Bonfires and Inanities
The whole concept of bonfires is a bit culturally loaded, I suppose. The word derives from ‘fire of bones’ ie the burning of bones (as opposed to a convenient way to get rid of fallen leaves or other garden waste) … Continued
Other Things
GC crybullies and the shrieking of the silenced.
Ever noticed how people allegedly ‘silenced’ never seem to shut the fuck up? There seem to be few better career moves than saying something horrible in public, getting disagreed with or reprimanded… and then launching yourself on the interview circuit, … Continued
It’s #WorldBookDay and we still love books
#WorldBookDay can certainly be on the tiresome side if you have kids at primary school, especially if you actually like books rather more than you enjoy contriving fancy-dress costumes. You can mostly ignore the invasion of the day by sellers … Continued
Some things don’t last forever
There was a time when everyone thought that everything on the Internet was going to be there forever – rings around the world. And, to be fair, some stuff hangs around and some stuff unexpectedly pops up when you’d rather … Continued
Pride and diversity and futures
Last weekend, I took my kid to Milton Keynes Pride Festival, and we had a lovely time. Part of it was the joyous warmth that generally seems to fill the air at any kind of Pride event, even though the … Continued
OnlyFans won’t be the only ones
It looks as though OnlyFans is going to go down the same plughole as Tumblr… and various other corners of the Interweb that previously gave sex workers and porn creators a chance to earn a living and express themselves on … Continued
I Went To A Marvellous Party
Some, of course, started dancing at a minute past midnight last Monday. Clubs, finally allowed to open their doors after nearly a year and a half, generally went for it, with predictable ‘hot takes’ (some whinyarsed puritanical scolding, some handwringing-but-broadly-sympathetic, … Continued
Guess what else is coming home…
‘Coming home, it’s coming home’ is one of those things that was a meme before memes were a thing.25 years down the line, a football song made less irritating than many others by its wistful self-deprecation has been hauled into … Continued
Not so sexy sex scandals
Mate, couldn’t you have waited? Not so much for the ‘rules’ to change (because everyone knows that most of them are arbitrary nonsense rather than sensible public health guidance) but because if all the Matt Hancock Sex Scandal had only … Continued
Respectability, kink and consent
The ongoing squawkfest about whether kink should be ‘allowed’ at Pride events seems to be quite the bullshit cocktail. Some of it is likely to be concern trolling or simple mischief, as usual in the Time of Internets. Some of … Continued