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Support Planned Parenthood: Pledge-A-Protester!

Memo to Media: The Palin Rape-Kit Story Has Not Been 'Debunked'

Midwives found to aid babies' survival

Love Me Tender? Sex and Power in the Age of Pornography

Just five to 10 per cent of child sex abuse cases which proceed to court result in a plea or verdict, and only half of those result in a conviction, according to a new Australian Law Reform Commission report, Children and Young People.

Rape, Torture and Humiliation in Women's Prisons: A Global State of Crisis

The Taliban is killing Afghani women for working as schoolteachers, journalists, and in other prominent jobs.

Australia's homeless shelters turn away 350 people a day, including domestic violence victims, reports the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Alcohol-related hospital visits rocket, with ladettes the worst

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.. that was *&%*ing depressing. Let's have a few lols.

Firstly, does this ring any bells? :D



The subediting prank wot got James May fired. :)

Victim uses remote logon to nab laptop theft suspect. Palpable!

Dr. James Wilson on speed

Take On Me: Literal Video Version

Aeroplane humour: cheeky responses to pilot "squawks"

Finally, I couldn't help smiling at this: The indignant shall inherit the world. I recognise fandom there... and also, uncomfortably, myself, a bit. :)

Meanwhile Down Under

More want migrant intake cut (ETA: the abstract of the People and Place journal article is available online, and so is the article itself, if you have $16.)

Land push behind ethnic conflict

Minority faiths rise but fringes sing same psalms

A new book, Human Rights Overboard, documents the testimonies and evidence from the People's Inquiry into Detention.

Utterly unrelated to Australia: my theory about the origin of "Midnight". (SPOILERS for that episode, obviously!)