Llewella_la_femme

Llewella_la_femme

Some of my more political writing and art...


WHEN ANTI-RACISM BECOMES AN ACT OF TERRORISM: THE IMMINENCE OF POLITICAL DYSTOPIA (TALES FROM THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH CRYPT)

17 Oct 2021 4 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf

I have been unusually silent on here this month, in regards to it being Black History Month here in the UK. Where do we start really? I've said most of what I could say before and to varying degrees it makes me feel angry that BHM still needs to be a...

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: 25TH ANNIVERSARY

19 Sep 2021 1 minute read 6 comments (S)llew la Wulf

  Buena Vista Social Club is an album (and film) that has influenced not only a wealth of contemporary artists, but also had a profound effect upon myself and my contemporaries over the years. I grew up in a house full of music. My father was, is, à...

SOULWAX, NOSTALGIA AND DANCE, DANCE, DANCE...

9 Sep 2021 1 minute read 1 comment (S)llew la Wulf

  CLOSE TO PARADISE .   I'm almost finished in my first week working in a teaching capacity, after a tough year of training last year (in the year that fucked most people à new asshole)... It's been a soft landing. But has still worn me out... So, I...

FEAR OF DARK WATER? Wild swimming in nature with an overactive imagination

21 Jul 2021 1 minute read 1 comment (S)llew la Wulf

On one hand, this is just a nice snapshot of me and my fine self taking a dip, to cool myself off in the summer heat (I hope everyone out there has found a way to stay chilled in these high temperatures). The song (slowed down edit of Sunset Lover by...

AND STILL I RISE... RESILIENCE AGAINST ALL ODDS

15 Jul 2021 8 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf

And still I rise     I am unclear of how to start this, as there are a multitude of ideas, thoughts, feelings, whirring through my mind. I suppose I should begin by saying that I have qualified as a teacher! After one of the most difficult years of...

KEEP CALM AND CONTINUE BEING GASLIGHTED... Institutional racism doesn't exist! 😂😢😔

31 Mar 2021 6 minute read 2 comments (S)llew la Wulf

  So... I can go to sleep tonight warm, comfortable and safe in the knowledge that Britain is officially NOT institutionally racist. I imagine most Black, Asian and non-white, European folk feel the same. Because, regardless of the overwhelming and...

THE COLOUR OF INNOCENCE, MISOGYNOIR AND THE ISSUE OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN APPARENTLY CIVILISED SOCIETIES.

18 Mar 2021 5 minute read 3 comments (S)llew la Wulf

    I had colleague at work express to me her horror and fear in the light Sarah Everard's brutal and violent death. How unsafe it made her feel and how it could have been anyone; she was just your average everyday woman, afterall. This much is true....

GETTING OLDER, WISER, SHARPER (MORE CYNICAL) versus THE BEAUTY OF YOUTH ❤️

5 Mar 2021 2 minute read 5 comments (S)llew la Wulf

    This was me aged 19... If I could go back in time and give myself one piece of advice, it would have been pointless really because I doubt I would have listened 😊. But it might have been something along the lines of; know your own worth. Unders...

BLACK BOOTY, RACIAL BIAS AND CULTURAL Legacies (Black History ain't just a one month a year deal)

17 Feb 2021 14 minute read 2 comments (S)llew la Wulf

It's Black History Month in the States currently and although I'm UK based, BHM should never just be a one off month in my mind, it is consistently a point to reflect upon, because the  reason we have it is a really boiled down to the prevailing raci...

FEBRUARY, BJORK AND JULIE ANDREWS... waving goodbye to Janus

6 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf

February is here and January, the two faced little b***h that he is, has gone. Yes, I feel in some senses like I, we, can all breathe a sigh of relief. As I've said in many of my posts from last month, January has got to be the shittiest month of the...