can anyone be so insensitive?” 2. “WTF! Can’t we just chill and grow up? It’s a joke.”
I think I know a few mean...
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