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When Rape is OK

The Wowster on a mentality that accepts rape as an occupational hazard Isha Nembhard was once a Peckham gang member in London. One of the trade offs was a willingness to be sexually abused, even rape is ok, in order to gain acceptance. It was the price girls paid to belong to the 80-strong gang where being abused was part of the culture. It ...

Where’s The Sunday Paper?

Vivian Llu on the replacement for the Sunday Paper Apple and cinnamon oatmeal, check. Hot coffee, check. Eggs in a basket, check. The Sunday paper… not so much. Like many others, I grew up with the tradition of reading the Sunday paper. ...

Worst Possible Scenario

The Wowster on the gun happy militias bringing Tripoli to its knees. It was inevitable. Tripoli now seems to be breaking down in to firefights between various militias as the ruling body's grip becomes more tenuous by the day. The real shocker ...

She Can’t Be Serious

The Wowster wonders if Angela Merkel is serious when she threatens to abandon Greece. The lady's not a bottomless pit. That's the message coming from Angela Merkel to the Greeks if they don't sort out their economic meltdown. Problem is they don't ...

Press Freedom BS

The Wowster examines the smokescreen of Press Freedom at the Leveson inquiry What price Press Freedom? That was the question and it was expected to bring the Leveson Inquiry shuddering to a halt. The question was put by Ian Hislop, the admirable ...

Wrong Direction, Ed

The Wowster looks at the increasingly hapless Ed Miliband now moving in the wrong direction. The increasingly hapless Ed Miliband has now been painted into a corner going in the wrond direction, not of his choosing. Instead of chastising Cameron on his economic policies, ...