Sexduality

So, I’ve written about this before, kinda.
Anyway, I’m writing, because I’ve got something to write about, and it’s not misery-centric, and it mightbe interesting, and my stats have plummeted, and I’ve stopped paying attention. This gives me motivation to do something, and it really was an interesting conversation. Broad generalisations ahoy, apologies if it’s all [...]

Thought Crimes

It’s happened again.
I’ve been accused of thinking. Again.
The first time this happened, I got pissed off. Second time, I tried to teach you a lesson.
Anyway, I haven’t decided what to do this time. But I would like to note something about those that have chosen me.
They are all better, particularly in terms of thoughtfulness, than [...]

Gimme Some Sass - Gender Funk

So, be warned, this may not be my most forward thinking post, but I’ve been thinking about the contradictions inherent in myself recently, and thought writing about them, whilst posting some relevant videos might be something I could do on a Sunday. Apologies if I offend.
Anyway, here’s my confession. I absolutely adore sassy, sexually [...]

Battles - Mirrored

I am liking this a lot. First listen and there’s something really magic about the energy here. Second track (’Atlas’) sounds almost like Adam and the ants at it’s root. Something in the rhythm that’s really simple and march like. Add a nice rich heap of bass and guitar and strange noises (are those gnomes [...]

Take a Picture - On Objects and Souls

Careful everybody, this could be a bit of a bumpy ride.
I’ve been reading up on the objectification in porn arguments again. Some interesting and potentially controversial points show up here, and lead me to here.
So there’s a lot of talk about objectification here. A couple of things that stand out to me are the following:
‘Objectification [...]

Idea Compost - The Androgyne Spirituality of the Berdache

Edit: Just did some further reading and the preferred term for Berdache is Two Spirit (Berdache is etymologically Spanish in origin and has negative connotations…however, I don’t want to say ‘Spirituality of the Two Spirit’ as it’s repetitive. More information here.)
So, just read an amazing post by V. There are some aspects of feminism a [...]

Uh Oh, The Future Comes to Town

Apologies for having not posted for a while. My weekend was somewhat adventurous and busy and needed some kind of recovery period. I’m not sure that’s finished yet but I feel like the urge to write is back. Hence…
I was reading through my book of writings by PKD again (The Shifting Realities of Philip K [...]

Dis Trope ‘Ere - Some thoughts on Screwed up Societies in SciFi

So,
I’m anxiously anticipating the arrival of the sheer insanity that acts a a spiritual successor to one of my favourite games ever.  Bioshock is imminent, the videos are actually quite scary, and some of the ideas at play here might make it something like a horrific playground….including the brutal murder of little girls….apparently.
Now, I should [...]

The Right Responsibilities - Open your Mind and Change the World

So,
People have been talking a lot about freedom of speech and rights and hate and all this stuff.
It gets me thinking.
You see, there’s always been that old thing about rights and responsibilities. You only get one if you obey the others. It’s the basis of the prison system (for example). If you transgress laws then [...]

The Object of my Affection

This isn’t going to be easy.
Many people may not be interested, but I’ve been reading a lot of stuff lately, and I feel like I need to synthesise some thoughts and actually say something that I hope is worthwhile on this mess of a mess of mine.
I’m also distractable….it may take a while and it [...]

Swimming with the Fishes - Some Individual Thoughts

I was thinking about shoals of fishes today.
You see these huge shoals of fish (or flocks of birds, or swarms of bees, or herds of wildebeest, or whatsits of whatevers) in their huge dramatic swells of movements. The whole thing often looks orchestrated. Everything moves in the same way, turning at the same points and [...]

Blue Sky Thinking

Lots of Inspirational things have been driving my way in the last twenty four hours or so. Not least of all is a wonderfully thoughtful webcomic called Copper. Seemingly just about a clever dog and his wise young master and their path through life. I’ve never seen anything so cute that manages to be as [...]

Love what You Do

So, I know I cussed down Freakonomics fairly the other day, but I found something really interesting on their site last night. One sentence in this report (found here)really stuck in my mind and sparked off a whole chain of thought about Scientific endeavour being so much more positive and powerful than the flouncier humanities [...]

What the Folk are you on about? - Putting Musical Pigeons in their holes

Music has been treating me grand recently.
After a less than satisfying set on Saturday (not enough people there that early, and only about fifteen to twenty minutes of the set really worked….the ending was rushed, I thought it was getting better but I tried to squeeze too many songs into the end of my set…they [...]

Bald head in the Morning -Not worth the trouble of an argument

So, once again, a shaven area of Britney Spears’ body has grasped the attention of the blogging sphere (or whatever the cool kids are calling it these days). I can’t remember where I first saw this, so I’m satisfying Raincoaster’s lust for power by linking to her report here.
Anyway, so Rain does point out a [...]