Category: Anarchism
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When you’re young you feel the music, when you’re older you feel the lyrics.
That’s how the saying goes, int it? And honestly… it’s bang on. All my old faves land proper different these days, especially now I’ve got a shiny badge of Bipolar slapped on me back. Songs I used to sing along to, I’m now sat there thinking, hang on a minute… is this song about me…
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Accent Discrimination.
Given Jack Whitehall’s ‘Wetherspoons Whitney’ comment to Becky Hill, I thought I’d touch on accent discrimination. It’s not something I’ve talked about much, this idea of accent discrimination, or the deeper divide that still exists between the North and South of England. Growing up in the North, I never gave my accent a second thought.…
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Anarchy begins at home.
Anarchism. These days, it’s trendy. Everyone wants to tear the system down, shout about injustice, climb Big Ben for Palestine, throw soup at Van Gogh, or block traffic in the name of the climate. Fair enough, some of those causes are valid. But let’s be honest: it’s all very loud, very public, and very online.…