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A podcast magazine for the sharp and the witty, covering news, views, reviews, life, stuff and everything else.
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standardissuepodcast.comJoined October 2013
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A fair bit is out there about the legal complications of surrogacy, less about its moral complications. This piece from the BBC explores it a bit more. Surrogates – often from poorer backgrounds – are open to exploitation from their much wealthier users.
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The joy and the trauma of carrying a celebrity's baby - BBC News
Shanna St Clair was a surrogate for a celebrity twice – one experience was "beautiful", the other "terrible”.
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Why I fight. Why I continue to fight. Why I am angry. And why I continue to stay angry. Too much. This is all too much to watch and too much to bear. My heart is broken. Truly. Women, we must protect all women and girls.
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Listen to the screams of the eight year old girl as she's dragged away from her family by her new fifty year old Husband, This is Sharia Law
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predictably using the default male as standard in its "active design". It's looking for input from a wide range of people (which we believe includes girls and women 🤷🏻‍♀️), so please get involved.
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So, @Sport_England have published some draft guidance on Active Design - creating spaces which help people be more, well, active. But it seems to be done through the lens of what @CCriadoPerez would call the default male. Lets take a look. A thread🧵 twitter.com/Sport_England/
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This week's Rated or Dated raises a lot of important questions: How much of it is Don's dad's fault? Can women stay in cars? What about that t-shirt, though? How hungry is that Shadow? It's 1963's Cliff Richard vehicle (fnar), Summer Holiday. bit.ly/40gdjQc
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"We are often led to believe that single parenting is a lesser option, a weakened approach. Rarely is it spoken about as a positive force. My life has been unquestionably, unimaginably, better as a result of single parenthood."
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A moment that changed me: I saw my father in court – and knew I had to turn my life around
Face to face with the man I had grown up hating, I realised what a pathetic figure he was. Suddenly I was free to focus on my own future
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We're so often told that our "other half" is out there somewhere, but author Tania Hershman thinks she's a full person by herself. A concept that is absolutely in Hannah's wheelhouse. ICYMI: They chatted about the joys of being alone. bit.ly/3IlDBu1
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Think the world of tech isn't for you? Think again. Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon is hugely passionate about getting more women and girls into tech and she tells our Mick why it's so important She's In CTRL (that's the name of her excellent new book, btw). bit.ly/3kzAIfc
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