I’m a pretty good writer, to toot my own horn. It’s the one thing in the world I’m best at (besides babbling about Game of Thrones). Writing has always come naturally to me. I can write songs, stories, prose, poetry. When those at my uni give feedback on my music […]
2018
All my blog posts from 2018.
16 Favourite Couples from Film and TV
I’m not a fan of the romance/rom-com genre, but I like romance in movies or shows where it’s done well. Where it’s believable and hasn’t just been ‘thrown in there’; the couple work well together and have some sort of friendship as well as a romantic bond, and the whole […]
The Age Factor
Mick Jagger is 74, and his current girlfriend is 22. Doubtlessly most want to hurl when they hear this. I can’t imagine introducing my parents to a partner who is older than they are. Jagger’s girlfriend is younger than his older kids; they must be embarrassed as hell. But why […]
Scary Stuff
I’ve never been a fan of horror films and books. Growing up they always scared the shit out of me. I found the film The woman in black terrifying and hated it. Scary stuff aside, I don’t think horror is very interesting. The stories are usually the same; people being […]
Why do people smoke?
I have the odd fag occasionally, but I’m hardly a chain smoker. Growing up, my parents were fiercely anti-smoking. I can understand why; smoking is extremely harmful to one’s health. It can cause lung cancer, bad breath, mess up your teeth, a chronic cough, and is all round damaging for […]
Sexy Badass Women
Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ll have heard of the terms ‘sexualisation’ and ‘objectification.’ They’re typically used by feminists claiming that women in media are presented in ways that accentuate their sexual features, playing to the ‘male gaze’, thus reducing women to sex objects. Last year I wrote a […]