I woke up with The Sads this morning. This is probably to have been expected: I was migrainey last week (though at least only the silent variety), and had more migraine taste in my mouth overnight; I’m overtired/overstimulated to the point where I developed an eye twitch on Sunday night, something I don’t remember having […]
Truly, You Underestimate The Impact Simply Making Something Beautiful Has Read More »
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A Patreon Poem: Weltschmerz Read More »
Reposting this because: topical. My friend’s daughter was told in class last week that she would never be successful because she didn’t speak ‘proper’ English. I got a story rejection recently with personal feedback (which is so nice to have!) that mentioned that the story was a strange combination of British and American English. Spoiler:
There’s No Such Thing As ‘Real’ English (Repost) Read More »
So, I’ve been exploring Malinda’s two YouTube channels after finding those fab videos from last week and the week before, and a few days ago, I came across this: Malinda challenged herself to not look at herself/use a mirror for 5 days. The results are… Look, you just really need to watch the video, okay?
“In Summation, Please Take Care Of Yourselves”. Read More »
Behold, readers, a perfect combination of some of my favourite things in the world: Talented people Doing talented things Together, as a team While having a blast… …Oh, and it’s the song This Is Me from The Greatest Showman, which helps a lot :’D ENJOY. What are your favourite talented-people-doing-talented-things-with-gleeful-abandon moments? Do share! :3 <3
Intense Musical Skillz Read More »
Yesterday, @Nicole_Cliffe, whom I do not know except for this brief encounter, started a thread on twitter, asking for times when strangers have been kind to us. Please. Take time to read the thread. You will not be sorry. This article, linked to in the thread, is also very much worth your while: a story
Humanity Is AWful; Humanity Is Kind. (I Dare You Not To Cry.) Read More »
This was circulating on Twitter last week, and look, we all know it doesn’t take much for me to tear up (whether through joy or sorrow) anyway, AND the songs from the musical Wicked are pretty much guaranteed to trigger the waterworks, so it’s not really a stretch to imagine how I felt watching this
Because I Knew You, I Have Been Changed For Good Read More »
Anything can be critiqued. Criticizing something is easy. It makes the critiquer feel smart, and just a little bit superior to the writer. But that kind of critique serves no real purpose, because that kind of critique is wrong from the moment the critiquer picks up the story or the manuscript or the 400-year-old play.
Thought of the Day: Critiquing is Easy. Doing is Hard. Read More »
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 »
