Tag Archives: swine flu

Couch Potato Pickings | Sicko

Posted on 28 July 2009 by Beth Williams

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video It may be difficult to get an appointment with your GP at the moment, thanks to the growing hysteria over Swine Flu, and you may be inclined to … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Philadelphia and the AIDS pandemic

Posted on 15 June 2009 by Beth Williams

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video It’s 16 years since this powerful, deeply moving, Oscar-winning film was made. If Swine Flu is a pandemic, then what on earth is AIDS? There are 36 million … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | For One Night

Posted on 1 May 2009 by Beth Williams

It’s shocked me to learn today that racially segregated proms were still taking place  this decade in Georgia, USA. It was as recently as 2002 when one plucky schoolgirl decided to try and persuade  parents and teachers within her community … Continue reading →

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