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Category Archives: my opinions let me show you them
Culturally inappropriate
Halloween has been and gone, and with it, the annual discussion over inappropriate costuming. Each year, the discussion gets a little louder, a little clearer. Each year the people going “this is not ok” grow in number, and the angry … Continue reading
Just anxious
It’s an irony that when I am not having a bout of anxiety, it’s hard to recall and write about exactly how anxiety affects me (in a similar way to how you can remember that a tattoo hurts but you … Continue reading
Posted in Drinking, Me Me Me, my opinions let me show you them
Tagged anxiety, dinosaur puns, mental illness, panic attack
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nurture? not sure
I’m often told I don’t look my age. I have to admit I rather enjoy the look of shock that usually appears on people’s faces when I tell them my actual age. It’s usually followed up with “what’s your secret?” … Continue reading
Three Thinks: Sex work, Gender & Feminist Dating
I’m still finding it hard to sit down every single Sunday and write. Last year it was really important to me to do so, because writing here was so tied up with giving up alcohol that I felt if I … Continue reading
Posted in feminism, my opinions let me show you them
Tagged amnesty, dating, feminism, gender, sex work, thought experiment, writer's block
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Civilly Disobedient
This Saturday I joined hundreds of thousands of others in protesting against the UK government’s harsh, illogical, unfair and ideologically driven austerity policies. It wasn’t my first protest; although I have an anxiety disorder and struggle with large crowds, and … Continue reading
Posted in my opinions let me show you them
Tagged austerity, civil disobedience, media bias, politics, protest
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“I wish we talked more about…” Part 2: Periods
Part 1 – women and sex A while back one of my fellow humourless killjoy feminist friends came up with the idea of a list of “Things we wished people spoke more openly about”. The conversation that ensued lead to several … Continue reading
woman to woman: we need to talk
I didn’t have very many female friends as a young teenager. I didn’t have many male friends either, I have to say. A combination of moving around a lot and being pretty socially awkward and (with hindsight) not finding it … Continue reading
Big Fat Body Acceptance
For the second week in a row, I have been diverted from my intention to muse on my drinking (or lack of it) by Things Happening That Are Making Me Want To Smash Other Things. This weeks’ OH FOR THE … Continue reading
harassment is not a virtual issue
I was going to write something about drinking this week, because it’s been a while, and last week’s post was kinda feministy and I like to usually mix things up a bit in between the being Really Angry About Things but … Continue reading
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