Of masks and stars

“Masks are like yellow stars.” “Vaccines are like yellow stars.” No. Nazi Germany is a society based on conspiracy theories and eugenics.Nazis believed that being a Jew was a disease threatening the purity and survival of their race. They called it a cancer but they had no cure. No cure, because Judaism is not aContinue reading “Of masks and stars”

Cruel summers

Vancover. British Columbia. Dome of heat. What worries me about this heatwave is: what if it doesn’t go away? What if it lasts the whole summer? They say it’s a dome of heat, like those big lid you put over cakes or cheese when you want to leave them out for people to look at.Continue reading “Cruel summers”

Victim blaming

In a society that rewards aggression and deceit as the means to success, the problem are always the victims on whom it falls to change. The problem is the people who believe the liars and are called naïve, credulous and are accused of lacking judgment. It’s the victims who are too scared to report theirContinue reading “Victim blaming”

And then what?

On June 19th, Beauvais suffered a diluvial thunderstorm that poured a month worth of rain in an hour. To which the mayor of city said she was very disappointed she had not been warned by the weather forecast of the incoming storm. There was an alert in place. Not the highest but an alert nonetheless.Continue reading “And then what?”

LGBT+ blood

June 14th was World Blood Donor Day and when it comes the urgent need of blood to save lives, it turns out beggars will be choosers. LGBT+, no thank you. But we’ll have your organs when you’re dead.

We can’t say anything now!

-We can’t say anything now. -Who’s stopping you? -The people. -What people? -The Liberals and all. -What do they do? -They censor me. They censor us. We can’t talk about anything anymore. -But you are. You are talking about stuff all the time. -Not everything. There are plenty of things I don’t say anymore. -LikeContinue reading “We can’t say anything now!”

From Osaka to Paris

People think the horrendous treatment of Naomi Osaka is just the management at Roland Garros or the French Tennis Federation, that they are merely part of a wider organisation that has nothing to do with France and it’s partly correct. Tennis, like everything is led by white men in their 50s and plus ça change,Continue reading “From Osaka to Paris”

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