**This is just some inane drivel which like most of my posts isn't intended to make sense** I have given up all social media including Twitter, Facebook, Grindr and Scruff for lent. I was motivated by the Pope’s message on Ash Wednesday in which he encouraged Catholics to give up internet trolling and insulting others… Continue reading Random Drivel
Category: Social Commentary
Crap I Get On Grindr – XIV – Kindr Edition
It’s a wintry Sunday afternoon. I am restless as a result of boredom. I scan my various social media feeds, looking for something to outrage interest me. The process compounds my boredom even more, until I reach back to the past and find something on YouTube. In the summer of 2018, Grindr launched a YouTube… Continue reading Crap I Get On Grindr – XIV – Kindr Edition
Nigeria Recognises Same Sex Marriage
While planning a quick getaway Kasie Anyawu, realised his Nigerian passport was due to expire a few weeks after his wedding day and had to be renewed. Weeks later after the wedding, he set about completing the online application form for his passport renewal. Not quite used to being married, when it came to answering… Continue reading Nigeria Recognises Same Sex Marriage
Press Statement
Some of you may have noticed the lack of updates on the blog since the beginning of the year. I have had to take some time off blogging due to a couple of life changing events recently, which have caused me to pause and do some deep soul-searching. As part of the introspection, I had to… Continue reading Press Statement
Upskirting
Upskirting is a term used to describe the act of taking a photograph up someone’s skirt without their permission. In most reported cases women are the victims and no men -I guess Kilt wearing Scots - have come forward to complain. The sexually invasive act was set to be made a criminal offence in the UK… Continue reading Upskirting
No Sex Please, We Are Facebook.
Early on Valentine’s Day after being on Mark Zuckerberg’s good side for a good stretch, his crew flipped on me. I was banned from using Facebook. What really piqued me about the ban and its timing this year was that I missed the mawkish valentine’s day messages, between grown men living together, appear on my… Continue reading No Sex Please, We Are Facebook.
Dear Nigerian Homophobe II
Hello fiends, I throway salute o!! It’s been a minute. In my previous letter I said I'd try and help you look less asinine in the World Forum of Homophobes (Click here to recap). Not an easy task and I am under no illusion that it will happen in my life time. But as the… Continue reading Dear Nigerian Homophobe II
Wild Thoughts
The hustle is real, so off to work I go. I do the 10 minute walk to the London Underground station. I have my headphones on. I am listening to music from my “recently played” playlist set on random selection mode. There are 175 songs. Means songs from Classical, Musicals, Pop, RnB, Gospel, Hip Hop,… Continue reading Wild Thoughts
Whose Child Is This?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/30/kevin-spacey-anthony-rapp-apologises-accused-sexual-advance-14-year-old-boy Any form of sexual harassment is inappropriate between adults of consenting age and more so if the victim is underage. Yes what a 26 year old Kevin Spacey did to a 14 year Old Anthony Rapp, 30 years ago was improper under any circumstance. Since Mr. Rapp’s (now 46) story broke yesterday, Mr. Spacey… Continue reading Whose Child Is This?
Dear Nigerian Homophobe
As life-long members of the World Federation of Homophobes (WFH) – a federation which has been in existence for almost as long as homosexuals have been, I feel your opinions are not being respected enough by other members of the WFH during your daily knees up. Here are a few areas I think you could… Continue reading Dear Nigerian Homophobe