Disclaimer: I am not a fan of the term ‘person of colour’, however I am using it because everyone understands what I mean by it and it will help SEO etc. Wow-ee-ka-za-rii. I consider myself a left-leaning person and always have. In the UK I vote for the Labour party. […]
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JK Rowling and Political Wokeness Gone Mad
This article was originally written in September 2020 and rewritten in June 2021. Riddikulus! Seriously. That’s the only word I have to describe this entire situation. Utterly ridiculous. JK Rowling is a Transphobe? So What! I don’t think JK Rowling is transphobic (I’ll explain why later), but for arguments’ sake […]
Why It’s So Hard to Discuss Social Issues Nowadays
I want to discuss women’s issues, but can’t without my words being manipulated by feminists into their cause. I want to discuss genuine problems concerning black and brown people in the UK and USA, but I’m bombarded with ‘black lives matter’ rhetoric. I want to discuss British politics and the […]
No Victories In The Culture War
These past three years, ever since the presidential campaign of Trump really took off, we’ve been enshrined in a massive culture war. That’s me just stating the obvious. And it isn’t just a case of a few people arguing online anymore. It’s something that is weaving itself into advertising campaigns, […]
Is Conservatism the New Counter-Culture?
I don’t consider myself a conservative and I never have. Most of my social and economic views coincide with centre-left liberalism. Yet in the recent couple of years I have found myself agreeing with a lot of opinions deemed ‘conservative.’ Apparently it is suddenly conservative to ‘believe’ that there are […]
Counter Culture vs SJWs
In the 1960s, better known as the Swinging Sixties, change was sweeping the Western world. The rise of the Hippie Movement. The contraceptive pill. Free love. Don’t trust anyone over 30. The counter culture represented the young people opposed to their parent’s conservative views of the world. They were against […]