The French just love chaos, adore complaining about everything and have a passion for taking to the streets. The latest movement of discontent targetted at Emmanuel Macron, the “gilets jaunes,” (yellow vests) is no exception to this French pastime. During my 15 years in France, I fell victim to this undisciplined, vociferous, and disrespectful mentality all […]
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Brexit Musings (31) – The Withdrawal Deal: Divorce Or Funeral?
In a divorce, there are always children who suffer. At a funeral, there are always those who are left alone. It’s quite ironic that for over 40 years, the EU and UK have been constantly bickering, with the UK acting like a spoiled cat who doesn’t know whether to go outside or stay indoors. […]
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Film Review: “The Conductor” – When Women Direct Men To The Sound Of Music
Film – The Conductor (Dutch title: De Dirigent), directed by Maria Peters (2018) You’re either born a musician or you’re born not a musician. It has nothing to do with gender. – Antonia Brico She was meant to get happily married and have lots of children, but her passion for music told her […]
A Loving Father’s Thoughts On LGBT Rights, Feminism, And Intersectionality (2): The Feminists
All these feminists giving blowjobs like it’s missionary work – Jessa Crispin (Why I’m Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manfesto) I‘ve never given much thought to the feminist movement in general, and feminists in particular, but having delved a little deeper into the matter, I now realize that I was right not to. […]
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A Loving Father’s Thoughts On LGBT Rights, Feminism, And Intersectionality (1): The LGBT’ers
Part 1 – LGBT And All That The modern Feminist Movement and the Gay Rights Movement share a common enemy – hegemonic patriarchy – Shawn Donnelly The fact that I thought that LGBT was a rock band, similar to AC/DC, just shows you how loving and innocent I was, thinking that all these […]
Read All About It (2)
In this week’s edition: Air India flight breaks garden wall instead of sound barrier Parking spaces in large cities to be doubled in size, to accommodate cars designed by women Gibraltar becomes World Cup favourite after adopting “La Marseillaise” Air India flight hits garden wall – no victims but plenty of lost […]
A #MeToo Guide To The Red Light District Of Amsterdam
In the port of Amsterdam There are sailors who dance Rubbing their bellies Against women’s bellies They turn and they dance Like suns spat out To the torn up sound Of a rancid accordion They twist their necks To better hear each other laugh Until all of a sudden The accordion dies, So with a […]
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Read All About It – A light-hearted look at news that is either fake, or futile Theresa May Diagnosed With “Hooping Cough” Having suffered an acute bout of cough, at last year’s Conservative Party Conference, Theresa May was seen to involuntarily dance her way to the podium, at this year’s conference, in […]
When Progressive Rock Meets Progressive Politics
As we made our way to the concert hall, not a single one of us under the age of 55, I didn’t really know what to expect from a progressive rock band that I last saw at the Hammersmith Odeon, in 1981. Progressive rock is rather like progressive politics. It’s complicated, sometimes pretentious, and even […]
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One “D” Or Two? – Bilingualism And “Le Brain”
Bilingualism isn’t all fun, I’m afraid. There are certain words in English that I loathe, and there are certain words in French that I hate, when I’m forced to spell them. I still haven’t found a way of remembering that the French word “adresse” and English word “address” are spelt differently whilst, apparently, meaning the same thing. […]