“I Don’t Want To Be Gay Anymore”

August 3, 2012 in Celebrity, Current Affairs, Gender, Health, Human Rights, Marriage, Mental Health, News, People, Politics, Relationships, Religion, Self, Sexuality, Society, Sport

“I don’t want to be gay anymore”. This is just one of the thoughts that has gone through my mind lately, not that I have a choice of course. I have been confronted with my sexuality head on. I’m “out” to some and I’m not “out” to others and it’s tiring. It’s tiring living with one foot in the closet and one foot out. When I came out to my parents, my family and friends over ten years ago I felt a sense of relief. I was being true to myself – I’m bisexual and I don’t care who gives [...]

Germaine Greer has a big mouth. Just get over it!

March 21, 2012 in Current Affairs, News, Politics

You’ve probably seen and read all the kerfuffle about what Germaine Greer said on Monday night’s Q&A. In case you haven’t, here’s the clip: Basically, after an intelligent and measured observation about the quality of Julia Gillard as Prime Minister, Germaine finished off the statement with a fairly tactless (if accurate) description of the Prime Minister’s fashion sense, finishing with the line, “…you’ve got a big arse, Julia. Just get over it!” The twitterverse and blogosphere went crazy. How dare Germaine say that. What a disgrace! How can she claim to be a feminist after saying something like that? Well, twitterverse and blogosphere, [...]