One thing about having an online fandom history at my age is a strong preferences for with online social networks that Are Not Facebook. Now, of course, I check fb daily so I can have a chat with my mum and my sister via messenger video chat and it’s funny seeing memes from a few weeks ago from twitter (and no doubt at that point a few weeks ( Read more... )

So, this is lockdown London in April 2020 and I’m one of the incredibly privileged who can a) work from home and b) have a nice home and a decent salary that’s not yet under threat*. I’m busily partaking in naice white lady activities (my home made bread is getting pretty good)and taking art classes online. My work is pretty stressful and difficult ( Read more... )

I haven't been able to ignore the discussion and comment about the riots in the papers and online, much as I know I should. There's no enlightenment out there.

This is the only thing I have found that really made sense (or admitted no sense): Dorian Lynskey on the Special's Ghost Town in the Guardian Worth a read.
Oh, and, here's Ghost Town on ( Read more... )

Riots. Them things. The closest we got at home was a bloody helicopter going round and round overhead in the small hours and a lot of sirens, probably due to Ealing Broadway shopping centre being set on fire. Mostly I am grateful that this is happening in a country that does not have a million guns and so there is not, as yet, a body count. ( Read more... )