Living on the Hill Archives - Page 85 of 96

Racialising Rape: Not New, Not Subconscious, and Not Acceptable

March 18, 2017 | by Madelaine Hanson | 2 Comments

It is incredibly irritating to see individuals being outraged about rape when it has a racial element, but ignoring it elsewhere. Rape is a sexual violence problem. Not a race one. Read more

Fear Wins Elections, Not Facts. It’s Time We Got Wise to the Tricks of Tyrants

March 17, 2017 | by Madelaine Hanson | 0 Comments

Terrorism, nationalism and otherism have exploded into the global political discourse. And that's seriously good news for machiavellian politicians: they need that to be elected, writes Madelaine Hanson Read more

An Interview with Rob Boston – Communications Director, Americans United

March 17, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Scott Jacobsen interviews Rob Boston, director of communications for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, about his past, work, and views. Read more

Risking Innocent Lives for Faith in Zimbabwe

March 15, 2017 | by Takudza Mazwienduna | 0 Comments

The adherence of Zimbabwe's rural population to African Apostolic Faith sects is damaging not only on an indirect level, but increasingly on a direct one. Read more

The Reality Behind The So-Called “Headscarf Ban”

March 15, 2017 | by Tehmina Kazi | 0 Comments

Companies can ban "the visible wearing of any religious sign", but the rule must be applied to all members of staff equally Read more

Modesty; the New Sexy? Hijab or Hotpants, We’re all Under Social Scrutiny

March 15, 2017 | by Madelaine Hanson | 2 Comments

Whether I'm wearing a hijab or hotpants, I'm never inviting you to grab me, overly-sexualise me or label me as a meek little virgin Read more

Radicalisation all Over the Place – The Left and Right are in this Mess Together

March 13, 2017 | by Zorana Vuk | 0 Comments

While the Left and Right fight over pronouns, statistics, racist-or-not terminology and other life-threatening issues, civil society needs to rethink itself Read more

An Interview with Mikey Weinstein – Founder & President, Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF)

March 13, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 2 Comments

Mikey Weinstein is the Founder & President of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. Not only that, Weinstein is, arguably, the founder of the fight against the Evangelical intrusion into the military system. an intrusion which has breached the separation of church and state. Mikey is on the front-lines. He tells the what, the how, and the why in this interview with Scott. Read more

Admit it, Your Addiction to Wine isn’t Sophisticated

March 11, 2017 | by Madelaine Hanson | 0 Comments

Alcohol is marketed to us, particularly middle class women, as elegant, delicate and a little bit rebellious. Whatever the companies tell you: It's ethanol. So what's with the addiction? Read more

An Interview with Shari Allwood – Executive Director of SMART Recovery

March 11, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 1 Comments

In this interview, Shari Allwood talks about SMART Recovery with its Secular and scientifically based approaches to addiction using non-confrontational motivational, behavioural and cognitive methods Read more