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      10 Favourite Episodes of Community

      Discussing the Awful Ending of Dexter

      Rating TV Show Endings

      Reviewing Troubled Blood

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      Maleficent vs Sleeping Beauty

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      How Feminism Has Lied to Women and Men

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      Daenerys and Walter White: Same Characters, Different Shows

      Why Game of Thrones Ended Perfectly

      The Genius of Game of Thrones Characterization

      Jon Snow: The Prince Who Was Promised

      Sansa Stark: Girl Becomes Woman

      Why People Love Game of Thrones

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      Why you SHOULD NOT vote Tory in the UK election

      Weed Should Be legal

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      Conservative Snowflakes

      Is Conservatism the New Counter-Culture?

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      On Being Sensitive

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      How to Spot a Psychopath

      In Which My Situation Feels Ridiculous

      Alcoholics Anonymous vs Smart Recovery

      Are Personality Disorders Real?

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      Interview with Petrina Binney

      So, here we are.

      THIRD NOVEL COMING SOON! (5th published work)

      Plot vs Character-Driven Stories

      Review of Anne by Robert Fanshawe

      Changing the Way I Blog

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      Advice to would-be artists

      University wasn’t for me.

      Generation Y Me

      Facebook’s False Friendship

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‘Jill of all Trades’ Author Interview with Kylie Jude

By zarinamacha May 26, 2019October 26, 2020
2019 / Interviews / Writing

Another interview! Today is with the wonderful musician and author Kylie Jude aka Kylie Kerosene. She shares life as a ‘jill of all trades’ trying to balance the arts… Hello Kylie! Thank you for agreeing to do this interview with me. Tell me a bit about yourself and your creative […]

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Author Interview With PD Workman

By zarinamacha May 24, 2019October 24, 2020
2019 / Interviews / Writing

To celebrate World Schizophrenia Day (yes, it’s a thing) I have an interview with fabulous mystery and YA author PD Workman up here today. One of her books, Looking Over Your Shoulder, features a protagonist with schizophrenia (as does my novella Every Last Thought). Here’s an interview with the lady herself […]

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Why Game of Thrones Ended Perfectly

By zarinamacha May 20, 2019October 25, 2020
2019 / Books Films Music TV / Game of Thrones

So the greatest TV show of all time is finally over, and now we have the books. Many are disappointed and pissed off about the ending as they have been throughout this season. In this post I’m going to review the Game of Thrones ending. I believe it perfectly summed […]

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Reviewing Contemporary Poetry Books

By zarinamacha May 18, 2019October 24, 2020
2019 / Books / Books Films Music TV / Writing

Being a freelance author and poet means I get to network with other poets who have their poems readily available to buy or trade. I’ve had the pleasure of reading some wonderful literary works by some writers in the poetry scene and will be listing them here with short reviews, […]

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The Genius of Game of Thrones Characterization

By zarinamacha May 14, 2019October 25, 2020
2019 / Books Films Music TV / Game of Thrones

The Internet is a terrible jungle filled with humans fighting and thrashing points of view at one another. Everyone insists those who disagree with them must their end with fire and blood (or the caps lock). Art often reflects real life. Game of Thrones’ characterization reflects the truth in humanity. […]

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Jon Snow: The Prince Who Was Promised

By zarinamacha May 6, 2019October 30, 2020
2019 / Books Films Music TV / Game of Thrones

It’s been long foreshadowed that Jon is the one to sit on the Iron Throne. The Season 1 promo video showed several characters sitting on the throne, including Ned Stark, Cersei, and Littlefinger. Jon Snow is the only one whom the camera has a wide, central focus on. As explained […]

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Zarina Macha

Zarina started this blog in 2017 to document her general opinions and thoughts on life. Originally on Blogger, she moved it to Wordpress in 2020, and hasn't posted any content since 2021. She is currently updating the blog and plans to resume posting content by the end of 2023.
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    10 Favourite Episodes of Community

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    Discussing the Awful Ending of Dexter

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