If you ever visit South Africa (and I’m speaking to our overseas readers), try and fit in a visit to Knysna. It will be well worth your while. My memories of Knysna take me back to family holidays spent there. The main attraction was the lagoon. The tides made all the difference. High tide meant fishing off one of the many jetties belonging to the holiday accommodation establishments. Walking around the lagoon with the water lapping only a metre or two from the walkway. Watching the boats darting across the lagoon making good use of the increased water depth. The children loved low tide. Suddenly vast stretches of sandy beaches would appear. Great for sand-castle building. Toddlers could safely play...
Negativity is by now so deeply ingrained in American media culture that it’s become the default frame imposed on reality. In large part, this is because since the dawn of the internet age, the surest way to build an audience is to write stories that make people terrified or furious. This is not rocket science: Evolution designed humans to pay special attention to threats. So, unsurprisingly, the share of American headlines denoting anger increased by 104 percent from 2000 to 2019. The share of headlines evoking fear surged by 150 percent.If any event deserves negative coverage, the terrible coronavirus pandemic is it. And in the international media, 51 percent of stories in the first year of the pandemic were indeed...
From The Ashes - Popping up for one weekend only at the Deviant & Dandy brewery taproom in Hackney - Fri 13th & Sat 14th See all the pop-ups on my map New & This Weekend Only From The Ashes - Popping up for one weekend only at the Deviant & Dandy brewery taproom in Hackney - Fri 13th & Sat 14th Gopal’s Corner - Celebrating Veganuary with a ‘Pongal Feast’ to mark the Hindu harvest festival - at all Market Halls sites - Sat 14th & Sun 15th Hausmate - Small plates, steaks and burgers serving at the Star by Hackney Downs in E5 - Daily Henry Freestone - Cooking dinner at Pasero, the new neighbourhood restaurant in Tottenham, N15...
Clambering up gypsum sand dunes in White Sands National Park in New Mexico, I half expected to see Will Smith dragging an alien in a parachute across this other-worldly landscape, like a scene from Independence Day. The white sand dune field stretches as far as you can see, meeting the dark line of San Andres mountains at the horizon. The glistening white of the sand makes the sky seem even bluer, creating a contrast that is simply stunning. Visiting White Sands National Park in New Mexico was the highlight of our recent trip to the Southwest and definitely one of the most beautiful places in New Mexico. Ever since I heard that you could sled down the sand dunes at...
Call for Papers!!! National Association for Chicana/Chicano Studies: Tejas Foco Conference March 23-25, 2023University of Texas-Rio Grande ValleyBrownsville, Texas Conference Theme:“Confronting/Resisting the Colonizer Within: A History of Violence, Discrimination/Oppression and Shame” The NACCS-Tejas Foco Conference invites scholarly/creative submissions which address internalized colonialism/oppression/racism/colorism, as well as within our Chicanx/Latinx communities. We call for a confrontation/resistance to colonialist indoctrination, such as the legacy of racism, colorism and discrimination which are maintained by settler colonialism within our own Chicanx/Latinx communities. In order to truly decolonize our communities, we must face the enemy within and embrace our indigeneity. We must begin with deconstructing the historical structures such as the Spanish caste system which continues to marginalize/subjugate BIPOC. We encourage submissions that address the following topics, and welcome proposals that...
