Francesca's Thoughts

17/06/2015

Rachel Dolezal/I Have No Idea What My Opinion Is

I don’t know what prompts it, but I seem to have the blogging heebie jeebies either very early in the working day or in the evening. I’ve no idea why – maybe because when I was at school I wrote everything when I got home unless there was an emergency post that had to be… Continue reading

DISCUSS., June 2015, Newspapers, THE WORLD *head in hands*

‘The Guardian’, Indifferent Ignorance, race, race identity, Rachel Dolezal

15/06/2015

A Magna Carta Retrospective

Do you think any of the onlookers at the Magna Carta signing actually thought it would be celebrated eight centuries later? Like did any watching peasants have a debate? Steve the Peasant Dude they’re signing that peace treaty so we won’t have to pay stupid taxes and the barons can’t get away with everything. Jimmy the… Continue reading

DISCUSS., Government and Politics, History & Old Stuff, June 2015

declaration of independence, human rights, Indifferent Ignorance, Jimmy and Steve the 13th century peasants, Magna Carta, Politics

12/06/2015

When Smart People Make a Boo Boo (#DistractinglySexy & Tim Hunt)

Generally speaking I think it’s a good rule of life to never engage with online debates, mostly because ‘debate’ usually means ‘people SHOUTING THEIR OPINION with NO INTENTION of EVER listening to OR learning from the other side(s).’ But I must say I’ve enjoyed the #distractinglysexy hashtag. For those of you who try not to… Continue reading

Complaints, DISCUSS., Fuckin’ Idiots, June 2015, Social Media

#distractinglysexy, BBC News, feminism, Indifferent Ignorance, science, Sir Tim Hunt, women in science, women in the workplace

10/06/2015

Review: ‘The Five People You Meet in Heaven’, Mitch Albom

First ever book review, weird. To be honest, I rarely read other people’s reviews. I don’t want their impression of the book to impact mine before I’ve even started. So I’m thinking of these more as recommendations, and I promise I will try not to contaminate your potential view with my own. (And that’s a definite… Continue reading

Books, June 2015, Patreon Reviews

‘The Five People You Meet in Heaven’, books book review, Indifferent Ignorance, Mitch Albom, Patreon