BY ANDREW MOODY Whilst educated to a middle-class standard, by the time my 21st birthday arrived (spent alone inside a cell in a psychiatric ward) I was living off mental health benefits and completely written off work. I lived in temporary accommodation in Vauxhall in SW London at the tail end of a decade of hard drug abuse (purchased off primarily blacks or ex-convict whites) … Continue reading The Myth of White Privilege
BY ANDREW MOODY Within about thirty seconds on a Google search, I discovered at least seven copycat killers inspired by Bret Easton Ellis’ notorious 1991 novel American Psycho. (I won’t name these monsters, all it takes is a Google search anyway to find their grisly “achievements”.) In an interview with Kevin Jackson, Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader addressed the topic of copycat crime inspired by … Continue reading American Psycho
BY ANDREW MOODY Jeremy Corbyn came into his own during last year’s snap election. Drawing huge crowds, appearing calm, prepared, well spoken, he made a fool out of PM Theresa May on the TV debates she refused to turn up to. The Utopian Labour Manifesto (impossible to implement) was wildly popular with socialist-identifying British. Of course Socialists tend to be far less capable in a … Continue reading I Know His Type
BY ANDREW MOODY In our current bipolar political climate, I believe there are two types of people. Firstly, those who loved Rian Johnson’s 8th instalment of the Star Wars franchise The Last Jedi (soon to be released on Netflix), and those sane people who believe that the Star Wars franchise must, for its own sake, end now. Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader once lamented, “Star … Continue reading Moody’s Thoughts: Star Wars
BY ANDREW MOODY “Laurie Penny has over 140,000 followers on Twitter” the bio of her recent 3rd Wave Feminist Manifesto “Bitch Doctrine” proudly declares. I currently have 509 followers and lose (or gain) a couple every so often, remaining around the 500 mark. So, is this vastly larger Twitter audience indicative of Penny’s superior talent (considering I am but a mere self-published author and she … Continue reading Moody Thoughts
