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WARNING: “disability theme”

By Lauredhel on November 28, 2008

A new UK film, “Special People”, has had a special warning slapped on it by the film classification board. The film, which casts actors with disabilities in a comedy about film-making, continues to carry the warning, because the Board only withdrew the note after the publicity material was printed. The BBC reports: A film that [...]

Posted in arts & entertainment, social justice | Tagged ableism, actors, bigotry, cinema, disability, moral panics, warning | 17 Responses

Whoydensday: Guess Who’s Guesting?

By tigtog on October 22, 2008

Update: Oops – forgot that some people might not like casting spoilers. Moving the casting rumours to the end of the post behind a cut. The title of the Christmas Episode has been revealed: The Next Doctor. RTD is mucking us about again, what do you reckon? This week’s bonus link is definitely the Procrastination [...]

Posted in arts & entertainment, fun & hobbies | Tagged actors, christmas, daily mail, doctor-who, RTD | 6 Responses

CSIRO report: levels of childhood obesity have remained largely unchanged for the past decade

By tigtog on October 4, 2008

Research casts doubt on ‘obesity epidemic’ New government research shows that levels of childhood obesity have remained largely unchanged for the past decade. For the first time since the mid 1990s, government scientists asked a large number of Australian children (4,400 between the ages of two and 16) about what they eat. In a survey [...]

Posted in Life, media, Science | Tagged actors, childhood obesity, moral panics, reportage, telly | 13 Responses

Whoydensday quickhit: Nine or Ten?

By tigtog on July 30, 2008

I’m working on a long post which is being a tad recalcitrant, so talk among yourselves. Which Doctor do you prefer, and does that preference extend to other work from the same actors? Or did you not know either Christopher Eccleston or David Tennant until you saw them in Who? Related posts: Whoydensday: finally in [...]

Posted in arts & entertainment | Tagged actors, christopher eccleston, david tennant, doctor-who, gratuitous ogling | 22 Responses

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