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Our Christmas looks like this. (A hearth overan open fire with an enormous Christmas treein the background). Today, I am thirty-four years old. Life is a lot better than it was this time last year....
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And why shouldn't Idris Elba play James Bond?
Here are some facts about the fictional character of James Bond as represented in the books and films:James Bond's age shifts randomly along a range between 30 and 57 years old. In the most recent...
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We must tolerate the tyranny of jesters #charliehebdo
The kind if terrorist attack we've come to fear in the West is targeted at random civilians. They attacks our freedom, in so far as they inhibit the freedom of any of us to go about our daily business...
View ArticleThe 10th Bloggerversary Post
This morning I thought, "It must be about ten years since I started Diary of a Goldfish." and indeed it is - Sunday was the tenth anniversary of my very first post. I started on the casual suggestion...
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Two fat men: fictional bodies as metaphor and identity
I’ve been thinking about bodies, metaphor and identity, in the context of two very different stories; J K Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy and Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall and Bring Out The Bodies (the same...
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Mother's Day, 2010
I had read that you should try to write fiction with just one particular reader in mind, even if your reader is an entirely imaginary person. It’s a mistake, I read, to write for a broad audience....
View ArticleOf course we'd blame cancer for plane crash deaths
Discusses suicide and stigma of illness. Alistair Campbell wrote an article condemning media speculation about the mental health of Andreas Lubitz, the Germanwings co-pilot who, it would seem,...
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Blogging Against Disablism Day 2015 will be on Friday, 1st May
Blogging Against Disablism Day 2015 is now underway. Please click here to see this year's blogs. The tenth annual Blogging Against Disablism day will be on Friday, 1st May 2015. This is the day where...
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Blogging Against Disablism Day 2015
Welcome to Blogging Against Disablism Day 2015! Thanks very much to everyone who helped to spread the word and to those who have already taken part. If you have a post for Blogging Against Disablism,...
View ArticleWho would play you in the movie of your life?
This conversational game, common among young teenagers, had two separate sets of rules for me. At school, the game was an exercise in vanity and flattery; which actor was basically the older, more...
View ArticleFreedom from criticism is quite the opposite to freedom of speech.
Freedom of speech has never been the freedom to speak without consequence. Freedom of speech means freedom from interference, harassment, intimidation, imprisonment or violence. But speech, like...
View ArticleOn Loss & Chronic Illness - Denial
Content warning for brief references to self-harm, discussion of bereavement and psychological abuse. I decided to provide audio for this in order to avoid the irony of post which is so long it might...
View ArticleOn Loss & Chronic Illness - Anger
Content warning for brief references to self-harm, domestic abuse and all variety of disablist nonsense. I decided to provide audio for this in order to avoid the irony of post which is so long it...
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Blogging Against Disablism Day 2016 will be Sunday, May 1st
I'm putting this year's Blogging Against Disablism Day on its own page (linked on the sidebar), which will also be the place where I compile the archive. Please head over there, please spread the word...
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BADD 2016: Legitimate Disability
Today is Blogging Against Disablism 2016. Please head over to the main page to read other people's contributions. Hopefully there is audio available for this blog post: If you cannot see the audio...
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On Loss & Chronic Illness - Bargaining
Content Note: Refers to domestic abuse, disablist abuse, some mild swearing. I decided to provide audio for this in order to avoid the irony of post which is so long it might be inaccessible to some...
View ArticleThe EU Referendum, Hope & Despair
When they announced that there was finally going to be a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU, I thought, "Well, that's it then. We're out." The European Union is a truly excellent idea,...
View ArticleOn Loss & Chronic Illness - Sadness
Content Note: Discussion of depression, mention of suicidal thoughts. Mr Goldfish has provided audio for this post: If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element...
View ArticleOn Loss & Chronic Illness - Acceptance
[Content note: This post has a lot about status-anxiety and thus issues of self-esteem and the judgement of others. Passing reference to diet talk.]I managed to do the audio for this but it's not...
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Thirty Six
Today is my thirty sixth birthday. A chaotic December meant I didn't do this last year, but I thought I should try to review this year, particularly as it featured such big chunks where I've been...
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