I don't really set enough time aside to write these days. It's a shame because I am having so many interesting conversations and have so many ideas bouncing around that I should be taking the time to think through them in a more structured manner. I've got two and a bit weeks left until uni is over for the year, and then when I get back from ( Read more... )

"… a person is disabled by the disabling barriers of society, and not the particular circumstances of their impairment. These barriers can arise from disabling attitudes, prejudice and exclusion." (Lacton, C . 2008 ( Read more... )

16 days to go....

an innocent interest hijacked
as want turns to need
it's ache rippling through my mind
demanding access
to every joule I possess
systematically
claiming my life for
its own.

shadows lurk beneath my eyelids.
sharp words wait,
impatiently,
to ignite
to lash out undeserved
unexpected
unable to be called back.

absent from myself.
I watch.
as words induced
from the edge of a void
create havoc
in your eyes.

There is a general belief that if you vote for a small party or for an independent that you waste your vote because one of the two major parties will get into power anyway. But it is not just about who is in power - it is about how much of a majority they have in the House of Representatives and the Senate and what other party dynamics are there ( Read more... )

Want to know what the politicians are promising? Want to know which promises they keep?
Keep a eye onPromise Watch

thoughts collide ( Read more... )

May the 17th was chosen as the International day against Homophobia because on May 1990 the World health organization (WHO) removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses ( Read more... )

Having said that: Is it necessary to have a formal term of address that is gender specific ( Read more... )

A friend of mine has recently become engaged. She dislikes the idea of changing her name, yet does not want to be Mrs X, because that is her mothers name. I suggested that she use the term Ms instead - but then I had to explain why I refuse to use Miss and would never use Mrs ( Read more... )