Sorry for the mess

A fairly interesting post on one man’s body image and how images in the media affect him.
I couldn’t figure out why women (straight women, at least) wanted to gawk at sexy pictures of other women. Then I realized something: they don’t want to see those models, they want to be them.
Somebody way smarter than me [...]

I enjoy exercise. I cycle almost every day, I run several times a week, I swim, I play badminton, I’ll never catch a bus when I can walk and I can dance for hours without losing my breath. I recently signed up to do the Blenheim Triathlon, and I’ll be doing the 3 Peaks challenge [...]

From the BBC: Afghan foetus ‘aborted by razor’.
Nice.

Okay ladles and jellyspoons, announcement time:
Rally to protest the situation in Gaza. Tonight, 7.30, Friends Meeting House, Euston Rd, London. Speakers include Tony Benn, Tariq Ali, George Galloway MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP
Demo for the same. Assemble 12.30pm at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park.