When it comes to the Archbishop of Canterbury, I have zero skin in the game. I'm not religious, wasn't bought up in the Church of England, and I find it increasingly dodge that representatives of a faith have seats in the House of Lords. And yet... the new Archbishop of Canterbury was announced on Friday and she's a woman! Hurrah! Congratulations to Sarah Mullalley on her new gig.
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| Fake-smiling through nonsense |
When events like this happen, I'm torn. It shouldn't be a big deal that a woman has earned a top job. It shouldn't be newsworthy that the sex and gender of the new appointee are different from previous incumbents. It shouldn't matter on any level, who the head honcho is, aside from their skill at spiritual guidance. Sadly, that's not the world we live in. The fact that this particular glass ceiling has been shattered is more than a big deal.
I'm old enough to remember the furore of women being ordained in the first place. A quick Google tells me it was 1994. That's about right because I was a teenager and I remember the news stories. The out and out misogyny was writ large. So lovely for sixteen year old me to be aware of that as I navigated my place in the world. I remember people leaving the church in a huff. Because how TERRIBLE to have to listen to a woman on a Sunday. How AWFUL for churchgoers having to put up with THAT. Despite four hundred vicars leaving the Church over the issue, sanity prevailed and life carried on.
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| FAO the huffy vicars of 1994 |
Now, thirty one years later, the first woman has been appointed head of it all. I'm delighted for her. I've no idea what her vibes are - there's every chance we'll disagree on EVERYTHING - but congratulations to Sarah Mullalley, regardless. Like I said, I've zero skin in the game. It's just nice to see the slow march of equality rear its head every now and then.
Writing News
We're at the 'checking each chapter's word count in an attempt to bring them in line' stage. Got that? Not every chapter needs to be the same length but when each month of the year is represented by a chapter, it makes sense that they're similar sizes. The picture shows the word counts before the last couple of read throughs. December is a whopper. All the fun of Christmas, plus the conclusion of the story. But July? Well that's when Leeza experiences her first school holiday. Of COURSE there's loads to say about that. As for the rest of the chapters, they need to be less than five thousand words. October and November, I'm coming for you.
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| The brothers |
I've been watching the teen drama, The Summer I Turned Pretty. It's the classic story. Girl meets boy, boy has a brother, girl fancies both siblings and can't choose between them... yadda yadda yadda. Tale as old as time. I'm really enjoying it but there's one problem. I've reached the age where the male protagonists are young enough to be my kids and therefore as sexy as toenails. When did that happen? I demand a recast. In hornier news, I finished ITV's The Hack. There's nothing hotter than good yet flawed people standing up to bullies in search of the truth. The dramatisation of the hacking scandal is less potent than the retelling of the post office scandal, but the immorality is just as stark. Worth a watch.
Food and Drink
More juicing news, if you can even stand it. Ginger shots! Have you heard of them? Of course you have! Like Del Amitri, I'm always the last to know. My latest batch-juice shenanigans are fab. Lots of ginger, a few apples, black pepper, and turmeric. Mix together and you've got yourself some pretty potent wake-up juice. Like the liquid equivalent of doing a bungee jump, slathered in Vics vapour rub, whilst stuffing Tangfastics into your mouth. If you want to uncontrollably shout WOWSERS at the start of your day, I can heartily recommend.
Out and About
Ah Warwick, you beautiful beast. Thank you for a lovely Saturday night. Between my niece's birthday bash and the chaos of a Bond family get together, it was a fun weekend. The week ahead is less exciting but we can't be having plans every second now, can we?
Have a lovely week, folks.
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