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Friday 13th December, 2024 Maud had been the church cleaner since her husband died, she’d thought she’d be covered by his pension and life insurance policy but some loophole that she didn’t understand meant she wasn’t. She’d always stayed at home and looked after the children, and now, without John and his income, times were …
Justin Welby has resigned after a report found that he could have done more to prevent horrific abuse carried out by John Smyth, the most prolific serial abuser associated with the Church Of England. The Church of England has a problem with abuse, it’s still reeling from the Mike Pilivachi scandal, another man who was …
Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges, he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being.When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s …
I got half way through this revolting spectacle of male arrogance and privilege before I had to stop reading in order to go and calm down. It was the bit where he claims that the vast majority of abortions are the result of consensual sex that finally finished me off, a startling claim to make …
31st January 2024 Holy Filth To hell with purity.Or at least to hell with what the righteous tell us it is anyway.To hell with virginal innocence, unblemished faces, untouched bodiesTo hell with polished halo’s, hallowed silences, shimmering radianceTo hell with clean spoken voices, eloquent speeches, flowery language, and choral sung hymns. Give me the screams …
Monday 1st January, 2024 Happy New Year! No matter how much we try to avoid it, life is messy.Messy and… well….mingin’!Humanity isn’t clean and neat and tidy, we burp, and fart, and poop and bleed. In fact most of our bodily functions are sticky and gooey and often a bit stinky too. We’re gross! And …
The tiniest of eyelashes frame delicate blue eyesNestled perfectly in his chubby faceHe stirs a little, murmurs and sighsBut remains at peace, which is a reliefTo his mother, so tired, laid on her bed,She reaches over, her fingers brush his golden hairSoft like down.She marvels at the softness of his skinSo smooth, untouched, unlived inHe …
Thursday 14th December 2023 A comment made on a post on my facebook page recently suggested that religion is bad news for women.And it may shock some of you to know that I largely agree.Religion is so often used to put down, subjugate and control women. That’s what religion has always done, control people.“Why are …
Sunday 10th December, 2023 Violence Against Women affects all of us, a YouGov poll* found that 80% of all women in the UK had experienced sexual harassment, but for women aged 18-24 that figure rises to 97%- nearly all of us! That’s before we even contemplate all the other forms of violence against women. So, …
Saturday 9th December, 2023Naomi is my friend, she’s 46 now. I remember being in our first year at sixth form college, free of school uniform we could now wear what we wanted to college, express ourselves however we liked, my other friend and I dyed our hair purple and wore hippy clothes, Naomi was always …