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why doing cryptic crossword is class warfare In a bid to become *even* cooler than I currently am I have decided that I want to learn how to do cryptic crosswords. They have always teased and intrigued me from the back of an abandoned Metro on the bus or the Saturday Guardian Puzzle page (whenContinue reading “i want to understand cryptic crosswords”

and for once I was Most video games increase in difficulty as they go on. Usually, you gain items and experience points to level up your character and in doing so are met with stronger enemies and harder challenges. It’s the classic hero’s journey as you grow in strength and abilities to take on theContinue reading “Citizen Sleepers wants you to be a better person”

in / out In candles – cosy saying hey siri in public – let me be hands-free knitting – every stitch is a step forward and I think that’s beautiful naps – always on trend finishing things – achievement, girl boss, #slay, you go girl, yas queen, werk it etc. not finishing things – stillContinue reading “january”

please stop making content There are too many interesting things in the world. By which I mean: I think the internet was a mistake. By which I mean: I think that social media was a mistake.1 By which I mean: many of the things I see online are from the same six websites and muchContinue reading “the anxiety of information”

baby’s first ball and finding other butches It’s the last category that seals the deal. It lets you know this night is for you, for all of you. If you ever needed proof that you’re here and you’re queer it’s right at this moment. Category is: Sexy Sirens. Here is the proof that queerness can’tContinue reading “with baited (queer) breath”

a diamond art story For the last two weeks I have been, not obsessed exactly, just very actively engaged in making a diamond art painting. In case you don’t know what these are imagine paint by numbers but instead of paint you have tiny bits of coloured plastic ‘diamonds’ to stick onto a pre-glued canvasContinue reading “there's a new craft in town”

can i interest you in an art? I wrote half of this review back in October, exactly a week after I went to see Paula Rego at Tate Britain. I was going to write about Rego as a storyteller painter and the appeal of her figurative paintings that (seemingly) in both a straightforward and allegoricalContinue reading “Paula Rego paints hands well”

There is a moment sometimes when you have to remind yourself how lucky you are. What happiness looks like. There is a moment on a Friday night, late; not late as in past your bedtime, but late as in too late to be starting dinner only now. You’ve been out, the two of you andContinue reading “there is a moment”

or why I envy a girlboss trad wife-lite vlogger Like many of us, I have been thinking about work a lot lately. Not just my actual job and the anxiety of going back to the office, the unattainable inbox zero and facing up to all the weird decisions I made with pandemic-brain, but also theContinue reading “influenced”

Good and Evil in the Buffyverse This article contains spoilers for the entire run of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.  I always wanted to save the world. As a clever, loud, infinitely annoying child, I read nothing but fantasy from the beginning. I dreamed myself Lyra, destined from birth to change the fate ofContinue reading “The Chosen One by Emma Theresa Jude”