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      10 Favourite Episodes of Community

      Discussing the Awful Ending of Dexter

      Rating TV Show Endings

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      Cuties and the Sexualization of Children

      Maleficent vs Sleeping Beauty

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      What A Real Women’s Movement Could Be

      Feminist Fragility

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      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

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      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?

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Moving from Blogger to WordPress

By zarinamacha July 19, 2020October 23, 2020
2020 / General

My blog has now moved to WordPress (self-hosted with BlueHost). Is part of making my online portfolio better, cleaner, and more professional looking. So long, Blogger. I’m also in the process of editing this new WordPress blog.

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Don’t Kill Yourself For Success

By zarinamacha October 27, 2019November 26, 2020
2019 / General / Personal

Danielle Steel is the bestselling author of all time and one of the most prolific authors alive. I’ve never read a book by her (romance novels aren’t my thing, gimme Stephen King or Liane Moriarty instead). However, her work ethic and creative output is inspiring. Immense Work Ethic She’s published […]

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Prince

By zarinamacha December 2, 2018December 2, 2020
2018 / General

I’ve been a big Prince fan ever since my father introduced me to his 1984 movie, Purple Rain. Before that I didn’t quite understand the musical sophistication of his work, although I did enjoy a few songs from the lovely ‘For You’, his first album which was not so well […]

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Cat Lives Matter

By zarinamacha May 10, 2017October 19, 2020
2017 / General

Since I was a child I have always adored cats. They are my favourite animal. I have a ‘cat book’, like a scrapbook, but with pictures and poems and cut outs of cats; domestic cats, lions, tigers, leopards, panthers, jaguars – the lot. My family always knew to give me […]

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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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    Not a ‘real’ feminist?

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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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