This is an excerpt from a blog I wrote for the Independent. Click the link to read the rest: o Sexual assault and rape are well-documented weapons in situations of armed conflict. They also feature as a control technique deployed by many totalitarian regimes. This includes the newly overthrown Egyptian government, in which the sexual … Continue reading
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Vermilion
This post is one of my guest blogs on To Be Shouted. Click the link to visit the archives: I always have to remind myself that the color vermilion is actually red, because the ‘ver’ part makes me think of green. I was going to write a whole blog about that, then realized that basically … Continue reading
Greenlessness
This post is one of my guest blogs on To Be Shouted. Click the link to visit the archives: Last summer I lost my uncle. Shortly after he died I had to be in Oxford for a conference. It was so beautiful there in summer, the colors so lush and vibrant. The word verdant could … Continue reading
Kelly Green
This post is one of my guest blogs on To Be Shouted. Click the link to visit the archives: Kelly, my cousin who has never been overseas before, came to visit me last week. Everything was new to her and it made me see not only London but so many experiences again as if for … Continue reading
Optimum Green-Specificity
This post is one of my guest blogs on To Be Shouted. Click the link to visit the archives: Recently I found myself hunting through a shelf of shimmering spools of thread of all colors. I picked up a bluish one, held it up to my dress, put it back. I picked up a greenish … Continue reading
