Here's a link to a thoughtful and sensible piece from Zoe Williams in the Guardian (where else?).

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/14/langua...

well not quite

In the UK recently there has been a lot in the newspapers and the news about the conviction of a police officer who raped and murdered a woman.

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-police-officer-given-who...

The story I am writing at the moment has the main character wanting to be a woman, but not wanting any surgery (currently) . It has raised the question for me. What is is to be a women.

Is it the clothes you wear? The role you have in society? The way you act and interact? Your Chromosomes? Or the fact you possess a cervix.

The last one is something a Labour MP has said "only women have a cervix". So is she saying trans men aren't men or women born without a cerix or have had it removed aren't women?

by a whole day!

seems to be an ongoing issue for Madeline Anafrid

but what is what?

is something I ask myself often.

I do a lot of reading on Psychological matters and sometimes take College courses. The DSM can most certainly put one in a tail spin if we take it as Gospel. I've noticed that certain schools of thought preach that MTF folk have been abused by males. That could be the case with me because of my own stepfather, and it is very easy for me to hate males. Off setting that, I have met numbers of males who were very nice and caring. The other day on an elevator a man started talking to me and by the time I got off I was gasping.

I've finally got my finger out and done some actual writing! Its the start of a new Gabysode that sits after Book 26 but i'm not sure where it fits or even if it fits in the following books. Anyhow, my Patreon supporters should have exclusive access to it now - not a supporter? well get over to Patreon, the basic package starts from £3 per month https://www.patreon.com/user?u=38088018&fan_landing=true

Have fun
Madeline Anafrid

I just heard that Charlie Watts, the drummer of The Rolling Stones, died.

I met him back in 1963, when The Stones were just getting started, and he was a lovely guy, the only one of them who wasn't either so far up himself or high on something, who gave a fan a little facetime and some conversation, without being in any way condescending.

Apart from that, he was one of those mostly unsung brilliant drummers who anchored the group for over fifty years. It makes me feel very sad and very much mortal to hear of his death as he was only a few months older than me.

It's bad if you like the simple story listing layout and definitely has more bloat going on. Just a word of warning.

well that's the name one of yesterdays Strava segments goes by,

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/10/magazine/camp...

This would be too hard to copy and paste. It is about a camp that was started for kids to be who they want to be.

with Kindle sales - or is it just me?

and to be honest, I've not really been following the coverage but I do know that Team GB claimed the cycling crown with 6 golds out of the 22 on offer, 1 ahead of the Netherlands, the only other nation to win more than 1 event. Overall our tiny islands came in fourth behind the behemoths of the US and China with host nation Japan getting home advantage for third although with a smaller total medal count, the UK's 22 golds more than twice that of any other European nation. But as they say, Its not the winning but the taking part that counts - but winning is nice!

As you are mostly aware

yep, Happy Yorkshire Day!

This time it is Linkedin and not Facebook.
I do think he looks very pretty and dressed very smartly. He is the spitting image of his mum.
Here's the link
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9834119/Mother-cr...

Love to all
Anne G.

Or any other exclamation of disbelief!

Sigh, too easy. This sounds like a fake headline.

It's surprisingly hard to describe how we pick and choose who to believe and whom to mistrust. What is true and what is not.

i have read and reread frills and pom pom fortress so many times I think I have dog eared my computer.

That previous blog post has slid below the fold. So maybe it is time to ask for a refresher?
Fictionmaia still does not seem to like Firefox any more. Does anyone know if this is the new normal and I just need to accept it? Or is there any activity on the Fictionmania community that is considering the topic?

As always, Lazy TV viewers want to know.