September 2014 – Francesca's Thoughts

28/09/2014

A Quick Question About Racism

This time in a week, my office won’t be my bedroom but will be my balcony, or a local restaurant, or… my bedroom (I’m staying in a studio flat and would put money on having exactly the same set-up as I do now, except with a closer bathroom). I was going to write a post Continue reading

DISCUSS., Fuckin’ Idiots, History & Old Stuff, Internet, September 2014, Social Media, Tumblr

‘Blood of Olympus’, fuckin’ idiots, growing up with certain beliefs, Indifferent Ignorance, learning how not to be a fuckin’ idiot, racism, Rick Riordan, spoilers, Tumblr

25/09/2014

A Tourist’s Guide to Being a Tourist: London Film Museum’s Bond in Motion Exhibition, Covent Garden

I should start this by saying that I know very little about cars and even less about the James Bond film franchise. I like the films – explosions! Pretty beaches! Completely implausible plots! – but I haven’t seen that many of them… and to be honest, when I was younger I thought that James Bond was Continue reading

Films, Photogenius, September 2014

‘James Bond’ films, Aston Martins and shiny cars, Bond In Motion, Covent Garden, Indifferent Ignorance, London Film Museum, review

23/09/2014

Scoffed at the HeForShe Campaign? Right, Let’s Talk

If you haven’t seen it already, the next thing you should do today is watch the entirety of Emma Watson’s UN HeForShe speech. There has been a lot of news articles quoting it, but some of the most interesting parts weren’t cherry-picked as far as I remember, and watching and listening coveys her emotions a Continue reading

DISCUSS., Fuckin’ Idiots, Government and Politics, Internet, September 2014, Videos

Emma Watson, equality, feminism, gender equality, gendered marketing, girls living as boys in Afgahnistan, HeForShe, India acid attacks, Indifferent Ignorance, make up, social constructs, UN

20/09/2014

Zine Envy

I’ve been brainstorming ideas for the Five Years of Blogging – currently have about seven, but about three of them might not be plausible – and Gerard’s made me want to make a zine. He makes it look so simple and pretty! I love playing about with tape and scraps of paper! On the downside, Continue reading

G. Way, Indifferent Ignorance, September 2014, Videos

‘Hesitant Alien’, Gerard Way, Indifferent Ignorance, making a zine, videos, what to put in a zine, zine