We Are All Muslims

Fair warning: controversial views ahead (but when has that ever stopped me before?). Oh, I tried. Lord knows I tried. I’ve made my feelings pretty clear on Twitter (here, here and here), but I wasn’t really planning on writing anything on this blog. And yet, now I am. Why? Because it’s the story that just [...]

Age “Appropriate”

Tomorrow is a big day for me. I’m really excited about it. I’ve been looking forward to it for a long time. Tomorrow is the release day for Mockingjay, the third and final book in the wildly popular Hunger Games series. Oh, what, you haven’t heard of The Hunger Games? Either I haven’t been doing [...]

Hypocrisy, Thy Name is Mer

Hypocrisy: noun – a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; the practice of professing beliefs, feelings or virtues that one does not hold or possess. From the Greek hypokrisis, the act of playing a part on stage. I really dislike hypocrisy. It makes me crazy. I’m a [...]