‘do you ever cycle through the same 4 apps on your phone over and over again and feel like a tiger pacing its cage at the zoo' (tweet from whitegirlblog, Dec 26, 2018) The Spring of 2025 marks my slightly off-kilter anniversary in the world of blogging: 13 years! 13 years of tortuous puns and... Continue Reading →
10 Love Stories for Valentines Day
Wandering around the shops today I saw a man walking very fast, carrying a bunch of red roses. Ah, Schmalentine’s Day. I’m a little envious of people who don’t have a fuck to give about this. I wish I could be so cold and unfeeling. I tend to go overboard with the paper heart bunting.... Continue Reading →
Banned Books, Pseudonyms and a Secret Magazine
“Secrets, silent, stony, sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their tyranny: tyrants willing to be dethroned.” James Joyce, Ulysses Maybe it's a symptom of living in almost certain safety, to find the idea of banned books romantic. Imagine: the soft crackling of a paper bag containing a hard-back first... Continue Reading →