***Warning: Killjoy post*** The Straight man of Berghain: what are we laughing at?

***Warning: Killjoy post*** The Straight man of Berghain: what are we laughing at?

This is a quick post in response to something that has been doing the rounds on social media this week. Link-bait items from Gay Star…

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So a gay man can get married today but you still won't apologise to his grandfather?

So a gay man can get married today but you still won’t apologise to his grandfather?

On Friday 21st October, 2016, Conservative MP Sam Gyimah, was accused of filibustering a Bill -dubbed the Turing Bill – in the House of Commons….

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Feel the Quality: The haptic economy of unboxing videos on YouTube.

Feel the Quality: The haptic economy of unboxing videos on YouTube.

Fresh (well, not so fresh) back from AoIR16 in Berlin, I thought I would take a moment to upload my presentation from this year’s conference….

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Crispin Blunt's poppers speech: a brave acknowledgment of awkward truths

Crispin Blunt’s poppers speech: a brave acknowledgment of awkward truths

Sharif Mowlabocus, University of Sussex Crispin Blunt, the Conservative MP for Reigate, Surrey, offered the British media a late Christmas present when he admitted to…

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