-
Three happy discoveries
Spuggies, brickies and the vital spark I haven’t written a blog article for more than a fortnight! Sure, September is always full for me, and this September is more brimming with work than average but there were gaps when, normally, I would have gathered the thoughts, chosen a topic and got typing but this time,…
-
I think women may still have a problem or two
I feel as though I’ve spent the last few weeks tumbling down a rocky slope of broken feminism. I’d been reading Hilary Mantel’s graceful memoir, finding out what it feels like for a writer of historical fiction when characters from a past you are researching finally come alive in the cellar of an ancient house,…
-
Nudge, point, shout: ‘pervert glasses!’
[NB: Since I published this article it’s been pointed out to me that the manufacturers are presenting these things as an aid to sight-impaired people. That is a huge problem regarding what I’ve suggested below. I’m not going to unpublish because they are being used aggressively, and that’s why people are calling them pervert glasses.…
-
Sylvia, not Emmeline
Some thoughts on that far-right bookshop article’s bumpy journey round the world It is certainly a stereotype to say that a meeting of women is an argument, a stereotype that has a lot of evidence to keep it going. To my mind, it’s not really a criticism – I think it’s because women’s gatherings tend…
-
Find a loose thread, and pull!
Did you know that the average lifespan of a state is 326 years? What’s even more exciting is that mega-states – hierarchical organisations of control that cover more than one logical, geographic area – only last an average of 155 years. Did you know that the overarching reason for states’ extreme obsession with secrecy is…
-
It’s hard work, being a law-abiding citizen
It’s also sometimes hard to believe that’s the best thing to do. From the Kinder Trespass to the anti-genocide ‘granarchists’, it’s hard to see what, if not organised rule-breaking, could win the case for humanity — but let’s give it a go. I certainly believe the thing to do is to apply your best brain…
-
Laurence Fox thinks he’s dead
Bit of a laugh. People have been passing this around, as a lovely example of social media hyperbole. I wonder at what point in typing in that rant (we all love a rant, we all do it!) did Fox get lost in his attempted metaphor and forget that it wasn’t him that was dead. But…
-
Clacton to Cambridge – Oscars all round
What a performance. Come on, get down off it — whichever of this week’s righteous-fury ‘news’ stories we’re on. Anyone who’s a professor or an MP or anything else that gets you money, prestige or a platform — they’re there because they agreed to play the system. And it’s hell for autistic people because, on…
-
Very angry day, nice evening
I was not where I said I’d be on the night of the eclipse. I did some messaging, tried to mitigate complications it may have caused but wasn’t one hundred percent successful. That happens sometimes. I know my limits, and on the whole, I function – that’s what decades and decades of practice in coping…
-
The alarming tale of the far right bookshop in rural Suffolk
Guest blogger Simon Edge was horrified to find a far-right bookshop on his doorstep. He was even more horrified to discover it was backed to the hilt by some prominent gender critical figures. The Suffolk village where I live is a well-known destination for day-trippers and prides itself on its quirky range of independent shops.…
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
Kay Green 