Arts and Economics
It’s no real surprise that Fucko the Clown and his grisly crew are taking a swing or two at the idea of arts-based education for the lower orders; even less of one that they are dressing it up as founded … Continued
Author Archives: Zak Jane Keir
Feels like a real comeback…
Yes, there’s still uncertainty and yes, a lot of things are being announced with ‘this may change depending on government guidance/infection rates/circumstances’, but there is a feeling of real comeback going around. Keep an eye on my profiles on Twitter … Continued
Review Rage – Right and Wrong
Reviews can be the bane of any author’s life. Some people would advise never reading them because too many bad ones will make you miserable – and perhaps too many enthusiastic ones will make you bigheaded. Certainly one author recently … Continued
A Kinky Farmers’ Market – and more to come
The first kinky farmers’ market was last summer: when many of us thought this clusterfuck was on its way to being all over, the LAM crew found an actual farm that was willing to host a fetish trading event. We … Continued
Too Explicit Or Not Too Explicit
Or, to revive a phrase some of us hoped to popularize at the end of last year, that state of being effectively caught between a crematorium and a dildo emporium. Basically, I got thrown off TikTok, rather to my annoyance. … Continued
Flagshagging, Fiction and Fighting Back
Flagshagging should, perhaps, have frightened us a little more when it began its rise to prominence. Even now, it still seems a bit ridiculous to many people. Unfortunately, though many of its proponents are indeed mockable, it’s another alarming indicator … Continued
Misdirection and moral panic
The key thing to remember about any and every moral panic is that they are about misdirection. Misdirection is not, in itself, a terrible thing – just like sex, what makes misdirection good or bad is a matter of why … Continued
In an alternate timeline…
… It would probably have been Eroticon this weekend. In an alternate timeline, this previous post would have been rather more on the mark, perhaps. Lastyear’s Eroticon was, understandably, cancelled a few days before it was due to happen, … Continued
Time to motivate with dates
Someone called it ‘pandemic brain’ when I was whining about memory glitches and just Not Getting On with things. They were probably right (and yes, I did go and google dementia symptoms as I am old enough for it to … Continued
Free Speech: Are You Sure About That?
Free speech and censorship are topics I have always taken a lot of interest in, even as the terms themselves take on a range of meanings. Some such meanings amount to deliberate, malicious redefinition, in case you hadn’t noticed. What … Continued