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A 72-year-old French #rape survivor chooses to speak publicly in court, defying expectations of shame and silence. Gisèle Pelicot: "I've decided not to be ashamed, I've done nothing wrong." Women around the world are speaking up. https://buff.ly/4gibw4l
(Nomi Dave, University of Virginia)
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Rape survivors like Gisèle Pelicot are choosing to speak out, refuting the idea that they should feel shame
The high-profile rape case of Gisele Pelicot in France speaks to a possible shift following the rise of the #MeToo movement
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December 4, 2024 at 12:02 AM
A 72-year-old French #rape survivor chooses to speak publicly in court, defying expectations of shame and silence. Gisèle Pelicot: "I've decided not to be ashamed, I've done nothing wrong." Women around the world are speaking up. https://buff.ly/4gibw4l
(Nomi Dave, University of Virginia)
(Nomi Dave, University of Virginia)
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Sinkholes around the world – in pictures
Sinkholes around the world – in pictures
After a sizeable sinkhole appeared on a sleepy on a street in south Wales, here are some of the more incredible views of the phenomenon from Greenwich to Guatemala Continue reading...
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December 4, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Sinkholes around the world – in pictures
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December 4, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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So-called vaccine skepticism isn’t a grassroots movement of concerned parents who just want to do right by their kids. It’s a well-funded conspiracy theory.
I Know Personally Exactly What Kind of Bully RFK Jr Is. Now America Will Too.
Things could get really bad.
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November 21, 2024 at 4:08 PM
So-called vaccine skepticism isn’t a grassroots movement of concerned parents who just want to do right by their kids. It’s a well-funded conspiracy theory.
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Keratopigmentation: why is eyeball tattooing on the rise?
Keratopigmentation: why is eyeball tattooing on the rise?
Hate your boring old eye colour? It is now possible to change it – but side-effects include infection, inflammation, light sensitivity and vision loss …
Name: Keratopigmentation.
Age: First described in AD150, but not in a way that would tempt you.…
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November 18, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Keratopigmentation: why is eyeball tattooing on the rise?
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How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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November 18, 2024 at 12:02 PM
How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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How might assumptions about specific voter groups affect how we interpret election results?
GOING BEYOND THE PARADIGMS | TOK mini-lesson
GOING BEYOND THE PARADIGMS A mini-lesson based on a Channel 4 video interview with James Johnson, who, unlike so many other pollsters, correctly predicted the outcome of the latest US presidential ele...
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November 16, 2024 at 1:03 PM
How might assumptions about specific voter groups affect how we interpret election results?
Have we been getting this wrong?
Interview: Are We Misinformed About Misinformation?
False and inflammatory online content may not have much of an influence on the average person, says David Rothschild.
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November 16, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Have we been getting this wrong?
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The musings of a disillusioned social scientist
Book review: Fluke by Brian Klaas
The musings of a "disillusioned social scientist"
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November 7, 2024 at 11:51 AM
The musings of a disillusioned social scientist
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Collection of hundreds of 19th-century skulls “is an unintended testament to the diversity of the U.S. population during a tumultuous moment in the nation’s history.” (By University of Miami anthropology professor Pamela L. Geller)
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Hundreds of 19th-century skulls collected in the name of medical science tell a story of who mattered and who didn’t
Marked with numbers, demographic information and provenance – though not name – these skulls tell a story of racist hierarchies but also diversity in the early United States.
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November 16, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Collection of hundreds of 19th-century skulls “is an unintended testament to the diversity of the U.S. population during a tumultuous moment in the nation’s history.” (By University of Miami anthropology professor Pamela L. Geller)
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Do filmmakers have an obligation to present the truth about the past?
When historians and directors clash: ‘Ridley Scott was Napoleonic – there was no doubt who was in charge’
Film and TV have a slippery relationship with the truth when it comes to historical epics. So spare a thought for the historical experts whose advice often goes unheeded
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November 16, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Do filmmakers have an obligation to present the truth about the past?