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These are the sorts of conversations I'm having in the 21st century. So I'm writing some of them down here for you.
Do I think that everybody should have an opinion about everything? No. I think everybody having an opinion about everything and feeling the need to voice those opinions is one of the reasons why we’re in such a mess in the first place. But maybe I’m changing my thinking on this. Because really if there […]
Read More You’re gonna have to get off the fence!Becoming a parent has made me a more patient person. For anyone who knows me in real life, I fully appreciate that it’s hard to imagine what a less patient version of me would look like, but honestly I am comparatively fucking zen these days. One of the most annoying things about children is that they […]
Read More Riots, cartwheels, and brains interruptedIf you work for almost any organisation, you’ve probably spent 20-30 minutes going as fast as you can through online Unconscious Bias training, skipping the actual content to get to the quiz at the end that asks you if hating Black people is considered rude. Yes it is. Congratulations you’ve passed! Unconscious bias refers to […]
Read More The nonsense of unconscious biasYou know, it’s always in times of darkness that you’re really reminded about the importance of connecting with other people. The OceanGate tragedy, unfolding before our eyes for those four days in June, really did bring people together… to have a massive fucking barney and start throwing metaphorical shit at each other on social media. […]
Read More Billionaires, Bathtubs, and BoatsI like silliness. I’ve always been a big fan of silly things. The absurdity of the everyday. The ridiculousness of the ordinary. The opportunity for silliness intensifies exponentially when national events roll around. And in the UK, we are especially good at being absolutely fucking ridiculous. So imagine my utter delight at the potential silliness […]
Read More King Charlie’s New Hat (and other silly stories)When you think about whether or not Golliwogs are racist, the phrase ‘obvious even to the thickest of the thick’ springs immediately to mind. But it seems like we’re giving terminally thick a smidge more credit than they deserve, because apparently there are legions of die-hard Golliwog fans out there, who need it explaining step […]
Read More The Golliwog and the Tory who Wanted a SlaveYou can say what you like about the Queen, but you can’t deny that she had a great eye for a nice hat. And anyone who appreciates a good hat is okay in my book. Indiana Jones, Frank Spencer, Porkpie off of Desmond’s, Jamiroquai*, Ghengis Khan… the list goes on. So it is a little sad that […]
Read More Good Grief!The Met Police have been compiling their Greatest Shits album for some while now, and with the addition of Child Q, not a quarter of the way into 2022, ‘Now That’s What I Call Some Racist-Ass Bullshit’ is already shaping up to be an absolute banger. The case itself is a pretty tough read. Child […]
Read More Adultification and the case of Child QWell first of all, when you say “you people” to me, I’m just going to assume you mean distractingly beautiful, witty, talented, Psychologists. Admit it… I’m right aren’t I? That’s what you mean. Anyway, lots of ‘things’ are happening at the moment, and it just seems like there is almost always some sort of racist […]
Read More Why is it always about race with you people?Anyone who works in academia (and probably a lot of people who don’t) will have heard the phrase “decolonizing the curriculum.” Oooh, scary! Generally speaking though, we have a pretty poor understanding of what it actually means. So we put some pictures of brown people in our shitty powerpoint slides and give ourselves a lovely […]
Read More If we’re so woke, why are we so stuck?
Slavery was bad, okay?