Thinking about Caitlin Moran makes everything better. We cannot stress this enough. We don't know how much time you have had to spend lately on writing stupid and uninteresting essays, or exterminating fur beetles, or dealing with students who think that 200 words is a reasonable length for a discussion essay. But we've spent a large portion of our days recently doing just that, and it sucks an unreasonable amount.
Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts, But Totally Trust the Toilet Attendant
Add to this a stop at a women's shelter flat to visit some lovely women fleeing domestic violence. Then spend some time reflecting on the fact that said lovely women are having to hide in a flat without being able to go out, while the men who have beaten, raped, and threatened to kill them are free to walk the streets, have coffee with friends, and generally do whatever the hell they like. Soon you start to feel the need for A LARGE DOSE OF CAITLIN MORAN.
Then, to complete this exercise in staying reasonably sane, let's look at some lovely soothing toilet photos. We favour, today, the photos we took in the Archaeological Museum of Mykonos. We like museums. We especially like Greek museums. They are full of things we love - really old shit, dug up from the ground. Bits of marble, and vases with rude paintings, and ostraka, and hair pins, and bronze mirrors, and domestic appliances. Let's have some Greek museum awesomeness!
So. Here is an emergency picture of Caitlin Moran:
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| CAITLIN MORAN MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER. |
Then, to complete this exercise in staying reasonably sane, let's look at some lovely soothing toilet photos. We favour, today, the photos we took in the Archaeological Museum of Mykonos. We like museums. We especially like Greek museums. They are full of things we love - really old shit, dug up from the ground. Bits of marble, and vases with rude paintings, and ostraka, and hair pins, and bronze mirrors, and domestic appliances. Let's have some Greek museum awesomeness!
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| This was a beautifully clean and harmonious toilet. |
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| We appear to have mislaid the picture of the sink (damn pheasant), but here is a coat-hook! N.b. the soap was really good. |
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| A glimpse of rampant culture, through the door of an unrestrainedly civilised toilet - heaven!!! |
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| A beautiful juxtaposition of old and new, elegant and vulgar, stone and carton? Or a heinous sacrilege? Tudor Friend got very upset by this picture, considering it a base and brutal use of a cultural artefact. But the stele was right outside the bog! |
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| Funeral amphora, 7th century, depicting the fall of Troy. |
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| If we had a broken statue of Hercules that we needed to fit into a random corner of a museum, we would also do this. |
Today's festive video is super not-festive. Violence against women and girls is a real thing.
This is why we need Caitlin Moran, and rampant feminism. If you haven't read anything by Caitlin Moran recently, go to the nearest library AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE. (We were going to say IMMEDIATELY, but really, aren't we all stressed enough already without adding more demands?)
This is why we need Caitlin Moran, and rampant feminism. If you haven't read anything by Caitlin Moran recently, go to the nearest library AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE. (We were going to say IMMEDIATELY, but really, aren't we all stressed enough already without adding more demands?)
Video - Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Body Electric
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Last time we felt a desperate need to cheer ourselves up by looking at pictures of Caitlin Moran:
We Cheer Ourselves Up Using Pictures of Roman Plumbing, and Caitlin Moran
More Greek museum awesomeness, to fortify and delight us:
Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts, But Totally Trust the Toilet Attendant
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