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Release of Vaxxed sequel prompts fears dangerous propaganda will spread again | US news

US news This article is more than 4 years oldRelease of Vaxxed sequel prompts fears dangerous propaganda will spread againThis article is more than 4 years oldAnti-vaccination film to premiere in theatres as several states have been battling against localised outbreaks of measles Anti-vaccination campaigners are preparing to release the sequel to Vaxxed, the highly contentious film that has been used to spread the unfounded claim that vaccines cause autism and other developmental problems.

Christina Taylor Green: a symbolic life tragically cut short | US news

US newsChristina Taylor Green: a symbolic life tragically cut shortNine-year-old caught up in Gabrielle Giffords shooting had featured in a book collecting images of children born on 9/11There is a photograph on page 41 of Faces of Hope that, as the title of the book suggests, captures the spirit of optimism of the American people even when confronted by great tragedy. It is a grainy black and white picture of an infant girl, a ribbon round her hair, set against a background of peonies.

Cid Corman | Books | The Guardian

BooksObituaryCid CormanPoet who was behind the literary magazine OriginAlthough he published some 150 collections of poetry, translations, and essays, Cid Corman, who has died aged 79, will be remembered as an editor. Through five decades, from 1951, his literary magazine Origin provided an early platform for the work of Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Gary Snyder and Theodore Enslin. Inevitably associated with Olson and the poets who clustered around him at Black Mountain College in North Carolina in the 1950s, Corman's own work owed just as much to the influence of Japan, where, apart from a 12-year break in Boston, he lived from 1962 until his death.

Cult punks Glassjaw return: 'It was offensive. You dont talk to a woman like that' | Pop and rock

Pop and rockInterviewCult punks Glassjaw return: 'It was offensive. You don’t talk to a woman like that'Daniel Montesinos-DonaghyThe post-hardcore band were loved for their knotty, emotional songs – and despised for their misogynistic lyrics. As they release their first album for 15 years, are they changed men? It has taken 15 years for Glassjaw’s Daryl Palumbo and Justin Beck to make a new album. In between, there have been health troubles (Palumbo’s struggles with Crohn’s disease have cancelled many a UK tour), side-projects with ex-Gorillaz mastermind Dan the Automator, business endeavours, marriage, children, life.

The hospital selfie is the dose of reality social media needs

ShortcutsSocial mediaSo much of what we share online is fantasy, but posting pictures from a hospital bed helps people feel less isolated and can demystify disability and illness Social media is often accused of presenting an airbrushed fantasy rather than a slice of realism, so it is refreshing to see the likes of Kate Beckinsale and Nicky Campbell embrace the “hospital selfie”, which involves tweeting photos from their hospital beds. (Alas, the Daily Mail’s Sarah Vine isn’t a fan, writing in her latest column: “Why the rest of us have to suffer I don’t know.