Author Archives: chiller

About chiller

Rachel Coldbreath spent 20 years working internationally as a technical specialist on large data collections for law firms, before becoming disabled. She blogs on a variety of topics from the news and politics to gardening and how very annoying it is, being disabled. Habits include drilling holes about 1mm away from where they ought to be, and embarking with great enthusiasm on tasks for which she is neither physically nor intellectually equipped.

Kink, rape, child porn and blurred lines.

Posted on 16/06/2013

This piece contains RUDE WORDS and TRIGGERS, so suit up. There’s a lot of stuff in the news about online porn: is it ok to like it? How can we stop child porn being spread around? Is it ok to … Continue reading →

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The Facebook statement – don’t thank them. #FBrape

Posted on 28/05/2013

Following fantastic campaigning by Everyday Sexism and Women, Action and the Media, Facebook has released a statement which – at first glance – seems to indicate that they’re going to address the issue of content that advocates or celebrates violence … Continue reading →

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Tether

Posted on 22/05/2013

I know you’re being a human, being a human being. I get that. I don’t want you being that human, being around me. And if that means I’m failing, a human failing a human failing, that’s how it is. I’m … Continue reading →

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Absence (found).

Posted on 11/05/2013

With ME/CFS, sometimes I get a whole day where I wake up, go through the motions of starting my day (get dressed, make a pot of tea, feed the cats), and then I sit down … and the day just … Continue reading →

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The conflicts of Margaret Thatcher (a two line poem).

Posted on 17/04/2013

Arresting police … … rest in peace. Images from the Miners’ Strike and Hillsborough.

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How to survive being wrong on the internet.

Posted on 15/04/2013

Here’s the thing. You can say what you want. Other people can be offended about what you said. And ultimately it is up to you to form a judgement as to whether you consider what they said to be valid. … Continue reading →

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The Daily Mail’s lesson of the day is “The smaller they are, the harder you kick ‘em.”

Posted on 03/04/2013

Stop the press! – life’s certainties have been updated: they now include death, taxes, and the Daily Mail trotting out a dollop of poorly-written hate speech directed against the most vulnerable group imaginable. Each time the Daily Mail does this, … Continue reading →

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He started it.

Posted on 28/03/2013
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Unravelling: a history of love and knitwear.

Posted on 11/03/2013

As I pulled it on this morning, it happened. My reaching hand tunnelled down the sleeve, and then suddenly everything was confusing. My hand was still half-way down the sleeve, yet my thumb waggled in open air. A new hole. … Continue reading →

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A very small adventure.

Posted on 27/02/2013

Bitchaz, I went up the Hill. I let the birches comb my hair – god knows I don’t bother. The intention was to go to the Post Office and send off some things I’ve made to the people I’ve made … Continue reading →

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