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Where’s Kate? Speculation about the ‘missing’ princess is proof the Palace’s media playbook needs a re-write

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Social media have been awash with speculation about Catherine’s health and whereabouts.

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Social media have been awash with speculation about Catherine’s health and whereabouts.
As scrutiny reaches a fever pitch, we ask: why is the Palace’s typical media playbook no longer working?

Not so ‘unprecedented’

Anne Boleyn (circa 1501-1536), the second of six wives of Henry VIII, was executed after being found guilty of adultery, incest and treason.
The long-reigning Queen Victoria (1819-1901) was widely regarded as as a loyal wife and mother.
Yet she too became the target of gossip regarding her close friendship with Scottish servant John Brown after her husband, Prince Albert, died in 1861.

The Palace’s strategic communications

The royal family has gradually adjusted to new media and technologies, though not as quickly as the public might like.
On one hand, the Palace continues its age-old tradition of announcing major news on a noticeboard at the gates of Buckingham Palace.

Internet sleuthing and a manipulated image

There were also more serious claims that she was in a coma, or dead, or getting a divorce.
In the midst of this speculation, TMZ published a grainy photo of Catherine in the passenger seat of a car near Windsor Castle.
The public quickly realised the image was at best poorly photoshopped or at worst AI-generated.
The Associated Press, Getty Images, AFP and Reuters subsequently issued “kill notices” on the image, stating concerns it had been digitally manipulated.

Old media PR won’t work in a new media world

The situation with Catherine’s absence from public life exposes the limits of old media strategies in a “new media” world.
The Palace is used to being able to control media coverage through the royal rota, a select group of press outlets in the UK given access to royal events.
Yet the interest in Catherine’s health has prompted a number of statements to the press.
These old media strategies don’t seem to be working, with news outlets that are part of the royal rota reporting critically on the manipulated image.

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

I’ve researched Clara Bow – it’s no wonder the actress inspired Taylor Swift’s new album

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

Moments later, Swift uploaded full details of her new record to Instagram, including the album artwork and track list.

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Moments later, Swift uploaded full details of her new record to Instagram, including the album artwork and track list.
One of the 17 newly revealed tracks is titled Clara Bow.
Actress Clara Bow (1905-1965) was the original “It girl”.

This article is part of Quarter Life, a series about issues affecting those of us in our twenties and thirties.
The articles in this series explore the questions and bring answers as we navigate this turbulent period of life.
Twitter users called her “disgusting” for bringing her friend and collaborator Lana Del Rey on stage, after she’d lost out on her own award.

Who was Clara Bow?

Clara Bow was an American silent and early sound film actress, whose tumultuous career spanned from 1922 to 1933.
Bow’s best-known film, the 1926 silent romantic comedy It, secured her status as a cultural icon who embodied the youth and liberation of the 1920s’ flapper.
This sequence of events, which kick-started the ongoing mythicisation of Bow’s star image, skips over the work Bow herself put in.

How Clara Bow inspired Taylor Swift

During the height of her career, Bow’s love life was a point of constant ridicule in popular film fan magazines. Headlines branding her “empty hearted” and asking “why can’t the It Girl keep her men?” sought to psychoanalyse her broken engagements. The press labelled Bow an “idiot”, and wondered why “no man [had] led her to the altar”.

Bow’s assistant and best friend, Daisy DeVoe, was accused of trying to embezzle money from her.
During my research trip, I was able to access the papers of Clara Bow, as well as those who knew her: including notable gossip columnist Hedda Hopper.
Perhaps Swift’s ode to Bow will offer some artistic justice for the often-misrepresented starlet.
But it’s not hard to see why Taylor Swift, a modern starlet whose every move is scrutinised and criticised, would find a rich seam of inspiration in the life of Clara Bow.

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Jennifer Voss receives funding from the AHRC-funded Midlands 4 Cities Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programme.

New 2024 Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll: A Consistent Consensus of Americans Continue to Support Legal Limits on Abortion

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

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NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2024 Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll results, released today, reveal that 66% of Americans support placing legal limits on abortion, and that nearly 6 in 10 support limiting abortions to the first three months of pregnancy. This survey, conducted by the Marist Poll and commissioned annually by the Knights of Columbus, also found that 83% of Americans support pregnancy resource centers, which offer support to mothers both during their pregnancy and after their baby is born. Additionally, the poll found that two-thirds of Americans believe healthcare professionals with religious objections to abortions should not be legally required to perform them, while 86% of respondents believe that laws can protect both the mother and her unborn child.

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NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2024 Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll results, released today, reveal that 66% of Americans support placing legal limits on abortion, and that nearly 6 in 10 support limiting abortions to the first three months of pregnancy.
"This clear trend found in the annual Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll has continued, nearly two years after the Supreme Court's landmark Dobbs decision."
"This year's poll makes clear that a consistent consensus of Americans supports legal restrictions on abortion, and an overwhelming majority support pregnancy resource centers, which assist mothers and their children in greatest need," said Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly.
The Knights of Columbus will continue to work tirelessly in our mission until abortion becomes unthinkable."

Heart-wrenching Ex-Mormon Memoir Offers Hope for Religious Abuse Survivors

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

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Charlene Jeffs escaped the fundamentalist cult, her testimony helping to bring the church’s leadership to justice—including Charlene’s husband, Lyle Jeffs.

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Charlene Jeffs escaped the fundamentalist cult, her testimony helping to bring the church’s leadership to justice—including Charlene’s husband, Lyle Jeffs.
A modern-day heroine of women’s rights, Charlene now shares her breathtaking memoir, Tell Your Heart To Beat Again, chronicling the path to freedom and reclamation of agency.
This incredible book begins with Charlene’s carefree upbringing in fundamentalist Mormonism, winds through her shifting adolescence, and unveils the confusion and hurt of her marriage.
Written to help those recovering from religious trauma, sexual manipulation, and high-control relationships, Tell Your Heart To Beat Again is living proof that life after abuse exists—and that it can be more beautiful than we dare to hope.

The Aqua One Smartphone by Cyber Dive Equips Parents To Combat the Online Safety Issues Posed by End-to-End Messaging Encryption That Protects Online Predators

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

PHOENIX, Dec. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Cyber Dive stands at the forefront of transforming the digital landscape, championing safety and well-being for millions of children through tech-forward innovations. Enter the era of digital guardianship with the Aqua One – an unparalleled smartphone that shatters barriers that have hindered parents from safeguarding their children online. Pioneering a revolutionary dashboard, this device grants parents real-time insights into their child's digital realm, arming them with a formidable tool against online predators. As social media landscapes evolve, Cyber Dive remains the beacon of protection for our children's online futures.

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Enter the era of digital guardianship with the Aqua One – an unparalleled smartphone that shatters barriers that have hindered parents from safeguarding their children online.
Pioneering a revolutionary dashboard, this device grants parents real-time insights into their child's digital realm, arming them with a formidable tool against online predators.
As social media landscapes evolve, Cyber Dive remains the beacon of protection for our children's online futures.
Aqua One's revolutionary Parent Dashboard equips parents with a powerful tool at a time when their child's online safety is increasingly at stake.

How rape myths and unconscious biases prejudice the judicial system against women -- and rape survivors in particular

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

The US charity, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, has shown that one in six women in the US has been the victim of rape or attempted rape, yet two in three rapes go unreported.

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The US charity, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, has shown that one in six women in the US has been the victim of rape or attempted rape, yet two in three rapes go unreported.
The Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales notes that, in the year to December 2021, the police recorded 67,125 rape offences.
And yet the charity Rape Crisis says five in six women who are raped don’t report it.

Why victims of sexual assault do not trust the judicial system

A poll by Savanta ComRes in February 2023 found that 26% of women said that they had “no trust in the police at all”.
In court, sexual assault cases are defined by legal precedents, in which gender stereotypes and rape myths have been found to play a significant role.
They are also based on a lack of understanding around psychological reactions to assault and rape, where some people freeze due to fear.

How rape myths are used to undermine women’s credibility in court

Even though the circumstances and definitions of false allegations vary, the report found that only 3%-4% of all rapes reported could be potential false allegations.
Rape myths have also arisen due to the inconsistency in survivor accounts.
Emotions – or the lack of what are perceived to be the appropriate emotions – are used to undermine women’s testimonies.
Proper training in rape myths has been shown to have the power to change attitudes towards rape, and towards women survivors.

Sunrise123.org Expands Content Offerings with Educational Videos by Certified Sex Therapist, Dr. Marty Klein

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

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Continuing its mission to foster understanding through open dialogue, the organization has added a wide-ranging catalog of videos from certified sex therapist and licensed marriage and family therapist, Dr. Marty Klein.

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Continuing its mission to foster understanding through open dialogue, the organization has added a wide-ranging catalog of videos from certified sex therapist and licensed marriage and family therapist, Dr. Marty Klein.
These videos are not only educational but suitable for most ages and cover a variety of topics.
Dr. Klein speaks about topics such as pornography, infidelity and non-monogamy, among many others.
Posted on the popular platform YouTube, the videos come equipped with features that may improve the viewer experience.

Why we need to set limits on sperm donation

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

The following day, during a conversation to get to know each other better and strengthen their relationship, they discover (what a coincidence!)

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The following day, during a conversation to get to know each other better and strengthen their relationship, they discover (what a coincidence!)
that they were both conceived via IVF (in vitro fertilization) using an anonymous donor.
What are the chances that the same sperm donor was responsible for both births?
Last March, the media reported on the case of a Dutch sperm donor who is believed to have fathered over 550 children.

Limits to reduce the risk of interbreeding

However, if a donor fathers too many children, this can cause significant complications from a statistical point of view.
This is because the probability of a chance encounter between two people who are siblings, genetically speaking, increases.
That’s why, in addition to imposing limits on donation with regards to the health of the donor (for example, to protect against infections transmissible through donation), there’s also a growing tendency to limit the number of offspring per donor to avert the risk of interbreeding.

Donor responsibility

From an ethical point of view, this issue also raises serious questions in terms of donor responsibility.
The aforementioned Dutch sperm donor is known to have made donations in other European countries after several Dutch clinics refused to accept his contributions.
For example, in the event of the death of a non-anonymous donor, there may be a conflict of interest between the donor’s wishes and the use of these biological specimens.
If gametes (sperm or eggs) or embryos are frozen and the donor later gets divorced and dies, can the donor’s ex-partner use them for reproductive purposes?

This year's debate over defense spending threatens to disrupt a tradition of bipartisan consensus-building over funding the military

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Thursday, July 20, 2023

Each year for the past six decades, congressional representatives from both sides of the aisle have come together to pass the National Defense Authorization Act.

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Each year for the past six decades, congressional representatives from both sides of the aisle have come together to pass the National Defense Authorization Act.
Because the bill involves the military – a traditionally popular institution – it has historically received bipartisan support.
Reflecting the current polarized politics of the U.S., the bill stands virtually no chance of passing in the Democratic-controlled Senate without major modifications.

A look at the National Defense Authorization Act and what’s happening in 2023

The first and current step, the National Defense Authorization Act, sets defense policies and provides guidance on how money can be spent.
Congressional Republicans have grown more conservative, congressional Democrats have become more liberal, and members of the two parties agree on less and less.
In the first year of the Biden administration, the House approved the National Defense Authorization Act by a 316-113 margin.
At the same time, these types of amendments decreased the odds that the bill would receive bipartisan support.

Previous defense spending bills have addressed social policy, too

This is not the first version of the defense authorization bill that included language about social issues.
The measure stemmed from President Bill Clinton’s campaign pledge to lift the ban on gay people serving in the military.
Another example of social policy’s being embedded in the National Defense Authorization Act occurred in 2009, when Senate Democrats attached the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.
More recently, the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act included a provision to remove Confederate names, symbols and monuments from Department of Defense property.

What each party stands to gain or lose from this fight

At the same time, these tactics may make it easier for Democrats to win in crucial swing districts during the 2024 election cycle.
It’s an important sign that there’s no longer an issue that’s immune from the hyperpolarization that defines today’s American politics.

Africa's groundbreaking women's rights treaty turns 20 - the hits and misses of the Maputo protocol

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Sunday, July 16, 2023

The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol) is arguably the most progressive legally binding instrument on women’s and human rights instruments globally.

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The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol) is arguably the most progressive legally binding instrument on women’s and human rights instruments globally.
The Maputo Protocol provides for extensive and progressive women’s rights.

What does it mean for sexual and reproductive rights?

Articles 2 and 14 made specific provisions to protect the sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls.
Also, 22 out of 29 African countries practising female genital cutting now have national laws in place banning the practice.
Article 14 mandates member countries to ensure the right to health of women, including sexual and reproductive health.

Has it been effective?

Since the inception of the Maputo Protocol, most African countries have removed user fees for maternal health services in government-owned health facilities.
This has increased access to quality maternal healthcare services for marginalised women and girls.
The success of the Maputo Protocol in protecting and guaranteeing the rights of women and eliminating discrimination is quite remarkable.

What have its shortcomings been?

Twenty-four haven’t fulfilled their reporting obligation to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
For example, 11 countries (Cameroon, Seychelles, Sudan, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Tanzania) permit girls below 18 years to marry.
But sexual and gender-based violence, child marriage and female genital cutting remain high in most African countries.
This hinders their smooth transition into adulthood and affects their immediate and lifelong health (physical and mental) and socioeconomic wellbeing and empowerment.

What more needs to be done?

The partnership between all actors working to ensure women’s health and reproductive rights are realised should be reinvigorated and sustained to make certain that gains are consolidated and not reversed.
Juliet Kimotho, senior advocacy officer at the African Population and Health Research Center, contributed to this article.