“The problem of the burka is not a religious problem. This is an issue of a woman’s freedom and dignity. This is not a religious symbol. It is a sign of subservience; it is a sign of lowering. I want to say solemnly, the burka is not welcome in France.”
Reading this quotation alone sent a flood of opinions through my brain, one of them being “this is utter crap.” Clearly, the use of the burqa as mandated by law is not exactly fair to women, but to set a limitation on its use, especially in public spaces, is just as bad, if not worse.
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The American Medical Association voted Tuesday on a resolution that would recommend hospitals ban doctors’ iconic white lab coats, citing evidence that the garment contributes to the spread of infection. (The resolution was referred to a panel for further consideration.)* Indeed, a number of studies have shown that the coats harbor potentially harmful bacteria (and may cause “white coat hypertension”). If white coats are so bad, why do doctors still wear them?
Because a white lab coat says “I am a scientific healer.”
The government is trying a number of community-based judicial initiatives in towns across England and Wales, partly inspired by “restorative justice” schemes such as the Red Hook Community Justice Centre in Brooklyn, New York. Under the US approach, community members meet offenders to agree “payback” contracts or to negotiate “restorative conferences” where the offender meets the victim to “face up to” the impact their crime has had on those they have hurt.
North by Northwest - re-released in selected UK cinemas - has attracted a fair bit of attention on this site, mainly as a stick with which to beat films that came after. For David Thomson, it’s sad proof today’s directors lack the signature style so in evidence here. John Patterson bemoans the way in which its “series of eye-poppingly inventive sequences linked in the loosest way imaginable by a breathtakingly slender plotline” became a template eagerly borrowed by the Bond franchise and “every crappy action movie since 1980”.
There’s only so much homophobia the media can get away with these days without having to issue a hasty apology, writes Cate Simpson. But when it comes to reporting on trans issues, stories about ’sex swaps’ and ‘pregnant men’ are still depressingly mainstream. What effect does this kind of attention have on a minority that is already contending with higher than average rates of violence, unemployment and street harassment?
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This does exactly what it says on the tin.
