Woman Has Baby! (As private eye put it.)

Hi,

So the royal baby has been born, and I would love to rant about the media coverage for that, but I will leave a link below, to a short news article about the media and the baby, and let you make up your own minds on that one.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23429947

One of the first things you are taught as a small child fighting with your friends is; don’t fight, just leave them alone and let them be. What parent hasn’t ever said “leave them alone love” to their child? And yet our government of fully grown men and a couple of women seem to stick their noses into other countries business all the time. When they are in the House of Commons they boo and hiss and generally cheer on their favourite politicians.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ahLw2YfYQ

Remind you of anything?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4PN3zkgJqQ

Basically our country is being run by people who act like kids at a pantomime when they are in meetings. Who are so in touch with ‘ordinary people’ that they can waist more money than ‘ordinary people’ will ever own.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SaZUYa5r28

Something else all parents tell their children is don’t interrupt!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-GkrHKcwvo

And just for fun, a cassetteboy link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwXr_-_vp9E

So the government are actually not so different from little children and yet they are our leaders. It is so frustrating to see that they obviously don't know what they are doing half the time. When George Osborne was asked how he would prepare for the job of chancellor he said he would buy a book.
Sorry for ranting and leaving so many links I hope they are interesting.
keep calm and carry on
bye
P.S. Hi, I don't know if you are supposed to put a p.s. at the end of a blog post but I forgot to leave you this link:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jul/23/jack-monroe-face-modern-poverty

It's an article about a woman who writes a blog on eating cheeply and benafits. Click the link above ^^^^^^^^^!!!!
Bye

InkyFingers vs LessInkyFingers

Hi,
So you may have noticed that i changed the name of the blog, from InkyFingers to LessInkyFingers. This is because yesterday I googled InkyFingers and everyone and their dog are using that name. So I very imaginatively renamed it LessInkyFingers so that people can identify this blog. I chose Less Inky Fingers because it was simple and I didn’t have to think of anything good. But I would have liked to call it AnonymousInkyFingers except I don’t want to be associated with the group like that. But anonymous is a good name to use for lots of reasons.

Anonymous is the author of many good stories and poems, look in any good poem book and there will be at least one by Anon. Also I wanted to show that this blog isn’t about me, (Well I mean I write it and it is about my opinions but It’s not about me.) It’s about the opinions and ideas I write about. It doesn’t matter what my name is or what I did today. The important thing is, I have opinions and I would like to share them with people who don’t know me. (It sounds weird when I say it like that.) But there you go.

I hope you don't mind my random blog post today, or that i suddenly changed the blog name.

Bye. 

When I Grow Up

Hi,
So Andy Murray won Tennis at Wimbledon! Every one has been so obsessed with his victory being 77 years since the last one that they are forgetting the obvious. Although Andy Murray is the first British men's singles champion in 77 years, he is not the first British singles champion in 77 years. In 1977 Virginia Wade won the British women's singles at Wimbledon. But of course she is a women so she doesn't count. Some news reports have said that Andy Murray specifically won the men's singles but they don't ever mention Virginia Wade.

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jul/07/andy-murray-wimbledon-2013-novak-djokovic

 But some news articles, imply that he was the first British person, to win Wimbledon in 77 years, by not mentioning that he was only the first man to win it.

 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/tennis/andy-murray-wimbledon-victory-british-2036191

Of course his victory is a historical thing, and he is still a great British Tennis player. But my point is barely anyone is mentioning the women.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/23217393

The men's singles have not been won by a British person in 77 years but the women have won it 4 times in the last 77 years.
This is a common situation, women have plenty of winners, but they aren't taken seriously because they are women. Although sports are a kind of entertainment, for the people who play, manage and aspire to play it, it's a career. And as with any job, sexism is completely out of order. So then why do people think its ok to dismiss female athletes, and only count Britain's sport successes when they are completed by men. Women are told they can do anything, but because of prejudice, and the way sport is organised it separates women and men, and forces women to stay in the shadows just because fewer people accept women's sport as completely legitimate and worth watching.

Of course, our current feminist issues are not all this clear cut. Malala Yousafzai, is currently fighting for the right for girls to go to school in Pakistan, and other countries that don't allow women and men, to live equal lives. She wants girls to be able to have a fair chance at life and a career. She wants girls to go to school! This is a difficult situation because although I completely agree that girls should have the right to an education. I don't think that school should be the only type of education, they have access to. Children in this country are often complaining about the boringness of school and the 'one size fits all' education system, makes it difficult for individuals to grow. So although its incredibly important for Malala's cause to succeed. It is just as important to allow the education system to help all children, including creative individuals. And not just let the children who work well with the current school system strive while the others fail. So feminism and freedom to be your own person are both important to me as I want to be able to choose to be whatever I want when I grow up. I don't want to be limited by crazy sports fans not taking me seriously, or not having a choice of education, or the facility's to learn the skills I need, to pursue the career I want. So although there are people like Malala, fighting for the right for girls like me, to be whoever, and do whatever, we want to. There is still a long way to go, before every person on our earth, can say with full confidence that whoever they are, they have a fair chance at life and careers.

I hope that when I grow up I have a fairer chance.
Bye

Inspiration!

Hi,
so writing a blog is fun, but thinking of something to write about every week is easier said than done. Today I decided to tell you about my inspiration for this problem. First I will leave you some links to look at because they are always helpful.

http://sorrelish.blogspot.co.uk/

http://www.firstnews.co.uk/

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9I30HBMwEKDWLi_3FNecTQ

So I hope these are interesting. I can't put a URL link to talking to my Dad and Mum but I do that a lot too.
I try to write things I am really passionate about, because this is a really good way to get my most important opinions (And genaral anger and frustration with the world) out there. My point is this blog is my way of making a (Very small) difference. So all the subjects I write about have to be important to me, which is why it's so difficult to choose one.

I know this isn't the best blog post but I hope you like the links.
Bye