May 2025
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Planning a wee eunuch weekend
In a fortnight, I’m seeing a friend — Cicero — in London. They’ve asked me to…
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How it feels to be seen
I hadn’t expected to be writing about this today. Yesterday, I had a call with one…
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Championing Pride at Work: Visibility, Action, and Allyship
Today we had another meeting about the company marking Pride at work. The theme is largely…
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Hera, the TERF of Mount Olympus
I love the ancient world. I did my degree in Ancient History because I didn’t know…
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An empty wardrobe
After a half-hearted run, which I gave up on after about 5k, decided to do a…
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Still love, still leaving
I’d been out all afternoon and there was no sign of my husband when I got…
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A phoney peace
The atmosphere at home is … I don’t know how you describe it. When my husband…
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Book Review: Who’s Afraid of Gender – Judith Butler (Part 2)
You Can’t Legislate Gravity Continued from Book Review: Who’s Afraid of Gender – Judith Butler (Part…
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Minority Stress – Part 2
When The World Tells You You’re Not Real I wasn’t planning to write a Part 2.…
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A soundproof box won’t pay the mortgage
Today is one of those days. I did not want to get up. When I cycled…
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Even more castration humour
Once again, a carefully plagiarised archive of humour about castration and the eunuch life! If we…
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Book Review: What Belongs To You (Garth Greenwell)
The story is narrated from the perspective of an American teacher of English at a Bulgarian…
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What remains
After what might be a couple of weeks of us avoiding anything more controversial than “good…
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Book Review: Who’s Afraid of Gender – Judith Butler (Part 1)
A friend of mine (Tacitus) suggested that I watch a PhilosphyTube video called I emailed my…
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Six Important Eurovision Songs
Intro This is a list of the Eurovision songs that have meant something to me in…
