.thoughts and shares.
.about.
.like thoughts and prayers, but with meaning.
.i’ve been threatening to make a blog for about five years now, ever since I went to a talk by Owen Jones in which he said it was the way forward if you wanted to be a writer of some sort. Finally, after years of university and a lack of self-belief, here we are.
.hi there.
.i'm ciaran, the guy behind the screen.
.22yo, he/him, essex.
.socialism, sunderland, taylor swift.
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.over the next however long, .thoughts and shares. will be a space within which I’ll write about all the things that matter most to me. Expect to read everything from environmental activism to emo music, from sex and gender rights to songs that get you through the Autumn.
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.feel free to contact me if you want to discuss something I’ve said, if there’s a band you think I should be listening to, or even if there’s a topic you want to see on my blog that I haven’t covered yet. This blog is a process, and I want you guys to be a part of it with me.
.want more? check it out here.
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