Tag: ireland

Trans People Exist, Why Are You So Weird About It?

I remember my first introduction to the fact that transgender people exist. It was when Israeli* contestant, Dana International, won the Eurovision. I was 12 at the time, and I have to admit, I didn't understand at all. My painfully misinformed understanding, was that a "man" had gotten surgery to turn themselves into a woman. … Continue reading Trans People Exist, Why Are You So Weird About It? →

We Should STILL All Be Screaming.

I was looking back on when I wrote some of my blogposts, and I realized it's been close to a year since I wrote this: https://autismneurodiversity.com/2024/08/25/why-arent-we-all-screaming/ And I entertained the idea of waiting until the 25th of this month to write this, but I thought, writer's block being what it is, better not risk it, … Continue reading We Should STILL All Be Screaming. →

The Horrific Genocide in Palestine IS an Irish Problem

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post called “Why You Shouldn’t Stay Neutral On Palestine”. https://autismneurodiversity.com/2024/07/21/why-you-shouldnt-stay-neutral-on-palestine/ I argued against the idea that we should try to fix Irish problems but not international problems. Now, I still agree with the general premise of what I wrote, that there is no particular reason why Irish lives … Continue reading The Horrific Genocide in Palestine IS an Irish Problem →

A Hard Cycle Back From Corrin Hill

Content Warning: Anxiety and Panic Attacks In 2019, a few weeks before I did the most difficult cycle I ever did, I talk about that here: https://autismneurodiversity.wordpress.com/2022/07/20/the-toughest-cycle-i-ever-did/ I did a cycle to Corrin Hill that was quite difficult. (It was the cycle back from Corrin Hill that was difficult, not the cycle to Corrin Hill, … Continue reading A Hard Cycle Back From Corrin Hill →

I Can’t Let Anything Go, Repeating My Failed Cycle In the Hope of Succeeding This Time

So if you’ve read my previous cycling blogpost: https://autismneurodiversity.wordpress.com/2023/01/22/my-only-unsuccessful-cycling-trip/ You’ll know that I could not let the fact that there was one cycle I didn’t complete go. It was like my white whale, except, you know considerably safer than chasing a white whale. I was going to repeat the cycle, taking a lot more rests … Continue reading I Can’t Let Anything Go, Repeating My Failed Cycle In the Hope of Succeeding This Time →

The Boatiest Cycle I Ever Did

You’ve read about the hardest cycle I’ve ever did (assuming you’re read my other blogposts, it was presumptous of me to assume that but I did it anyway.) Then, in what may have been the most anticlimatic way of putting out blogposts ever, you read about the second hardest cycle I ever did, then the … Continue reading The Boatiest Cycle I Ever Did →

No, Jimi Hendrix Did Not Say Rory Gallagher Was the Best Guitarist In the World, But Let’s Talk About Why Rory was Legendary

It happens every time. I’m having a great conversation with somebody about Rory Gallagher. We’re talking about what a good slide player he was, how Deuce was so underrated, how he couldn’t have found a better bass player in Gerry Mcavoy. And then it happens. I hear those three terrible words “Didn’t Jimi Hendrix.......” And … Continue reading No, Jimi Hendrix Did Not Say Rory Gallagher Was the Best Guitarist In the World, But Let’s Talk About Why Rory was Legendary →

The Most Moderately Difficult Cycle I Ever Did

I’ve talked about the most difficult cycle I ever did: At the risk of being anti-climatic after that, I talked about the second most difficult cycle I ever did: Now, at the risk of being even more anti-climatic again, I am going to talk about, the most moderately difficult cycle I ever did. Yeah, I’m … Continue reading The Most Moderately Difficult Cycle I Ever Did →