Nadia Williams

Blog Posts

  • Subtle Sexism

    This was originally posted on my old blog on 10 November 2013 I’ve recently come into contact on a regular basis with a person who has brought home the impact of subtle sexism to me. The definition of subtle sexism is: 1. Discrimination based on gender. 2. Attitudes, conditions, or behaviors that promote stereotyping of social roles…

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  • The perfect engagement and wedding ring

    An article in The Guardian this morning got me thinking about engagement rings, wedding rings, and love. The author questions the “tradition” of expensive diamond rings marking a commitment to marry, which is less tradition and more a very successful marketing ploy. Frances Gerety’s famous line Diamonds are Forever hit the bullseye, I think, because when…

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  • WTF, independent.ie?

    This was originally posted to my old blog on 10 November 2013. I am attempting to widen my news reading, as it’s probably as closed-minded to only read the Guardian as it would be to only watch Fox News. So I visited Independent.ie for a bit of a different view on what’s going on in the…

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  • Woman Superheroes? Don’t make me laugh

    This was originally posted to my old blog on 4 October 2013. Author Michael Merriam linked to an article about a fan-made Wonder Woman short which has generated a lot of interest. The point of the article is that this short’s popularity proves big studios wrong, which have not wanted to make a WW feature…

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  • Crime and Punishment – we all need to grow up

    This was originally published on my old blog on 28 July 2013. During my recent cycling trip from Derry to Ranafast, I took a ferry across Lough Swilly. I started chatting to someone on board, who, it turns out, works as a prison guard. In the space of 45 minutes, he gave me a glimpse…

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  • Minister shocked that 1+1=2

    This was originally posted on my old blog on 26 July 2013. Recently, it came to light that an Irish citizen discovered she was pregnant again, and, suffering from fibroids and with a history of difficult pregnancy, she decided she wanted an abortion. Ireland, however, doesn’t allow abortion unless your life is in danger if…

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  • Have things changed that much?

    This was originally posted to my old blog on 3 July 2013. I wouldn’t want to live in the middle ages. As much as readers of romance novels might think the days of knights and royalty were amazing, I think modern life is better in many ways. I wouldn’t even like to have been born…

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  • What did you expect?

    It’s all over the news in Ireland this week: a scandal erupted when undercover journalists recorded instances of unacceptable treatment of children in day care. I really hope this will lead to radical change, or at least the beginnings of radical change, because the current state of affairs is a recipe for disaster. It is…

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  • I’ll take it anyway

    This was originally posted to my old blog on 23 May 2013. I’ve started doing something when I go shopping. It started with a box of cereal. Actually, it started with the information that we are producing enough food to feed every single human being on earth, but we waste almost half of it. With…

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  • Ridiculous (and creepy) in English

    This was originally posted on my old blog on 8 February 2013. I just talked to my oldest son about the schools I attended in South Africa, and for some reason, when we finished talking, the anthem of my primary school was stuck in my head. I sang the first few lines to him, and…

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