by nabidana | Jan 1, 2014 | this blog
Every so often I reboot this blog, and every so often someone comes along to give me a reason why I should constrain my blogging. I already do. I work for an organisation which has Political views in many areas, and which is led by democratically elected people. Those...
by nabidana | Aug 29, 2013 | syria
Tonight the UK Parliament voted in favour of dictators gassing their people. I’ve never ever felt ashamed to be British before, but this is a terrible decision. When soman, tabun and cyclosarin starts being dropped on innocents and protesters, the regimes will...
by nabidana | Jul 29, 2013 | tweets
That there are some men in social media who get their jollies from threatening strong, intelligent women online is not exactly surprising. Sick puppies abound. That the response of some feminists is to decide on a day in the near future to not engage in Twitter is...
by nabidana | Jun 2, 2013 | A Graveyard, Books
I have been taking advice from writers on how to actually knuckle down and finish a project I’ve been working on. Some of the best advice seemed to involve not drinking coffee, some involved sitting in cafes with just a cup of coffee until bored enough to knock...
by nabidana | Apr 17, 2013 | feminism, politics
On the day Lady Thatcher died, people in Dublin spoke to me with worry on their faces, as if I might spontaneously combust or ascend back to my starship. “Here is a man”, they probably thought, “who is upset about the death of someone I thought was a...
