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      10 Favourite Episodes of Community

      Discussing the Awful Ending of Dexter

      Rating TV Show Endings

      Reviewing Troubled Blood

      Cuties and the Sexualization of Children

      Maleficent vs Sleeping Beauty

  • Feminism

      What A Real Women’s Movement Could Be

      Feminist Fragility

      Maleficent vs Sleeping Beauty

      Proof That Feminism is Anti-Female

      How Feminism Has Lied to Women and Men

      It’s Perfectly Okay Not to Be a Feminist

  • Game of Thrones

      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

  • Humanity

      How To Be Less Self-Absorbed

      A Culture of Self-Deprecation

      A Lesson in Empathy

      The Freedom of Adulthood

      Good vs Toxic People

      Us vs Them

  • Politics

      What’s My Political Compass?

      Why you SHOULD NOT vote Tory in the UK election

      Weed Should Be legal

      Abortion doesn’t care about your feelings

      Conservative Snowflakes

      Is Conservatism the New Counter-Culture?

  • Psychology

      On Being Sensitive

      Understanding Mental Illness

      How to Spot a Psychopath

      In Which My Situation Feels Ridiculous

      Alcoholics Anonymous vs Smart Recovery

      Are Personality Disorders Real?

  • Writing

      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

  • Young People

      Advice to would-be artists

      University wasn’t for me.

      Generation Y Me

      Facebook’s False Friendship

      Same-Sex Schools?

      Can young people be in love?

Category: 2018

All my blog posts from 2018.

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The White Walkers = AI

By zarinamacha July 25, 2018April 18, 2023
2018 / Books Films Music TV / Game of Thrones / Technology

The biggest threat (or asset) to humanity’s existence is accelerating towards us at an enormous pace. We are already seeing examples of these beings (that we created to help us) in action all around; on devices we use and in our supermarkets. Pretty soon these creatures will be taking over […]

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Tyrion Lannister: My Lion

By zarinamacha July 23, 2018October 24, 2020
2018 / Books Films Music TV / Game of Thrones

In the Game of Thrones books, Tyrion is described as an ugly man, who is short and deformed. While he is still a dwarf in the show, he is definitely not ugly. But what makes Tyrion so attractive has nothing to do with looks. His intelligence, wit, kindness, bravery, pragmatism, […]

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Unintentional Book Promo

By zarinamacha July 22, 2018October 22, 2020
2018 / Personal

Earlier today I played a gig at a small family festival in London. I took it upon to myself to bring my author copy of my newly published book (which you can purchase here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07F44CMNJ) with me.I mentioned on stage that I had written a book and the lady who was […]

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Generation Y Me

By zarinamacha July 21, 2018October 22, 2020
2018 / Young People

One of the wonderful things about YouTube is the ability to constantly discover new information with a few simple clicks. Many people prefer visual learning to reading, and watching a colourful and engaging video with different images and good lighting helps to draw viewers in. (Its also why I put […]

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Should you pay for reviews?

By zarinamacha July 18, 2018April 18, 2023
2018 / Technology

I write a music blog. I started it late last year (2017). The idea was my dad’s and it was a pretty great one. I started reviewing music sent to me from people at my uni. Then in January I got inspired by a lecture to start charging for my […]

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Criticism, Ego and Humility

By zarinamacha July 12, 2018October 27, 2020
2018 / Humanity / Personal

So recently I published my first book on Amazon via Kindle Direct Publishing. The two stories within are not the first I have ever written, but they are the first I have published. So far I have gratefully had two reviews from book bloggers that agreed to review my book. […]

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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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    2020: Closing Thoughts

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    #metoo and ‘rape culture’

  • January 27, 2021

    Rating TV Show Endings

  • February 19, 2017

    Sexual Objectification?

  • April 21, 2021

    The Struggles of Being an Anti-Woke Person of Colour

  • March 28, 2021

    Diversity in Fiction

  • March 12, 2021

    What A Real Women’s Movement Could Be

  • March 2, 2021

    10 Favourite Episodes of Community

  • February 8, 2021

    Discussing the Awful Ending of Dexter

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