International Women’s Day: Wicked (?) Women

When I was younger, I used to get excited about celebrating International Women's Day every year. Receiving bouquets of flowers, hearing enthusiastic discourses on TV and radio praising the achievements of girls and women everwhere made me feel motivated and appreciated. But as I grew older, I started to really experience the difference between that …

‘Stuck at home’ suggestions day 3: Dystopia

It's looking increasingly like dystopia from where I'm standing, so I will honour this mood by marking my theme for day 3: dystopia. Today, I'm sticking with yesterday's book, film, and computer game combo, and I'll bring you an amalgam of scenarios of how things can – and, historically, have – gone wrong. Book: Yevgeny Zamyatin, We …