If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

This is the way left wing movements end: not with a bang but a whimper. Disillusion is endemic, for so little is achieved, at so much cost to the individuals involved, that disaffection becomes inevitable. What begins in the expectation that anything is possible is throttled by the creeping tendrils...

Rebecca Watson was guest-host on the Little Atoms podcast for one episode in 2009. The guest was Tim Minchin and the conversation began with this exchange: RW: "Tim, as a sceptical, comedic rock star, how are the groupies?" [Giggles] TM: "Groupies are nerds mostly..." RW: "Nice!" TM: "And they're wo...

FYI, ceepolk is female. And she is a thundering self-righteous cunt. Setar's bad, but imo ceepolk is much much worse. Imagine the cognitive dissonance and collective pearl-fingering if this reply came back: I suffer from a severe anxiety disorder and intrusive thoughts of suicide. Your aggression t...

Perhaps the most egregious of our cultural memes is an increasing tendency to seek shelter behind claims based on lived experience. I have two ideas why this may be so but they seem to be contradictory. From this distance those variants of "This is my truth and don't you dare try to tell me what hap...

Thank you everyone for your hearty and heartfelt welcome yesterday. Unfortunately, as somebody with a range of anxiety conditions I was forced to retreat into my Emotional SafeSpaceâ„¢ after I was met with a barrage of invocations to "Fuck Off!" I take it that you consider this to be some kind of lo...

Next week's headline: Income tax rate set to soar to 58% as US begins building enough prisons to house nation's entire population of 13-130 year-old males. Moms, wives, girlfriends to act as prison officers. I can see it now: Rebecca Watson's airborne Panopticon starting to show results. The Panopt...

Your own personal Peezus Someone to hear your prayers Someone who cares Your own personal Peezus Someone to repeat your claim About a big name Feeling ignored by the CFI board The police are no good Let's unleash the horde I've read the Dworkin bible Now I'm immune from libel Drank some wine Now yo...

Hello, I'm new here. Room for one more on the sofa? Do pass along the Pringles. So this is it, the moment the insipid breeze of beef-witted and self-righteous anger meets a legal hurricane. This should be fun.