Category: Writing

Fuck consequences (?) + The Philosophy of: Bernard Black from Black BooksFuck consequences (?) + The Philosophy of: Bernard Black from Black Books

If all significant events in life are transformative, where you can never know or explain what it’s like to have a kid, feel what it’s like to be married, get divorced,

A Deep Dive into: Sex – The pleasure of keeping clothes onA Deep Dive into: Sex – The pleasure of keeping clothes on

There might not be a word more confused or have a greater subjective meaning than any other in the English language than Love. But actually, no, yes there might. And its definition,

Is a life lived guided by your head (and not your heart) a life worth living?Is a life lived guided by your head (and not your heart) a life worth living?

Even though life (and love) is absurd, if you live your life based on being rational, as opposed to following your heart (even if it leads to heartbreak, anguish and

How can we quickly bounce back and move on when things don’t go as we expected or hoped?How can we quickly bounce back and move on when things don’t go as we expected or hoped?

Imagine them going wrong. Visualise what you hope for not happening – in every little detail. Imagine the thing most wish for not happening. What would that look and feel

Is it better to ‘be alone than to WANT to be alone’? – The argument for being single.Is it better to ‘be alone than to WANT to be alone’? – The argument for being single.

If freedom is important to you, it may be far better to be single (with its uncertainties and anxieties) than to be in a relationship where you wish you were single.

Just when you think things are shitty… The philosophy of: Hassan, the airport prisoner.Just when you think things are shitty… The philosophy of: Hassan, the airport prisoner.

In those times when one thing seems to go wrong after another, and particularly those times when bearaucracy and superficial decisions made about your status or ‘worth’ are decided by

Are you a sapiosexual?Are you a sapiosexual?

What do you find’s most sexy and attractive in someone? The physical things you can see? Or the intangible things, and mostly their mind?

How can we best deal with life’s sucky times?How can we best deal with life’s sucky times?

By embracing it? By saying Yes to it all? All the sucky shit? Can you cope with it in a range of positive ways? Can you easily realise that if this is happening