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13 votes
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The #MeToo movement goes in fits and starts. But, suggests Reckoning’s Linda Hirshman, that’s to be expected. Every social change experiences a backlash.
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How Airbnb is silently changing Himalayan villages
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To solve the problem of a dwindling population, one small Finnish municipality took a big step – pay its citizens to have babies
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It's not just a bunch of flowers - Why supporting Extinction Rebellion in a spirit of cooperation and friendship has, at times, been extraordinarily difficult
10 votes -
Student tracking, secret scores: How college admissions offices rank prospects before they apply
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'You don't have to settle': the joy of living (and dying) alone
10 votes -
Why you never see your friends anymore
12 votes -
The moment of relief I felt was followed by guilt and yes, pity
9 votes -
On finding the freedom to rage against our fathers
8 votes -
Romantic regimes
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Ringed on all sides by the UK but not actually part of it, residents of the Isle of Man value their independence
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A high income is a badge of success in many countries, but in Sweden a deep-rooted cultural code called Jantelagen stops many from talking about it
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An unseen victim of the college admissions scandal: The high school tennis champion aced out by a billionaire family
9 votes -
Why do women fake orgasms – and is it anti-feminist? We asked five women
10 votes -
The key to a good life is avoiding pain (Epicurus)
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Denmark's ghettos – How one of Europe's most open countries took a hard line on immigration
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People who work from home earn $2,000 more a year
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Iceland's massive Laufskálarétt pony party is a wild and windswept ride
4 votes -
I’ve opted out of homework for my young children. Here’s why, and how you can, too.
10 votes -
Kids? Just say no
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Shame on those who defend the "loving smack": it's just plain violence against children
19 votes -
Why IVF has divided France: The country is forever caught between tradition and innovation, universalism and individual rights
7 votes -
Ten years ago, Balloon Boy captivated the country. For the first time, we reveal the true story behind the hoax.
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A walk in Hong Kong - HK protests from point of view of a tourist
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Jews and Muslims in Sweden outraged over call to ban male circumcision
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‘I am not my husband's handbag’ – Iceland's first lady, Eliza Reid speaks out about her incredibly weird job
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Beard Board offers a rare avenue for constructive aesthetic feedback among men—minus the machismo that often accompanies it
4 votes -
With alternatives stretched and neighbors angry, Seattle police return to arresting sex workers
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Journey into wokeness: A conversation between Sam Harris and Caitlin Flanagan
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Inmates suffering heart attacks or brutalized in jail beatings have been released so sheriffs wouldn’t have to pay for their medical care. Some were rearrested once they had recovered.
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Meet Ari Eldjárn, Iceland's hottest comic – the former flight attendant started standup as a dare
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Bike riding courses offer Finland's immigrants new freedom
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Cancel culture isn't a thing, you snowflakes
16 votes -
The unhappy millionaire
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We are all potential victims of the con artist
7 votes -
Inside the Ethics Committee
Inside the Ethics Committee is a BBC Radio 4 programme. They describe it like this: Joan Bakewell is joined by a panel of experts to wrestle with the ethics arising from a real-life medical case....
Inside the Ethics Committee is a BBC Radio 4 programme. They describe it like this:
Joan Bakewell is joined by a panel of experts to wrestle with the ethics arising from a real-life medical case.
Each episode is chaired by Bakewell, with a range of different experts (who all sit on hospital ethics committees), talking about the ethical difficulties faced by healthcare professionals (and the organisations they work for) in different real life cases.
Some of it hasn't aged very well - there's an episode about HIV testing an unconscious patient after a needle-stick injury. With advances in treatment and reductions in stigma I think would have made it a very different programme today.
But most of it is pretty good, and explains in detail how some decisions are made.
For example: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0643x61
Ashley is 14 years old when doctors discover a brain tumour. Tests reveal that it's highly treatable; there's a 95% chance of cure if he has a course of radiotherapy.
Ashley begins the treatment but he has to wear a mask which makes him very anxious and the radiotherapy itself makes him sick. He finds it increasingly difficult to bear and he starts to miss his sessions.
Despite patchy treatment Ashley's cancer goes into remission. He and his mother are thrilled but a routine follow-up scan a few months later shows that the cancer has returned.
Ashley is adamant that he will not have the chemotherapy that is recommended this time. He threatens that he will run away if treatment is forced on him. Although Ashley is only 15 he is 6'2" and restraining him would not be easy.
Should the medical team and his mother persuade him to have the chemotherapy? Or should they accept his decision, even though he is only 15?
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'They actually stopped': Women buying sex to ensure safe experience
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Norway's last coal miners fight for survival against climate policy
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As a disabled woman, my abortion wasn’t questioned—but my pregnancy was
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Indonesia moving to ban sex outside marriage
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When Oslo's first floating sauna was banned by port authorities, its owners took it on the run, sparking a public craze
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What would a climate crisis doomsday bunker need?
I have been thinking recently, if a climate crisis is almost inevitable at this point what actions could an individual take to stay safe? I'm thinking some kind of underground bunker able to to...
I have been thinking recently, if a climate crisis is almost inevitable at this point what actions could an individual take to stay safe? I'm thinking some kind of underground bunker able to to sustain life. The main things you would need is power, water and food. The power is fairly simple since you could set up solar and wind generation and probably use that to grow food underground but I'm wondering what you would do for water. How possible would it be to collect barrels from the sea and have a personal desalination plant.
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A second chance - Twelve years ago, forty-seven dogs were rescued from Michael Vick’s dogfighting operation and allowed to live
7 votes -
When prosecutors bury NYPD officers' lies
7 votes -
Iceland hosts first major international #metoo conference – three-day gathering will explore why movement gained traction and effect it has had
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Why men love war (1984)
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Why your inner circle should stay small, and how to shrink it
6 votes -
Teens explain the VSCO Girl-and why you never want to be one
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What college admissions offices really want - Elite schools say they’re looking for academic excellence and diversity. But their thirst for tuition revenue means that wealth trumps all
10 votes