TooFarForward

Introduction Throughout history, men and women have often been held to a separate series of standards with regards to their public and private lives. This essay will focus upon the ways in which the gender order creates and maintains the inequality between the sexes in regards to paid and unpaid work. The gender order, as defined by Grazyna Zajdow (Zajdow 2015, pg. 258), is the way in which…

While popular research suggests that ethnic minorities and low socio-economic groups commit more crime, it is important to understand the fallible nature of the methods used in collecting such research data, such as police reports and crime surveys. Often enough, as suggested by theorists including Palidda, Makkai & Taylor, and Mukherjee, these methods do not offer reliable information (Mukherjee…

Introduction Religions and non-religious worldviews are an ever present, constantly changing aspect of the world we live in, especially so when one considers Australia’s extensive and expressive history as a multicultural nation. Australia is both ethnically and culturally diverse, which opens up possibilities for young people to be introduced to many different religions and worldviews from a…

Topic: Child Pornography and the Rise in ‘Sexting’ Introduction: As our children become more accustomed to using and owning media devices from a younger age, the instances of sexual exploitation of children continues to rise. I have drawn my case study from an article in The Canadian Press regarding a court case where six boys were being charged with coercing and sharing elicit photographs of…

“Another Sangria?” Elliot sighed into the cradle of her arms, stirring from her doze to shift lazily from her stomach to her side. Laura was just settling onto the lawn chair beside her, built like a teapot and with a temperament to match, holding the offered drink at arm’s length as though it might bite her. Elliot huffed an amused laugh, sitting up and reaching for the offering with quirk of…

The woman rushes in just as your friend gets up to take a piss and check out the bar options. Her face is smug and you’d think she were pretty if not for the mullish looking toddler straddling her hip. The kid looks to be in need of a nap and on the brink of tears and you know, you just know, that this is going to ruin your night. She takes her seat on your left and bounces the sullen toddler on…

The urge exists within me to completely disappear.  not for an hour, nor twice a week, nor even half a year. To leave it all, ne’er to return, for joy alone to ponder. no fear or doubt shall slow my steps, i will in truth to wander. Though here I stay, within myself, the itch inside grows strong. The longer I ignore the call, the more my soul feels wrong. There is no place I shant exist, no…

Content Warning: I had thought about doing extra research and going in depth for this particular post, but have instead decided to give you the rundown the way I consumed it. Therefore, all thoughts and opinions within this post are my own, and should be taken with more than just a pinch of salt. I don’t know much, and what I do know is absolutely biased). Getting right into it, does anyone else…

Once long ago in an old farmers house lived a small feral kitten who was fondly named Mouse. Her whiskers were thin her black fur not quite neat Mouse found comfort in shadows her purr lovingly sweet. She played with the children she watched as they grew little Mouse herself aging along with them too. The residents loved her she acted aloof  until one day her farmers went suddenly…

The air was thick with smoke and the echo of a recent explosion. Gabriel held his breath, though it had nothing to do with the smell, and everything to do with the sight that met him as his eyes adjusted to the gloomy bedroom he and his lover had been sharing. “M-Michael? Mikey, can you hear me?” He could taste the copper tang on his tongue, could feel his own wounds as they stretched open to…

"If I have seen farther than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." - Isaac Newton.

“If I have seen farther than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” – Isaac Newton. Everybody looks up to somebody. In life, we learn from an early age that we must become something. We learn that we must have a purpose, a reason to follow for our lives to hold any semblance of meaning. We are told that we can be or do anything, and yet we are still shoved into tiny boxes of…

Sometimes not even the best of intentions can prevent us from losing sight of our goals. This is a fact that I am well aware of, as somebody with a passion as easily swayed as a dandelion in the breeze. I had wanted so much to make last year really count. The plans I had in mind were not farfetched or out of my capabilities, and I really do have a wonderful support network to bolster me. Why,…

It has certainly been quite some time.  Of course, I’ve left a few little posts here and there, but it’s been a little while since I actually sat down to properly write something. Particularly with regards to my little “Daily Blog” aspect.  Well, I have some good news! I will absolutely be returning to my little daily blog! Stay tuned for those random thoughts and general breakdown of my days.…

There are words that i wish were my own. Phrases set onto pages that keep me awake until dawn, a longing to have been the one to have put them there. Instead I trace their elusive curls and frantic edges with eyes that catch the mist of an unfulfilled despair. Oh to let my own words fall so gracefully as those upon the hearts that should read them, hear them spoken soft into the night as…

Indefinite Article (one) I am Here. In this moment. A singular entity.  Simply a part of something so much bigger than myself.  One body of work in the knowledge of creation. Indefinite Article (two) I am An unknown poem in a universe of unknown poetry.  To be learned word for word or not at all,  ever changing all the while. Indefinite Article (three) I am Beyond definitive…

When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up? I’ve always had a particularly active imagination. When I was young, I envisioned that I would become a vet. Animals have always been a heavy presence and influence on my life. As an empathy, I often find them easier to deal with than other humans. Five year old me adored the idea of taking care of animals and helping them to heal.…

I’ve spent quite some time sitting here, trying and failing to sort through my thoughts from the past week. I’ve got my notes, but they don’t seem all that helpful now that I’m actually attempting to process them. I won’t lie, I’m already feeling just a little bit exhausted. Between the hours of work and the hours of travel, five days of the week, I have very little time left to simply exist, or…