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Rip It Up And Start Again – A Few More Thoughts On The Last Days Of Social Media

More musings on Twitter’s self-destruction and the future of social media.

Breaking News: It’s Not Often All That Important

The feeding frenzy of the headline-driven news cycle rarely informs us of anything we need to know and serves only to increase anxiety – let’s stop buying into it.

The Hypocritical Demonisation Of Adult Entertainment

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It’s time to start pointing out that the moralising extremists who see all sexual expression and any nudity as evil are extremists who do not speak for the majority of society.

Farrah Fawcett – The Cover Girl Of The 1970s

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The Charlie’s Angels star became the go-to cover star for magazines of all sorts during the second half of the 1970s.

What, Exactly, Is ‘Legal But Harmful’ And Who Gets To Draw The Line?

Giving the government and lickspittle quangos powers to prevent legal discourse under a vague definition of ‘harm’ is something that we should all object to.

The Eccentric World Of The Workout Video

The good, the bad and the bizarre of VHS exercise tapes.

Shattered And The Rise Of Reality TV

As Channel 4 broadcasts hand-wringing documentaries about the mental health of reality stars, a reminder of how it has routinely made dangerous and exploitative TV shows for ratings and profit, fatuously disguised as ‘social experiments’.