Bodies Under Siege

All The Reasons Why You Should Read Sian Norris’ Debut Book

Bodies Under Siege has been on my list of ‘to be read’ ever since it was published - it looked like one of those books that needed time and care, to really read it, in order to understand and digest the subject matter.

While away, I took the book away with me - and promptly felt foolish for not having read it sooner. Sometimes I miss the time of when I was a student - in that there was opportunity to discuss ideas and explore ‘alternative’ subjects, such as when it came to the inception of contemporary facism, or even Marxism. (The homework was to read The Communist Manifesto in that particular class.) Thank Christ for

Sianushka Writes

and all she writes.

Let’s Start With The Basics

There’s a stereotype that politics is just facism dressed up in a fancy suit - the sort that will buy you a pint down an East London pub, because ‘let’s debate this’ topic. What if, maybe, there’s more truth to that, perhaps more so than we care to acknowledge?