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Category Archives: Ramblings
The Importance of Cuddly Toys
I’m forty-one, but I have a toy donkey. Her name is Harriet. I purchased her for the simple reason that she was irresistibly cute, sitting there on the shelf with those huge eyes and tiny hooves. The kids were completely … Continue reading
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Tagged coping mechanisms, coping stretegies, cuddly toys, spirit animal, support animal
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More Self-Doubt, Please
Yesterday, while stupidly making the mistake of engaging with a known troll – yeah, I know, don’t judge me, we’ve all been there, and huge thanks at this point for all the supportive messages that flooded my inbox all evening … Continue reading
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Tagged doubt, empathy, humanity, relationships, self-doubt, understanding
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2019, here we come
As usual, I’m late with my Happy New Year posting, but you know how it is, with school holidays and kids home and better things to do than to sit at the computer trying to come up with something witty … Continue reading
A short guide on how to time travel
Recently people around me keep bringing up the issue of time travel, pros and cons, feasibility, stuff like that, so I thought, why not? As the author of three books that include a certain amount of time traveling (and busy … Continue reading
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Tagged chances, choices, future, magic, magic realism, past, present, responsibility, teen fiction, time travel, YAlit
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Everyday Racism
We’re currently experiencing a rise in nationalist tendencies – I don’t know if it’s a worldwide phenomenon, but it surely applies to most, if not all, so-called western countries. One of the possible roots of this is the influx of … Continue reading
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Tagged #metwo, culture, everyday racism, expat, ignorance, immigrant, migrant, nationalism, racism, refugees
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Women are more left than men. A possible explanation why.
Research and analysis have shown that women born after 1955 tend to vote more left than their male counterparts, with the gap between those voting groups widening in a sort of inverse relationship to their age – meaning the younger … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings, Random Facts
Tagged #metoo, Austria, conservative, Germany, Herbert Kickl, left-wing, politics, resistance, right-wing, sexual violence, social justice, vote, women's rights
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