Interesting Links for 26-04-2013

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• Iron Maiden fans somehow immune to self-consciousness epidemic
  '“In an age where literally everything has to be arch, knowing, witty or retro, Iron Maiden fans somehow still don’t give a fuck.'
  (tags: music posttofacebook parody heavy metal amusing alternative culture The Daily Mash culture )
• BBC News - Crews tackle blaze at National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
  'The library has millions of books plus manuscripts, archives, maps, pictures, photographs, films and music.'
  (tags: history posttofacebook Wales fire )
• If I Admit That 'Hating Men' Is a Thing, Will You Stop Turning It Into a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?
  Rather good set of points on the supposed claims of 'misandry' not actually having the societal/cultural entrenchment that misogyny does, and that most feminists don't want men to have to have all the bad stuff they get through similar cultural entrenchments.
  (tags: sexism posttofacebook bigotry feminism interesting comment fairness culture )