Some of my more political writing and art...
22 Oct 2023 7 minute read 5 comments (S)llew la Wulf
ย (I dance this dance in defiance of my government who suggest that wanting equal support and assistance for Palestinian people, that even waving a Palestinian flag will be seen as supporting Hamas. I could not be there at the rally in London, so ins...
14 Oct 2023 9 minute read 6 comments (S)llew la Wulf
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing" - Malcolm X ย ย Two years ago my whole world was turned upside down and like with that metaphorical...
17 Apr 2023 4 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf
ย So, today I read this headline and it broke me...as reading the news nowadays tends to tbh... It's all so grim, we are living in truly terrifying times: economically, environmentally, politically but this one has hit home hard, because I know firs...
13 Oct 2022 8 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf
"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." โMalcolm X I have always understood the true power of education... Even as a child when I, with (what I now understand in retrospect to be) undiagnos...
6 Oct 2022 1 minute read 2 comments (S)llew la Wulf
(Trigger warning) Say Her Name... This is Nika Shakarami... A child who was murdered by the Iranian Islamic Republic for burning her headscarf during a protest...? For not wearing a hijab...? No, not really... Cos as we have seen in this last few wee...
2 Oct 2022 4 minute read 3 comments (S)llew la Wulf
It has been 16 days now since the death (the murder) of Mahsa Amini. So much has already been said... I've read so many pieces and seen some deeply shocking imagery of the protests... It is overwhelming and I have been somewhat lost for words. The *m...
25 Jun 2022 6 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf
ย Lying in my bed after a well deserved Saturday lie in, drinking coffee and reading the news... So much going on in the world yes but I think a stand out piece has got to be the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v Wade, all the terrifying implicati...
19 May 2022 2 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf
Ok... I have been reading lots about this GRT thing recently: how it was the motivation behind the terrorist attack and murder in Buffalo in recent days, and how as an idea it has been gaining ground for many years... I just want to suggest a few th...
![GRT: Great [white] Replacement Theory 101](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/3944599368-24b23332a6386fad5e8583d9a20f246a4479c03f71b457cc1a3bfaf617401f6b.jpg)
13 Apr 2022 15 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf
ย This last few days I have attempted to watch Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story. I say attempted because I didn't make it through all of the second part, it actually made me physically sick because it was hugely triggering and upsetting. For any...
12 Mar 2022 2 minute read 3 comments (S)llew la Wulf
ย ๏ฟผ(this song was the theme tune to my feelings of isolation and pain for many years... Not there, for the main part anymore, but watching Batman the other day bought it back...)ย ย Life has been OK recently I have to admit, pretty good in fact, so...
