antiminkeYour favourite source of queer, travel-addicted, hippie-ish Australian programming- and museum-geek living in London-related stultiloquy.<!--Alas, the flesh is weary, and I have read all the books.--><!--It's faanki shitto! (like comparing a wolf with a cow)-->Sexism is the new racism for Boris- July 13, 2008 Boris might have solved racism in London so that we no longer need an anti-racism festival, but apparently sexism is all the rage: The F Word: Boris purges women from City Hall The Evening Standard reports that five top women in City Hall have been ousted since Boris Johnson won the election, and the position of women's advisor scrapped....http://www.minke.tv/blog/archives/2008_07.html#003123 The bible is no excuse for homophobia in a modern world- July 13, 2008 Apparently Sir Ian McKellen recently quoted Thomas Jefferson, regarding the issue of fundamentalists using religion to justify homophobia: We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors....http://www.minke.tv/blog/archives/2008_07.html#003122 London under Boris - racism solved. Apparently.- July 13, 2008 The Rise music festival is today. But since there's no racism in London anymore, it's no longer an 'anti-racism festival'. Who knew that electing Boris Johnson as Mayor would have such an immediate effect Racism is gone. Thanks Boris! If only he was Mayor of Everything, racism would be a thing of the past. Wouldn't it The Guardian, Mayor drops festival's anti-racism message: Rise has been held in London since 1996 and has become the biggest anti-racist music festival in Europe. It was supported.http://www.minke.tv/blog/archives/2008_07.html#003121 'Paying to be discriminated against'- July 13, 2008 in the Guardian: Paying to be discriminated against Religious people already have a huge concession in that civil partnerships can't be performed in churches. It is unjust and unfair then that religious people now seek to colonise civil and secular spaces like council offices or magistrates courts demanding religious exemptions. The point of state-run facilities are that any citizen can make use of them and expect equal treatment and service. These are all taxpayer funded services - so, in...http://www.minke.tv/blog/archives/2008_07.html#003120 An interesting view of the changes in Hackney- July 12, 2008 In Airportising the city: Images of flying yuppies and total spatial control. (The reason I googled 'Gillette Square' is because I could hear lots of music - steel drums coming from there). But check out what's on next weekend: "Delicious Dalston will be a one-day music and food affair, with a programme of music organised by the Vortex Jazz Club and a range of stalls selling sustainable produce. Growing Communities' 'Maisie the milk float' will visit Gillett Square with a range of organic..http://www.minke.tv/blog/archives/2008_07.html#003119 Stallman on Gates, proprietary software, the free software movement- July 4, 2008 Richard Stallman writes for the BBC in It's not the Gates, it's the bars: "Gates may be gone, but the walls and bars of proprietary software he helped create remain, for now"....http://www.minke.tv/blog/archives/2008_07.html#003118 |