Tag: society

Voices matter

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Hi, A later than usual post today. No great drama or upset, just a busy day as it’s the school holidays. Out Child 2.0 and I headed into town – quite possibly, for the first time this year – as he wanted items for the upcoming school prom. I was surprised to see how many more shops had closed up in the Broadmarsh area of Nottingham. I say area rather than the shopping centre, which has been been demolished some time ago. So many To Let signs and boarded up units. It’s like there’s a slow burning fire that’s crept up the hill, touching and closing the properties. Going Backwards Talking of Child 2.0, we had a letter from the […]

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It’s not me, it’s you

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Hi Subscription News App, I thought we’d have a sit down over a coffee, I feel we need to talk. I’ve really enjoyed your articles, satire, and the amazing journalism you’ve been doing these last few years. Speaking truth to power and championing the rights of people. Yeah, you’re waiting for the ‘but’ aren’t you? Imagine if you will, that your news app was a restaurant: well designed, good content, and I get the things I need. Sure, some stuff isn’t to my tastes, but that’s okay; I can skip over the restaurant equivalent of the sports section. All that good stuff, and then every, say, two weeks to a month, one of your staff would wander up and spit […]

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Mostly snark

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Hi, Greetings peasants. Today’s lesson is two sexes good, 72 genders bad. Stay in your assigned lane, do not question, and no, you’re not allowed to see the evidence. Oof. Sorry about that. I must remember to remove my subscription to the Alternative Facts blogging AI. 😉 Coping mechanism #12 As I caught the headline in PinkNews this week – and, this isn’t an anti Pink News grumble! 🏳️‍🌈 – I caught sight of some white, rich, cishet person talking guff. I know, such an unusual occurrence! 😉 I paused for a moment and thought back to the other things said person, and those like them, had said. I now have a special memory bucket* and go to phrase for […]

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Room for improvement

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Hi, Hello dear Internet trans massive from deepest, darkest Nottinghamshire. Or, as we say around here, ‘eey oop’ 🙂 Effort & Reward With parenting, work, and – if I’m honest – being quite lazy, my energy levels and effort put in to trying to stay feeling femme has slipped of late. Well…. to be fair, one does not rush in between waxing appointments, as there needs to be some level of – ick! 😲 – regrowth. Cue that annoying/dysphoric period where you need to have enough back, but you shouldn’t shave to keep that area hair free. In my case, my knees. But, hey, if that’s all I’ve got to worry about, life’s not too bad eh? 🙂 So, midweek […]

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Existing

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Hi, Hello little white screen. How long do I watch the blink of the cursor? Or, as per, should I through caution to the wind and just dive in…. Yes, I’m deliberating as this feels both personal and political. /sigh When did just existing become political? Ah, there’s my middle class white privilege showing! If you are a person of colour and/or wearing obvious non Christian religious clothing, feel free to roll your eyes at my sheltered upbringing 🙂 Thinking about recent events, perhaps including climate protesters wouldn’t be inaccurate either… 🙄 Wordage Apparently, I’m pushing my ideology about being trans… 🙄 Hmm. Well, here’s a thing: I don’t think I am. I would just like the same rights for […]

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Not doing owt

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Hi, Ahh, a week’s staycation, a night out, and a long weekend? Well, colour me well chuffed and tiptoperoo 🙂 Engage smug mode 🤓 ( For the non Midlands Massive, owt – said ‘oat’ – means ‘anything’. Typically used as a reply to an accusation. “Me? I’ve haven’t done owt!” 🙂 ) Chilling Out With the Easter holidays in their second week, myself, the Ever Lovely Mrs J, and Child 2.0 had time off. Okay, technically Child 2.0 was already off, but they did attend some pre exam top-up lessons for their art GCSE, bless them. Crikey, extra lessons out of term time: he is dedicated 🩷 We did a few trips out as a family and then Mrs J […]

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