The Fragile Male Ego

Or how a certain type of man always blames the woman for thier own failures.
I’m chatting online on OK cupid (bad habit, but yields utterly hilarosu results at times, I have a bad habit of talking to people onlien for the lulz sometimes) and some guy pops up in the chat thingy ‘hey which bit [...]

Depressing Irony moment

I just cleared out my spam comments, all of them were advertsing porn. 
Sigh.
I’ve been challenged by a friend to come up with some ideas on porn, not for the blog but in general so I shall think about that and perhaps blog my findings. It’s a complicated issue that much I know.

Song of random interval

‘Big Ovaries Baby’ – Gaye Adegbalola
This may be the best song ever. I found this by chance after trying to find a suitable song for a production of ‘That Takes Ovaries’ and goddamn it’s fantastic. I’m now wasting more money than I should on itunes, check out Saffire – uppity blues women , who Gaye’s [...]

I’m sporadic I know

I’m tempted to stop this blog, I don’t have enough time or motivation really. Yet at the same time I don’t want to as I like having space to rant.
So much has annoyed me recently, I should get vocal again. Ironically I’m being a bit too busy with off the internet ‘real life’ activism. [...]

Apathy the enemy?

Today a racist, homophobic, sexist , misogynist and downright fascist party got elected to the European parliament in my constituency. Mostly becuase 70% of people didn’t vote.
I am angered becuase so many of my peers don’t vote. They don’t see the point. While I understand frustrations with mainstream politics this apathy is to my [...]

Success and ‘having it all’

I’m watching this hideous BBC programme  called ‘The Trouble With Working Women’
It’s driving me mad. Not once has anyone mentioned that women may be less ’successful’ is due to the fact that our society is set up to male norms, what is seen as ’success’ is traditionally male. It is not seen as a success [...]

Blogging against disablism – Invisible disabilities

Invisible Disabilities
I ‘don’t look sick’. I look ‘normal’ but I’m disabled. Both by my own definition and by the government’s:
‘A physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.’
I am not always open about it. There are people in my life [...]

In relation to the other day; rebel grrrls

Hellions: Pop Culture’s Rebel Women Why are white, young, male ‘rebels’ celebrated and revered in pop culture, while women who push against society’s sexist and racist norms are marginalised and dismissed? Michelle Wright reviews a book which brings to light stories of the female rebel
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http://www.thefword.org.uk
Think this ties in nicely with my post on ‘clever girls’ [...]

song of random interval

Is being ruined by youtube’s fuckwittery and ‘this video is not available in your country’
so have a last.fm link instead:
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Raincoats/_/Don%27t+Be+Mean
An amazing song by an amazing band.
Raincoats, better than The Slits. Now if only I could find a non hideously overpriced cd or LP out there…

Insomnia

I can’t fucking sleep, this insomnia problem is getting ridiculous. I can’t remeber the last time I had a decent nights sleep.
When you just about get to some vague state of sleep as the light is cracking through your blinds and the birds start their chorus of taunting. The irony of listening to songs [...]