bigotry

Concerned parents, culture war tropes and tabloid twattery

bigotry, concerned parents, sex scandal, tabloids 10th July 2023 Musings, Other Things

The latest BBC ‘scandal’ has got the lot, hasn’t it? You’ve got the starting point of a celebrity being accused of inappropriate behaviour towards a minor: well, there’s a lot of it about, isn’t there? Then you’ve got the fact … Continued

Choosing Love

bigotry, love, pleasure, Pride 14th February 2023 Musings

Choose love, because the consequences of choosing hate get worse and worse. Choose love, because choosing hate leads to teenage girls getting stabbed to death in parks in broad daylight (then mocked by bigots even as their devastated families mourn). … Continued

Authors, Great and Smallminded

authors, bigotry, Joanne Harris, victory 17th November 2022 Musings, writing

Encouraging news: Society of Authors chair Joanne Harris has seen off a campaign by a handful of hasbeens, bigots and whinyarses to have her compelled to stand down. Despite a lifetime of writing, I’ve never actually been a member of … Continued