Monday 13th February
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During our time on this street we heard and encountered many tragedies, people who faced all manners of diseases and degradations, who nearly died, who actually died, whose children had been killed. There is no escaping the horror and tragedy in the interior of people’s lives. But it was particularly after meeting George that we found ourselves in tears after leaving his flat. Because in every other instance there was a sense that, at least, that person had once lived. With George, by contrast, one simply couldn’t escape the conclusion that this was a man, more or less waiting for his time on Earth to be over, but who at the age of seventy-six had never seen his life actually begin. And, worse still, he knew it.
- Daniel Miller in The Comfort of Things
Friday 10th February
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As long as people see the gender wage gap as normal, society has a problem.
- Eva Cox -The reality of the gender wage gap
Monday 6th February
Friday 3rd February
Monday 30th January
Sunday 29th January
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Since the Second World War America has:
Attempted to overthrow more than 50 governments, most of them democratically-elected.
Attempted to suppress a populist or national movement in 20 countries.
Grossly interfered in democratic elections in at least 30 countries.
Dropped bombs on the people of more than 30 countries.
Attempted to assassinate more than 50 foreign leaders.
Moving On
I leave here forever on Tuesday. I probably shouldn’t say forever, after all I don’t know what the future will bring. Even though I can’t imagine living here again, or wanting to live here again, life might bring me here again. In any case, I will almost certainly visit again sometime over my life.
I’m not sad. The timing is good, things are getting boring and old and I am getting cynical. I think I will miss student life and a few people, but I don’t think I’ll ever wish myself back here. This is good. This is the way things should be.
Things aren’t turning out post-graduation the way I expected they would. I lament the loss of whatever vague original plans I may have had, but ultimately I am excited about the new ones I’m making this very second.
Thursday 26th January
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Gundane said he hoped that his involvement with the song would turn him into an expert on British politics and economics in the same way ‘Do they know it’s Christmas’ had turned Geldof and Bono into the world’s leading experts on Africa. “If I’m not sharing a platform with the Queen and David Cameron by this time next year; or headlining at Glastonbury, then I will have done something very wrong,” said Gundane.
Sunday 22nd January
Saturday 21st January
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To me, withdrawing my application to an institution that is a symbol of unfairness in both our education and the legal system (which is so dominated by Oxbridge graduates) makes perfect sense, and I am reluctant to be part of a system so heavily dominated by such a narrow group of self-selecting elites. It seems tragic that people often seem to believe that individuals should compromise their beliefs in favour of improving their ambiguous “future prospects”.
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Why I sent Oxford a rejection letter | Elly Nowell | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
I am in awe of this girl, and her actions serve as a heavy reminder about living in accordance to one’s principles. I am rarely ever this inspired.
by Guardian |
tagged: the guardian oxbridge oxford class privilege values principles activism |
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