Long list of scholars sign protest at closure of Husain exhibition.
Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
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A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
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WHO Calls FGM a Form of Torture
‘By medicalising it, we will be endorsing this practice,’ Joy Phumaphi of WHO told the BBC.
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WHO Press Release on FGM Study
‘FGM is a practice steeped in culture and tradition but it should not be allowed to carry on.’
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WHO Fact Sheet on Female Genital Mutilation
Number of girls and women who have undergone FGM is estimated at between 100 and 140 million.
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On Robert Irwin on Orientalism
Said makes charges, Irwin demands evidence.
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On James Buchan on Adam Smith
Few economic theorists’ views have been embraced by both Karl Marx and Margaret Thatcher.
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Weaker UN Statement on AIDS Feared
Some want to downplay links between HIV infection, gender inequality and violence against women.
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Abstinence-only Policy Hurts AIDS Fight in Uganda
‘The number of infections is again rising, after years of decline.’
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Happiness and Multiculturalism
Commission for Racial Equality has done work looking at the effect of diversity on well-being.
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NATFHE Backs Boycott of Israeli Academics
A boycott of Israeli Jewish academics and no one else in the world seems dubious.
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AUT Statement on NATFHE Vote
Free expression, open debate and unhampered dialogue are prerequisites of academic freedom.
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UCL Provost Concerned Over Boycott
Freedom of inquiry fundamental to the global dissemination and enhancement of knowledge.
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Robert Winston Defends Animal Testing
‘Some…would have people believe that animal research does not work. This is simply a lie.’
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Blair Speaks Out in Support of Pro-Test
In March over 800 students, staff and members of the public marched in favour of Pro-Test.
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‘Speak’ Posts Workers’ Address on Website
Builders’ quarters could become the target of violent protests.
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Something Cyborgic in Academic/Biker Hybridity
Outlaw club: one that has refused Foucaultian regime of subjective normalization imposed by American Motorcyclist Association.
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Bipartisan Hostility to Science and Reason
The left mocks reason and so does the right, so what does that leave?
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Colin Blakemore on Animal Testing
Public not fooled by assertions that testing is unnecessary or positively dangerous for humans.
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Anthony King on YouGov Poll on Animal Testing
Almost no one supports vandalising property, let alone death threats and grave-robbing.
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Katha Pollitt: Honor Killing on the Installment Plan
Christian conservatives have a special reason to be less than thrilled about the HPV vaccine.