Tag Archives: Non-Fiction
Ruminations on Power and Anti-Power
1. Power is Competence – the ability to do – to get things done – 2. Power is through People – either groups – or communication networks – whispers and memes on the midnight tides – 3. Power is naked when its sheer violence and brutality – but that isn’t really power – that’s force […]
Truth and Power: Fake News is the Consequence of Postmodernism.
Michel Foucault asserts that power and truth are intrinsically intertwined and virtually inseparable. He believes that power produces its own truth, which the powerful use to establish and reaffirm their power. This has Marxist underpinnings which I disagree with. Yet Foucault’s thinking has definite ramifications that are evident in contemporary political discourse. In the […]
Every Child is an Artist: An interview with composer Shiva Feshareki
This was written as part of the Non-Fiction module for my Creative Writing degree. As such you should imagine this was published in The Independent in December 2013. — Outlet = The Independent. Section = Section 2 Subsection = Arts Page = 39 Date of Publication = Tuesday 17th December 2013. — Every Child is an […]
The 1980s Virus.
The 1980s. What a weird time. Neuro-metabolic rates soared in the city whilst the country crashed. Captain Man. The face starts talking the 1980s Virus, which is still infecting us. The Past still rules our lives. The Monarchy still exists. What a weird concept. Cry Bullshit on the Whole Thing. Purple-Grey clouds hanging over Terraced […]
“ADD EQUALITY, EVEN IF IT’S TACKY.” An Idea for a Solution to the Page Three Problem @TheSunNewspaper
Page Three is an Unequal Equation. It needs to be Equalised. # Page Three Girls look Unreal. The Women that pose for Page Three choose to do so. But why do they allow themselves to be over-stylised into such tacky fantasy objects? # That’s the problem. It’s an unreal fantasy. A different woman every day […]
#AREMENDOINGIT? – YES! – I AM FEMINIST.
I am a Feminist. I’ve always been one… but I did not realise this, or identify as such, until I attended Are Men Doing It?: The Tales, Taboos and Terrors of Feminism, an evening put on by East London Fawcett on the 26th of June, 2013. I’d never been to an explicitly Feminist event before. Are […]
WORDS OF ADVICE.
A friend of mine recently sent me an assessment of himself and his life which he had to write as part of his treatment for depression. I replied with the below words of advice, as he has always appreciated my writing and so as a friend it was the best way of trying to help. […]
LOOK UP! A JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN. Non-Fiction.
Shattered, spiteful, I looked up. Above three women opposite me in the carriage was a poem by Sujata Bhatt. The line “Memories distort geography” summed up my entire day, and by doing so, instantly calmed my rage. It was nine-thirty, I’d been on the move since one. Let’s jump back… After running up the platform, […]
Brendan Pickett Writes... 