Academic things, thoughts, reflections

So these posts are going to be about my thoughts on various topics that I am chewing over (not literally)! I work full-time as a lecturer and spend my life analysing and theorising Media and Culture! Yes – that includes Facebook, blogs, twitter – and what...

Mothering an Autistic/PDA child!

I will probably write about this quite a lot as this takes up a lot of my time!  You wouldn’t know that my son was different as he is extremely articulate and (I don’t like the term – but) high functioning – but I am sure others would see him...

Gendering shoes?

I was surprised when Clarks decided to launch this range of shoes which suggests that only boys like football and only girls are emotional. The name of the boy version of the shoe is Leader – which then suggests that boys are able to be Leaders, but girls are not! The...