December 2016
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Indifferent Ignorance Awards 2016
I’ve been coming up with the annual Indifferent Ignorance awards for long enough that I know to keep ’em cute and to the point. But there’s something about 2016 that’s been so thoroughly appalling that I couldn’t just list a few bits and pieces. So here is the best and absolute worst of 2016. Book of Continue reading
Books, December 2016, DISCUSS., Government and Politics, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, LGBT, Lists, Music, THE WORLD *head in hands*, Videos‘Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe’, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, ‘The Raven King’, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ banned for racist language, Brexit, David Bowie, Donald Trump, Ed Balls Gangnam Style, Frank Iero ‘Parachutes’, Indifferent Ignorance, Indifferent Ignorance Awards 2016, Lily Allen ‘Fuck You’, Maggie Stiefvater, Today programme Radio 4, Troye Sivan ‘Blue Neighbourhood’ -
Proof 2016 Wasn’t One Hundred Per Cent Shite.
Let’s not pretend that 2016 won’t go down in history as utterly awful. But amongst all the death and elections and heartbreak, there were a few shining – or at least weakly glowing – lights. Here’s a few I could remember… help me out and suggest some more to get me through the next few days? Continue reading
#Parade10, ‘Planet Earth II’, ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, ‘The Raven King’ Maggie Stiefvater, 2016, 2016 wasn’t totally shit, Beyonce Hold Up video, cancer research, gravitational waves, Indifferent Ignorance, Leonardo DiCaprio, meeting Maggie Stiefvater at YALC, Prep on the NHS, Trawler magazine short story ‘Community Spirit’ -
The Sneezing Hour
Normally I would not consider turning my phone on when I’ve been in bed three hours, especially since I already have a very questionable relationship with it, but I have a cold. I think it’s been a while since I waxed lyrical about the imperfections of my immune system and it’s too late to start, Continue reading
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But Which One is the Parody, Actually?
I’m not sure what the electoral college in the US is doing today (or what it does generally) but I am aware that there is a some sort of Trump verification button that needs to be pressed before he can move his gold chandeliers into the White House. As it is 2016, we can assume Continue reading
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