Boobs not News

Just when they thought they had won, they hadn't.

I'm talking about the No More Page 3 group who have been lobbying and fighting for the removal of bare boobs from a British newspaper known as The Sun. The Sun, it's hardly a newspaper but for lack of a better word that's what we call it, prints images of topless women on page three. The group had been fighting this and yesterday it was announced that The Sun would finally stop. However, today (the 22nd of Jan), the 'newspaper' was all like JOKES we're not, BOOBs not news forever mwa-ha-ha!

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I don't really know what to think about it all but what I do think, I just wanted to get it off my chest...get it down in writing. There have been a variety of arguments both for and against it, and I am against it, but I want to look at some of the points that've been made.

My immediate reaction to page three is that it's degrading and has no place in a newspaper! And I'm right, jugs aren't news. When I'm reading about deflation, rising house prices and how the NHS is in trouble, I don't want to turn the page and see Becky 20 from Leed's airbags...It's just not something I want or need to see when reading the news. Her hooters are irrelevant and I don't need to see them.

But then I remember that Becky 20 from Leeds has given her full consent to have her chesticles printed in ink and distributed countrywide for all to ogle at (and let's be honest, do whatever else they want to do with the image). And she does earn a wage from having her gazongas on display. A wage that might feed her kids and keep the bailiffs away...let her buy bigger knockers, whatever she wants.

But is that what lovers of page three think? Are they like, oh yeah Becky 20 from Leeds has given her full consent, this was her choice? No. I'm going to assume that they don't. They probably don't think. They probably go, Ooooh boobies! Great! and then they look up and see another women in a thick polo neck jumper and think, I bet this is what her tatas look like, and then they'll imagine them. And that's how it impacts upon me. And I feel sick.

To me, page three just makes women look stupid. As meaningless sexual objects rather than the mothers, sisters, daughters, Professors , MPs and Doctors that we are/can be. According to page three, a women (and therefore me) is nothing more than a pair of fun bags. No brains just boobies. And depicting women in this way is wrong.

But then, I wonder about censorship. It's been shouted about enough that as an issue, it's worth consideration. Will banning page three hurt issues

Twenty Fifteen New Year Resolutions

It always takes me that little bit longer to think of a New Year Resolution. I dunno, I just don't have time to think about it before hand. I mean first it's Christmas, then my birthday and then bam! it's New Years Eve and I've run out of time. So here we go, a few days late, but never mind that.

1. I'm going to start blogging again! And keep it going all year long.
2. I'm going to try to get up earlier and be more productive in the mornings. 
3. I'm going to finally find a job! ( and start my life).
4. I'm going to try to be more positive and say yes to more things (but also say no too)
5. I'm going to try to drink more water

These are my resolutions for 2015. I want to be better, and I figure that the more resolutions I have, the less likely I am to slip up. Notice how almost all of them say "try", this is because I don't want to get hung up on failing/succeeding this year. I want to enjoy doing these things. Also this year, I tried to be really positive. I'm not giving up anything, I'm not quitting anything, I'm trying to do new things and have new experiences.

What are your new year resolutions? What are you going to try? Comment below and let me know :)

Back to the Future 2 Predictions: Right or Wrong?

The question on everyone's lips, Does the technology of 2015 match the technological promises of a fictional cult classic?

borrowed from IMDb

Back to the Future 2 saw Marty and Doc Brown travel to 2015, and the gadgets/gizmos they encountered there were wicked. Seriously, flying cars and hover boards, food hydrators and petrol station robots! In that fictional 2015, the possibilities were endless. So how does the real 2015 match up to its fictional counterpart? (yes I know 2015 has barely begun and we should wait until it's had a chance but I'm doing this now)

Let's start with Hoverboards...surely reality has failed here? No. No it hasn't. I'm not talking some made papermache project, I'm being serious here. There is such a thing as a hoverboard. And there is a youtube video of Tony Hawk riding it! Yeah Tony Hawk! Insert video clip...


Yeah this is a real prototype. So not easily available on the general market but a reality nonetheless.

Flying Cars?

5 Reasons I'm Starting Anew in 2015 | Blogging

Well this is new. And I'm not just talking about 2015...(or taking the dogs to the beach)

A day with the dogs at the beach

At my age, the coming of the new year doesn't feel all that new. I've seen 23 new years happen and every year I made a new years resolution and every year I failed to keep it. 

What is new, however, is this blog. I used to have blog, like last year but it became so false and fake that in the end I packed it in. I mean, it wasn't me. The only person I was kidding with that blog, was myself. I tried, in vain, to redesign it to fit me but it didn't work. It looked naff. So I binned it.

I thought I was done with blogging. I thought it wasn't me. I believed I would be content with reading it rather than writing it. Once again I was wrong.

As one of my 2015 New Years Resolutions, I am going to maintain this blog for the WHOLE YEAR! This is the year I do it! And these are the 5 reasons why...

1. I Have No Willpower!

I literally couldn't stay away. Blogging is just so much fun. Why is it fun? because it makes you do things and it makes you go places. In order to come up with interesting content, you actually have to make an effort. Having a blog is a great excuse to get out there and see all that you can see.

2. All the Cool Kids do it

I read a lot of blogs, and I follow a lot of other people. And they're so cool! I admire them. I admire their drive and their commitment and I can be and do even something remotely a teeny tiny bit similar than I think I will. Am I admitting to jumping on the bandwagon? Yes I am.