The Mongoose Chronicles
Blog URL http://mongoosechronicles.blogspot.com/
Located London, London United Kingdom
On politics, race, the arts, fashion, sport, beauty, economics, feminism, feminist economics, food and whatever else is left. Black, Caribbean, liberal observations on the strange habits of an overfed generation.
Latest Blog Posts
- Durned bloggin' 'n' such on Nov 13, 2009 in Violence against Women Journalism Writing Events Caribbean Barbados
I've just returned from a panel discussion on The Role and Responsibility of the Writer in Shaping the Identity of a Developing Society. And it was hilarious for a lot of reasons, not least among which was the refusal of one of the panellists to enga...
- State-sanctioned abuse is not 'discipline' on Oct 26, 2009 in Violence against Women Childhood Caribbean Education Barbados
Last weekend, when I grabbed the newspaper from the little old man who is so gingerly perched on the island in the middle of traffic that I'm nervous to move too quickly lest everything topple over and throw him to his demise in front of a sugar cane...
- Nandy is taking off for a few days on Oct 18, 2009 in Childhood Science Television Mongoosekeeping
I'm travelling to some meetings this week, so posting will be lighter than usual, if you can imagine that. (You'll notice that I'm yet to re-establish my minimum one-post-daily schedule. That should be followed by a 'but' or 'because', I suppose. I d...
- Your guffaw of the day on Oct 15, 2009 in Racism London
The Guardian reports that the British National Party (BNP) will now deign to let non-White people join its racist hate-fest. Somewhere, Clayton Bigsby is joyfully shaking his stick.The far-right British National party has agreed to change its constit...
- More homophobic reporting in the Nation on Oct 13, 2009 in Journalism Barbados
A HOMOSEXUAL TRYST that turned into robbery and ended in death went before the No. 2 Supreme Court yesterday. This is how the Nation newspaper begins its story on a manslaughter trial currently underway here. Translation: gayness will kill you. And h...
- A new look at our Chinese connection on Oct 5, 2009 in Television Reproductive Health Race relations Human Rights Governance Immigration Culture Women Barbados
On Thursday, China marked six decades of Communist rule with an enormous, highly-choreographed parade displaying its military might and seeming to celebrate - with its strict formations and careful selection of local spectators - rigid conformity amo...
- Are we still saying that? Because we should stop on Oct 5, 2009 in Caribbean Africa Racism Latin America Barbados
While I was doing my post-grad work in Economics (capitalizing that word feels like such a joke), and even well before then, the academics in the know never tired of mentioning that We, as a collective of thinkers and activists, had ceased to use the...
