IDK, I think this is just going to be slam poetry month, ‘kay? ‘Kay. Anyway, this one’s lovely, and touches on a topic that fascinates me both as an English teacher and as a trained linguist. We tend to have this view that anyone who can’t speak ‘proper’ English is lower, defective in some way. […]
What It REALLY Means To Be Trilingual Read More »
[language warning at one point] Read more:On the floor, being stillMeeting Authors Is Squeeful!And We Shall Change The World (If But Slowly)
You Will Never Be Pretty Read More »
Writers deserve to be paid. Artists deserve to be paid. The reason is this: If you don’t pay people to make art, only those who can afford to will make it. Only those who have sufficient income to allow them leisure time, time spent not actively pursuing ways to ensure the survival of their family,
Why Artists MUST Be Paid Read More »
Son is 3 years and a double handful of weeks old. He never stops moving, loves throwing balls, kicking balls, catching balls; driving cars, trucks, buses, trains; makes dinosaur noises and squeals like a pig; would live in a sandpit if he could convince adults this was remotely plausible; and his current favourite colour is
Fact: Gender Stereotypes are Stupid. Read More »
Urgh. Doing the last little bit of research for #FGU (more properly known as From The Ground Up: Building A World That Works) and I’ve been doing a bit of comparative work with some of the other worldbuilding books that are out there – and trust me, there are surprisingly few, which is why I
You Can’t Just Cut And Paste! Read More »
showing a documentary to the class on social media and how corporations collect and sell data based on likes and RTs etc they are all so naive and they are totally missing the point they’re all like – dude, that guy is so not even funny and i’m like – dude, he makes a living out
In Which It Hurts: Alive and Uncut Read More »
So I meant to post this like a month ago when it was a Hot Topic, but we all know I’m less than timely when it comes to blogging, so meh. Better late than never. With the context that a top news site released an article essentially degrading adult readers of Young Adult (YA) fiction,
Reading Young Adult Read More »
Don’t be a dick. Don’t SHARE the photos. Because it takes more than just the girl to have the photos spread around the entire school. Unless she’s sending them herself. In which case, y’know. Don’t. *sigh* Read more:You've Got It On BackwardsThere's No Such Thing As 'Real' English (Repost)The Day Beyonce Turned Black
And, it must be said: BOYS. YOU TOO. Read More »
Just don’t friggin’ send the photos, m’kay?! http://www.ilona-andrews.com/just-life/on-being-a-teenager-in-a-digital-age Thank you. (Yes, me with my teacher hat on. Deal. 😉 ) Read more:To The Girls Whom Now I Overhear (A Note In School)There's No Such Thing As 'Real' English (Repost)Happy = Unrealistic
“Shocking? What? Why should this concept be shocking?” I hear you ask. To which I counter: why is it not? How is it not, when so many of the fundamental assumptions our society is based on are designed to tell men that they are wild, uncontrollable, savages to be tamed, creatures of undeniable violent instinct
Men Are Not Brainless Sheep (Shocking, I Know) Read More »
