"I am delighted to inform you that the University is offering you admission to MSc Theatre and Performance Studies..."

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Yay! I got back into Edinburgh! Now I just need the money to pay for it!

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Right, I am probably just adding fuel to the fire here, given my past encounters with Caitlin Moran, her book and the utterly desperate and downright baffling level of defensiveness my negative review of her book caused, but given her recent outburst of privilege and ignorance, I feel the need to say something.

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I keep saying I'm going to write a summary of everything I've been up to over these past few months but I'm always too knackered, too lazy or just too boring to get round to it. Well no more!

I actually had to check my LJ to see what the last entry I'd posted was on. It's been a while.

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I'm taking a break from reviewing books and everything YA related.

It used to make me so happy and now I'm just angry all the time. I'm sick of seeing friends and fellow reviewers be smeared and bullied by anonymous cowards playing the victim card as they post personal details online and claim to be the good guys. I'm sick of people claiming I'm a ( Read more... )

The circle of pop culture life vaguely resembles that of the stereotypical hipster argument. Something become popular, people brag about liking it before it was cool to do so, the backlash occurs with similar bragging, then the backlash to the backlash. Often this can go on and on until the original argument has lost all meaning and descended into ( Read more... )

Well, I'm back home and in front of the TV on the couch while dad's snoring away on the next couch, so I thought now would be a good time to finally upload those graduation pics. It's mostly me with my family looking awkward but snappy in the robes.

( Very large photos behind me. More awkward than large. )

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Yeah, they got my name wrong when I went up get my degree. However, I still got it!


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