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Politics

Liberal Youth Spring Conference 2012

The Spring Conference of Liberal Youth was held in the lovely city of Leeds, thanks to a successful bid submitted by our branch, Leeds Liberal Youth. I have to admit, I was a Conference virgin, having not been to either a Liberal Youth nor a Federal Conference before (rather stupidly electing not to go to […]

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LGBT Trans

Transgender people and NHS Leeds

Just a short post, based on something I came across today while waiting for an appointment at the GP’s today. As you would, while waiting for the appointment I had a flick through some of the leaflets on display, and one of the leaflets was rather conspicuous in what was – or was not – present:

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Entertainment

Women and gaming

Recently I’ve been discussing with a few friends about women in the gaming community as a whole. And as it’s International Women’s Day, what better day to post about it? It’s no big secret that the gaming community is stereotypically male, white, middle-class, and geeky. And people wonder why, at the same time images such […]

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Education

Leeds University Union election 2012!

You may remember last year I did a bunch of scientificesque posts about which candidates I’d vote for in the LUU executive election last year. In retrospect, that’s not really the best way to decide to vote for: it’s better to inspect the candidates beyond a twenty-or-so questions. The candidates are on LUU’s website, so […]

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Internet Politics

Stop SOPA

I’m not an American, but I still think that the Stop Online Piracy Act should be killed. With fire. Then resurrected to be killed again, to emphasise it’s a really bad idea. Watch the below video, or get involved at AmericanCensorship.org If you want a handy guide, visit the Electronic Frontier Foundation.