The coverage of this issue on many of the blogs which have picked it up needs a sense of perspective. Clareification is a magazine by Clare students, and aimed at Clare students. I am not a Clare student (and have no official ties with Clare College whatsoever) and have never even seen a copy of [...]
Filed under: clareification, freespeech, religion on February 14th, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Following Owen’s post, I think it is fair to say that we, the bloggers, have all been keen not to undermine the position of Clareification’s guest editor by posting on the issue and sparking wider international, as well as national, controversy. This would only lead to the college’s position vis-a-vis the editor being even more [...]
Filed under: clareification, freespeech, religion on February 14th, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Ok, I’ll lay something out in the open. I didn’t mean to imply that the debate about freedom of speech was over, merely that I’d discussed the cartoons many times with my peers, and it always goes in a circle around the ideas of freedom of speech, offensive material, and the practical safety of individuals [...]
Filed under: clareification, freespeech, religion on February 14th, 2007 | 14 Comments »
First, let me say it’s great to see so many of you from all over the world interested in our blog - we’re very grateful for the attention and hope you’ll continue to drop in now and then in the future.
However, I am afraid I will have to disappoint some of you now. Here are [...]
Filed under: clareification, clarepoliticsnews, freespeech, religion on February 14th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
We are extremely sorry and disappointed to announce that Jim Naughtie has had to cancel his appearance at Clare Politics on Thursday at short notice. Jim asked that we passed on his personal apologies. We are now looking to rebook Jim to come to talk to us in the near future.
Filed under: clareification, clarepoliticsnews on February 13th, 2007 | 12 Comments »
No, it’s not Heat. Or Cosmopolitan. Or even Grazia. It’s the Observer. Not only is it too scared to utter the word ‘feminism’ in its new(-ish) Woman magazine, but it offers up content which assumes that the feminist movement never happened – and that’s the first wave.
I’ve been waiting for [...]
Filed under: clareification, gender on February 13th, 2007 | 11 Comments »
