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Video: The Clock at the Back of the Cage

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Amanda Palmer & Edward Ka-Spel’s I Can Spin a Rainbow album is the opposite of taking LSD in outerspace. It’s dreamy but it isn’t dream pop. It’s magical but there’s no unicorns. It’s a ghost addressing hard reality. It’s eerie and full of loss looking at love. It’s indescribable by me but that’s ok ’cause the haunting stop motion video for the song ‘The Clock at the Back of the Cage’ will do it for me. It’ll speak to you in profound ways if you play it fullscreen and listen … Read the full article…

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Sex, Miley Cyrus, Amanda Palmer & Me

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Let’s talk about sex and women’s liberation. Sex is undeniably part of because we’re human… and half of us, as a result of unplanned sex but well-planned biology, are girls. If you haven’t seen it yet, join the hundreds of millions who loved watching Miley Cyrus’ ‘Wrecking Ball’ video. If you’re unlike them, and vomit tickles your tongue, you still have to watch it because it’s one reason for much to come: The world’s gotten far too serious with itself (and sensitive to itself) which sometimes makes me aim for … Read the full article…

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Amanda Todd’s Bully to be Extradited

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Amanda Todd exposed her breasts online when she was in the 7th grade. She became the victim of severe cyberbullying which culminated in her suicide at the age of 15. Her story is one of the most well known of its kind on the net. It became a clarion call for laws against cyberbullying and cybercrime. 4 years after her death, a Dutch court has approved the extradition of a Dutchman to Canada over her cyberbullying. It’s an important step for justice in our world that has become socially reliant … Read the full article…

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Wounded to Death (Stopping Violence Against Women)

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“Men you beat up to death; women you rape first and then you let them die. It’s the way things have been since the dawn of time and these stories no longer make the news.” [watch the video above] That’s an extract from the speech by Serena Dandini and Maura Misiti that Amanda Palmer, one of my favourite performers, delivered to the United Nations for the International Day to End Violence against Women last month. Amanda, some of you may recall, was in one of the videos i insisted you … Read the full article…

The truth may be bitter but sharing it is sweet!