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Baaer Meinhof and Baby Killers...

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I'm going to start this blog post by introducing you to the "Baaer Meinhof" phenomenon. This is essentially a named phenomenon that you will have almost definitely experienced without realising it was named. The Baaer Meinhof phenomenon is that temporarily bizarre stage in life where you learn, hear or see a new piece of information, commit it to memory and as a result begin seeing it everywhere. This is exactly what has inspired this blog post, and before I start I want to state that I realise this topic is controversial. I don't claim to be an expert, I am simply a student formulating my thoughts on this topic. On Thursday the 3rd of October, I watched part two of the harrowing and challenging documentary "Women Behind Bars" presented by Trevor Mcdonald. The documentary followed the famous newsreader around Indiana Women's Prison and Rockville Correctional Facility as he interviewed a select few of the female criminals that were imprisoned ther
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