Honestly Speaking: Growing Up Is A Decision

A lot of people think that their problems are the worst in existence; I harbor no such illusions, but recognize that my troubles are mine, so they have priority over anyone else’s. Because I have to live as me. I don’t get a choice So here’s the thing, I stopped taking drugs, for the first…

The Dirty Truth About White Privilege

This is the last time I’m going to write about race to a white audience specifically, because it hurts. It hurts because it’s not my job as a black person to write about person’s prejudices towards me to help them become aware of the ugly truth of society. It hurts because while I write I…

Ignorance

Okay, so I need to address the elephant in the room. On my personal blog and on my social media, I’ve been sharing the hell out of posts calling for social equality for people of colour, and calling out those that dare to tell me racism doesn’t exist and even more infuriating, that institutional racism…

Mud is thicker than Blood

There’s been a fair few times over that last couple of weeks that the conversation naturally drifts towards my family life. And having a somewhat spotty relationship with my mother and having left home at a very young age, I’m understandably hesitant to talk about it. Which of course leads to prying, which leads to…

Keyboard Politicians

I’ve seen a lot of post on social media like ‘Why is everybody suddenly a politician.’ Let me tell you why this is dumb as fuck. Politics affects every person in every household, so people interested and therefore engaging in the conversation about politics should be applauded. When you engage is something, you form an…

Shiroi Tsuki

The moon was supposed to be especially bright that night, so during my usual throws of insomnia I threw open my balcony doors and peered expectantly at the sky, but a thick layer of red smog obscured my view so resigned I resumed what felt like an endless period of tossing and turning. Monday morning…

Dear Helen Hayes (Labour MP)

Dear Helen Hayes, I’m writing this letter because I genuinely fear for my freedom, rights and financial well-being under this Government. I’m not alone in feeling like this, people from my community and a lot of the other friends I’ve amassed along my short time living in this world. I am a twenty-five-year-old gay male living in…

Benefit cuts and other genocidal ideas

The some of the worst of what our governments does. If you get to the end of this, you have my respect. There are 100,000 like them. Tim Salter, 53. Blind and suffering from Agoraphobia. Tim was found fit for work by Atos and committed suicide soon after. Mark Wood, 44. Found fit for work…

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Everyone is a cliché of a small selection of pre-packed porcelain dream from the churning mill of the media million. Everyone strives to create an identity as an individual, using pre fabricated classifications and generalisations as moulds in which to confine ourselves. I’d like to think I’m different, but in truth I’m exactly the same….

Food Porn: Satay Cocktail Bar, Brixton

Today i was originally heading to Brixton Village to finally try out the Theatre Restaurant to try out the new Japanese and Carribean fusion menu available there, but alas, in true Rico form, I arrived there ten minutes after the last order for lunch, so the curried mutton ramen would have to wait for another…

The Problem Hasn’t been Fixed

There is nothing exceptional in me. Sometimes I feel like I’m going to disappear. Living in the 21st century, 7 billion people and I’m still so lonely Music is my only true vice Music is as pure to me as life, when made right, Drugs, and cigarettes I could quit But after all these years…

The Alternative View of Life in Angell Town: Living in Angell Town Brixton One of London’s Most Notorious Estates as a Gay Black Male with Psychosis.

This week, the pages of the evening standard have been plastered with news of Angell Town in Brixton. They describe the horrors that occur involving the ethnic youth of what they name one of Londons most n   otorious estates. They paint a picture of youth culture here, and the desperation to make a change to the…