This article was published a year ago, and is still utterly superb. The fight for transgender rights is an urgent battle against what some have called the last bastion of socially acceptable bigotry. If we take the notion seriously that…
Tag: opinion
Photo manipulation
I read an article in The Guardian today about “Selfie Dysphoria” It’s an interesting article about how selfie filters are driving many people to use cosmetic surgery to make their face look more like their selfies, and how in the…
New Year, same me.
I’ve been a bit remiss about posting lately, so thought it was about time for an update.
Women in Motorsport – the W Series
It’s been recently reported in the Media [1][2] that there is a new female-only motorsport series being launched called “W Series”. British IndyCar driver Pippa Mann calls it a “sad day for motorsport” and that it will segregate women drivers.…
Eurovision 2014 (cont’d)
Now that people have had a few days to think about Eurovision a bit more, and the implications of Conchita Wurst’s act, some interesting debates are coming out. And rather than update my previous post again, I thought I would…
Eurovision 2014
Got to say that I’m absolutely sickened to read people referring to Conchita Wurst (the winner of Eurovision 2014) as “it”, “that” and “that thing”. Comments like that speak volumes about the person saying it, and their narrow-minded bigotry. She’s…
Sizing to flatter
Vanity sizing is nothing new. And no matter how hardened we are to it, there is a secret little thrill to getting into something the next size down. That’s why they do it, of course. The thing that *really* miffs…
(whispers) I’m Joanne
My work has taken me back down to Hedge End on a regular basis, and I was in Sainsbury’s Hedge End recently, which was where the Brides in the Aisles photo shoot was. I saw the young Sainsbury’s employee who…
But I have wings
I recently saw this quote on Facebook and it struck a chord with me. I think one reason it struck a chord is because it rather sums up the ‘support’ I get from my family. If I fold my…
Same Love
I heard Macklemore’s “Same Love” on the radio today for the first time. I confess I didn’t know of it until now – sorry for being so late to the party here. My initial reaction was that it’s a positive…