I want to say thank you to the girl at the silent disco who reminded me of both femininity and humanity; what is means to be fragile and fierce, to be kind and ferocious. A club lit up in colour, a mind full of anxiety glitter and you. The girl at the silent disco … Continue reading The girl at the silent disco
You held a magnifying glass to the edge of the earth glimmering in starlight middle finger extended out to the sun which glared back, with coldness only a star sick of rock hurtling toward it could muster. Our rage against gravity fossil fuels social media prose an inhumane attitude problem employing ASBO bracelet politicians. … Continue reading Star sick
What do you say when a twelve-year-old asks you if we're dying? Three doors presented themselves. The first stately and indifferent, through which I'd feign disinterest and parade my selective hearing. The second scientific and nonchalant, which promises a cocktail of truth without feeling, shaken not reassured. The final, pulses red and glows pink like … Continue reading 8:40
I drove into smog and traffic… I thought ‘another typical London day’ But different this time… Grenfell Instant thoughts… ‘terrorism’ But no… human error and sub-standard materials We are first world… but build as if third world UK… as always reactive, never proactive AMTR Our first guest writer was motivated to write by his … Continue reading Errors (Guest post)
"Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness" - Lady Macbeth, Act I Scene V. Lady Macbeth saw it as a character flaw, yet in these troubling times it seems to be our only redeeming quality. In line with my 100th post I am starting a … Continue reading Project: The Milk of Human Kindness
It had the potential to be ground breaking. Or did it? My intention was not for my 100th post on My Screaming Twenties to be an update. In truth, I had no intentions. I've been quiet of late. Quietly scrolling through my reader, observing words, wit, wisdom and woe from an uncomfortable distance. Uncomfortable because … Continue reading 100th
