Ran half a marathon and ate bananas and chips. Also chocolate, really good chocolate. I enjoy running, it makes me energised now that I’m feeling better (ie. not in the depths of post-viral fatigue), my spoon levels are still variable but most days now I wake up with renewable spoons or if they aren’t I … Read More

So, a while ago The Philosopher challenged me to go vegan for November. I figured I’d give it a go, not because I object per se to eating animals but because I am considering my position regarding eating ethically. So today I had: Mushrooms on toast – Of course my brain really missed them being … Read More

I’m angry today. Really bloody furious. Partly that’s a hormonal over-reaction, partly genuinely reasonable anger. The notion of my having kids, occasionally comes up and right now all that I can think regarding the subject is that the world and the country I live in are such completely terrible places that why on earth would … Read More

The status quo should be questioned. Everything. The only way to work out what’s right and what’s wrong is to examine things from first principles. The problem with examining and re-examining from first principles is that sometimes what you end up doing may seem to the outside to be desctructive. If you’re scared then love. … Read More

I follow an awful lot of LGBT activists on my twitter feed. (Go on, you know you want to follow me I’m @luvlymish – obviously!) A few months ago there was a lot of noise about a particular issue (as there is periodically). This was that Zoe Quinn – apparently a game developer – had … Read More