Tag Archives: politics

The British riots and their reflection in contemporary British pop culture

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Cora

Slate has an article on the British riots (well, English, since there was no rioting in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), with a headline claiming that British writers and filmmakers had foreseen the social gap that would eventually break open … Continue reading →

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Depressing News and an Inspirational Documentary

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Cora

I’m still troubled by the UK riots (because it’s not just London anymore), though I have been in e-mail contact with someone I know from my time as a student in North West London who told me that at least … Continue reading →

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Stop this shit!

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Cora

I’m very troubled by the London riots, especially since the rioting has now spread to Harlesden, the North-West London neighbourhood where I used to live as a student in the 1990s. I’m pretty sure I know the shop that the … Continue reading →

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The infinite cluelessness of the news media, Harry Potter, Star Wars and some writing links

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Cora

Yesterday I posted how infuriating I find it that all those self-styled experts immediately jumped to conclusions that the horrific terrorist attacks in Norway had an islamist background, especially since it turned out that the killer was a muslim-hating, rightwing, … Continue reading →

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Dog Day Disasters – and a Linkdump

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Cora

We’re in the middle of the so-called dog days, i.e. the hottest and most unpleasant days of summer, ruled by Sirius, the dog star. Of course, this year it’s not hot at all, at least in Germany. Today, the highest … Continue reading →

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The Strunk and White Aftermath – and a linkdump

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Cora

The Strunk and White avalanche is still continuing. July 12 got only 19 views less than July 11. Links are popping up in various places as well, including one in a Making Light open thread in this comment. Meanwhile, absolutely … Continue reading →

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A Plagalanche, toxic Westeros, responses to romance bashing, rape in fantasy, redneck bashing and Dallas remade

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Cora

Yesterday’s plagiarism post has broken the visitor record for this blog, largely due to a link from the VroniPlag press review. The VroniPlag press review also offers a link to this Spiegel Online article about the Althusmann case. Turns out … Continue reading →

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Yet another plagiarism rant – and one about garden fascism

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Cora

Tonight, the German cultural TV program aspekte showed a good report about the German plagiarism hunters including an interview with Debora Weber-Wulff, a German informatics professor and plagiarism hunter. Debora Weber-Wulff also writes the English language plagiarism blog Copy, Shake … Continue reading →

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Another Political Plagiarist, Bestsellers and Pulp Surrealism

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Cora

We have another case of suspected plagiarism involving a German politician. This time the suspected plagiarist is Bernd Althusmann, secretary of culture and education in Lower Saxony and president of the conference of German state secretaries of education. Since I … Continue reading →

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Bad news from Germany, the British class system, the invisibility of women in SF and some indie publishing

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Cora

The world and the internet seem to have woken up just in time for the next public holiday to hit us on Thursday. Lots of stuff happened, so here is a linkdump: I am saddened by the outcome of the … Continue reading →

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