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Read More »Infographic: An already unbalanced Debate
The front cover of Tharunka Vol. 59, No. 3 was posted on Facebook. We analyzed the comments that were made on that post to bring you this infographic. The post can be found here: bit.ly/FoetalRightsBill
Read More »No Class— Class War
Twelve minutes. That’s how many minutes I get paid to mark a one-thousand-word essay: to read it, mark it, and give feedback. And then I repeat the process, once over one-hundred times. I doubt that I have ever managed to mark an essay within the given time limit, and I …
Read More »And then it just Hit Me.
Thirty years ago, five points of light appeared on the Soviet Union’s early detection system for incoming ballistics. The attack was recorded 80km south-east of Moscow in a small military centre named Serpukhov-15, the western control for Oko: a satellite system designed to monitor missile launches from mainland United States. …
Read More »The Real Cost of Blaming the Victim
On St Patrick’s Day, in Steubenville, Ohio, two high schoolers were found guilty of raping a sixteen-year-old girl at a party in August, 2012. In this case, there was a YouTube video of other high schoolers laughing about the assault, describing how they had witnessed it, and how the victim …
Read More »Putting the boredom in BDSM: A review of Sexpo
I don’t know about you, but I find the concept of Sexpo fascinating. What could be more interesting than bringing something that is (generally) extremely private out into the public sphere, complete with neon-lighting, stands and Russell Gilbert? After attending, I decided the answer to that is almost anything. Don’t …
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