The Politicisation of My Being ( aka the Return of the Lazy Blogger)
Hello, one and all! I haven't been writing, even though I said I would and there is no excuse for this. Although, paradoxically, a small part of me thought I could get away with this because who reads what I write anyway and the whole point of this blog is instigate catharsis and make sense of the world not viewership (again, although both things would not be unwelcome *hint hint*) But I've returned to the blogosphere to discuss the fact that I don't exist outside of my external, visible attributes. No, this is not some Matrix, post-modern stuff. It's simply my reality - one that is becoming inescapable the longer I am here. What I am referring to is the fact that my entire being has been politicised - without my consent . All my actions are understood through the lens of a wider community/cause not simply because I wanted to do something. Suddenly, my actions are only acceptable if they are a microcosmic representation of some struggle or macrocosmic point. Since yo...