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Balenciaga Receives Backlash Following Creepy Child Bondage Ads

Balenciaga Receives Backlash Following Creepy Child Bondage Ads

Balenciaga has come under fire after using children to promote sexually explicit content. It featured an ad with children holding teddy bears in bondage harnesses and costumes. The ads were part of a series of disgusting promos featuring children in sexual settings. Its recent 2022 “Gift Collection” showed various children standing on a sofa holding a teddy in leather bondage[Read More…]

Why I Am NOT Left-wing or Right-wing

Why I Am NOT Left-wing or Right-wing

This isn’t likely to be a popular article. Blogs that attack ‘both sides’ very rarely are.  We all like easy answers. Nobody likes a fence sitter. In the minds of some people, those who don’t take a position are too apathetic to decide properly, or are bedwetters that are too scared to choose. You’re either left-wing or right-wing, and your[Read More…]

Surge of Far-Right Nazi Sympathy Causes Ukraine Human Rights Concerns

Surge of Far-Right Nazi Sympathy Causes Ukraine Human Rights Concerns

In February of 2014, Ukraine witnessed its political landscape shift dramatically when a number of riots and protests took place, known as “The Euromaiden Revolution” (or “revolution of Dignity” to some). Limited violence did take place, including unknown shootings, during the overthrow of Russian-friendly Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich’s stable (if according to some, problematic) leadership. What has filled the void[Read More…]

Brexit Negotions Leave The UK in a State of Limbo

Brexit Negotions Leave The UK in a State of Limbo

In 2016, over 30 million UK citizens voted in a referendum for its sovereign nation to cut ties with the European Union. The turnout was enormous, with a total of 71.8% of the population taking part in the election and producing an outcome of 51.9% in favor of leaving, while 48.1% voted to remain within the EU jurisdiction. The prospects[Read More…]

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Once a Hero of Journalism, Now Accused “Collaborator”

It is often said that “no man is an island,” however that sentiment can hardly be felt by Julian Assange right now. Once lauded by his journalistic peers for being a courageous voice for independence and truth in the media, the same voices are now singing quite a different tune; portraying him as a criminal and a menace to society[Read More…]