Today, Chris Brown–the singer probably most famous for beating the shit out of Rihanna–tweeted a series of somewhat nonsensical, but awareness-raising tweets about the horrifying massacre that took place yesterday in Houla, Syria. My cynicism immediately kicked in, and I tweeted: “Oh look, @chrisbrown took time off from beating his girlfriend to show empathy for […]
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Reading… (26/5/2012)
For quite some time, I’ve been a big fan of zunguzungu’s Sunday Reading lists. Thus, in homage, and because flattery is the sincerest form of compliment, I too shall start flooding your RSS, so to speak, with recommendations–or merely a record–of reads. (This will also, I should note, help ensure that I stop owing money […]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of Manal Al-Sharif, the brazen Saudi woman who made history (and TIME’s Top 100 Influential People list) by videotaping herself driving a car and uploading it to YouTube. I felt lucky to have briefly met Manal back in January when I attended Yahoo’s Change Your […]