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Showing posts with label Nerd Church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nerd Church. Show all posts
Wednesday 5 June 2019
Sunday 2 June 2019
Nerd Church - The World's Exhausting Expectations of Women
Who the hell is it that's making 'the Social norms' anyway?
Cos I think we all need to have a few words with them.
I mean, the amount of stuff we're expected to be and not be doesn't make any goddamn sense. The 'shoulds' and 'shouldn'ts' are ridiculous.
(In a broad sense, I mean - I'm sure there's stuff you actually should do, like eat and sleep and go to the loo, and stuff you shouldn't like arson, theft, murder, voting for Donald Trump, etc.
There's exceptions to most generalisations.)
Women, for example, get a raw effing deal.
Just looking at ads and articles aimed at women can sometimes be goddamned exhausting!
Sunday 26 May 2019
Nerd Church - Game of Thrones: No-One's Very Happy, Which Means It's A Good Compromise
This post has Game of Thrones **spoilers** EVERY GOD-DAMN-WHERE! Ok? Ok.
It's best to get the spoiler warnings outta the way. 😉
Also, y'know this is Game of Thrones, so general WARNING for potentially distressing content.
Sunday 19 May 2019
Nerd Church - Is This Dystopia?
(Warning: This post discusses the general state of the world. It covers topics including but NOT limited to: the far-right, general bigotry, rape, abortion, violence.)
The year is 2019.
In America, a reality TV star, and well-documented sexual predator* (by his own admission,) is enjoying his third year of power.
*(Warning: Link discusses rape and sexual assault)
Backed by the Russians, this son of a KKK supporter holds on despite numerous scandals and allegations.
In the South of the country, cisgender women and people with uteruses (uteri..? I can never figure out which one to use,) are subjugated when Alabama decides their bodies belong to the state, to the cisgender men who legislate there.
Alabama claims to be pro-life, and supports the death penalty. They cannot see the irony.
Arkansas makes steps in the same direction. (Warning: Link discusses rape.)
Across the country people who are different are made to feel afraid.
People's rights are slowly stripped away. People have no access to affordable healthcare. Life is a pre-existing condition.
And yet many cling on to their guns despite the graves of their children, thinking that a wall will somehow solve their problems.
Sunday 12 May 2019
Nerd Church - The Writer Diaries: Patchwork Writing and Whatever Works For You
(Warning: this post discusses the everyday affects of Depression/Anxiety)
Some people are 'plotters,' some people are 'pantsers' - and I write in patchwork.
For those who don't know, writing fiction is generally split into two camps by the people who split things (whoever they are - I'm not sure anyone's ever met them) - plotting and pantsing.
Some people are 'plotters,' some people are 'pantsers' - and I write in patchwork.
For those who don't know, writing fiction is generally split into two camps by the people who split things (whoever they are - I'm not sure anyone's ever met them) - plotting and pantsing.
Image by Pexels from Pixabay |
Wednesday 8 May 2019
Month in Review(s) - April 2019
April - well, April didn't have any work-related nose-bleeds, for a start!
Thanks to everyone for asking if I was ok, etc, last month - honestly I think you guys were a lot more worried about it than I was 😅
On the one hand, April had Easter and chocolate and spring flowers, and all that awesome stuff!
Y'know, lots of fun stuff to enjoy and smile about! 😊
Sunday 5 May 2019
Nerd Church - The 9 Most Annoying Things That Have Been Said To Me About Being A Second-Generation Vegetarian
I was raised Vegetarian.
So even as Vegetarianism and Veganism has become more main-stream, I've been sat here in a unique kind of space, that not many people get to see.
Image by nugroho dwi hartawan from Pixabay |
I've spent my entire life as a Vegetarian.
Which, especially when I was younger, before it became popular, did create some tensions... not least because nothing used to be labelled with a 'V' or whatever.
Sunday 28 April 2019
Nerd Church - Hope Against Hatred
(Warning: this post discusses terrorism and hate crimes)
Is it me, or is the world in a free-fall of hate?
Between the Sri Lanka attacks, the murder of Lyra McKee, and the day-to-day hate crimes we see here, there, and everywhere, it can sometimes feel like there's no hope left.
There is. There is hope.
There will always be hope.
Sunday 21 April 2019
Nerd Church - Happy Easter (or, Let's Respect Each Other, Yeah?)
Happy Easter/Pasg Hapus dearest nerdlets!
Image by Couleur from Pixabay |
One of the most enduring symbols of Easter is eggs, dontcha think?
Chocolate eggs, painted eggs, eggs with chicks breaking out, eggs just randomly decorating everything!
But I've been noticing some egg-hate lately.
And I don't mean from Vegans - that's a whole different set of issues related to a different set of moral questions - nope, I mean from people who don't know much about history.
Sunday 14 April 2019
Nerd Church - Give Me Gareth Thomas Over Israel Folau, Any Day
Those of you in parts of the world where rugby isn't A Big Thing™ probably haven't heard about the current Israel-Folau-homophobia situation.
For those people, here's a quick summary:
- Israel Folau is a world-class Australian international rugby player
- He's been warned previously about his homophobic posts on social media
- He did it again
- It's likely he'll be dropped from the Australian national team just before the World Cup because they ain't putting up with that sh** any more
- An English rugby player, Billy Vunipola, has also stuck his oar in
Wednesday 10 April 2019
Month In Review(s) - March 2019
March was blood, sweat, and tears.
...literally!
March was a month in which I worked my a** off (no change there then!) and learned that apparently when my body's decided I've worked too much, it gives me a spike of Anxiety and a nose-bleed.
I f**k you not.
Sunday 7 April 2019
Nerd Church - 4 Tips For Blogging When Busy
I've been super-busy lately, and I've just about managed to keep up with the blogging.
I haven't got everything done that I wanted to do, but I've kept it ticking over with my average of 3 posts a week, plus answering comments, blog-hopping, Twitter-ing, and all the hidden blog tasks like SEO and finding images for posts.
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay |
Phew! When I put it that way, I wonder how I've been doing all this plus running my own business and dealing with regular life-stuff, but I have! (No wonder I've been so tired!)
Also there has been literal blood, sweat, and tears over the past month - I've come to the conclusion that I don't need to add to that with stress over blogging!
Sunday 31 March 2019
Nerd Church - Brexit and Hatred
I almost cried yesterday.
Image by Republica from Pixabay |
There was a pro-Brexit march outside parliament, and as I was watching the news, I saw a White Dragon flag go by.
I didn't know wtf it was at first - it looked like someone had poorly reconstructed a Welsh flag after having one described to them by someone who saw a picture of one twenty years ago.
A White Dragon. Facing the wrong way. On a red background.
Sunday 24 March 2019
Nerd Church - The Dilemma of Morally Dubious Media (Ft. American Psycho, Game of Thrones and Harry Potter)
Warning: this post discusses morally dubious media, including but not limited to: rape, murder, incest, general violence.
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay |
American Psycho is about a serial killer that takes pleasure in raping and killing women in the most horrible ways, and the narrative goes into gratuitous detail about it.
Do I have your attention? Buckle up, dearest nerdlets!
No matter what, there is always gonna be media - books, films, TV series, whatever - that is kinda dubious on the ol' morality front.
Is that ok? Is that something we should be consuming? Is that something that people should be creating?
And if it isn't, is that something that we should be supressing?
Should we be, to put it bluntly, censoring it?
Sunday 17 March 2019
Nerd Church - New Zealand. What Can I Say?
New Zealand.
What can I say?
Nothing that can make this horrible terrorist attack better or more bearable.
Nothing that can bring back the beautiful people you lost.
All I can give you is my heart, which breaks for you.
All I can give you is my love, in the faint hopes that it will help in some tiny way to sooth what hatred has done.
Wednesday 13 March 2019
Month in Review(s) - February 2019
February was... OK.
Look, I'd love to say it was great. But my Depression has been kind of up-and-down.
So I can't honestly call it 'great' - but 'ok' is fairly accurate.
I survived it. I even enjoyed some of it. So 'ok' is what I'm gonna call it.
Sunday 10 March 2019
Sunday 3 March 2019
Nerd Church - Save the World
With the world the way it is (*looks out at trash fire and sighs*) the major issue our planet is facing is in danger of being pushed to the side-lines.
But we need to focus on climate change.
Because, contrary to what the loud handful of naysayers say, we are wrecking the planet.
Image by TheDigitalArtist on Pixabay |
Sunday 24 February 2019
Nerd Church - The Writer Diaries: Relocating Cymru
If you're familiar with this blog, you're probably aware that I'm Welsh.
(If not, then how on Earth have you managed to miss that? That's actually impressive!)
We win flags, ok? |
So it may come as something of a shock to you that in the past I've rarely, if ever, set stories in Wales.
Nope.
In fact, I was more likely to set a story in London than Cardiff - and I've never set foot in London.
History nerd that I am, I probably know more about London 150 years ago than I do London today.
Sunday 17 February 2019
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