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How Has Johnson Not Gone Yet?

How Has Johnson Not Gone Yet?

As I sit reading Cold War Steve’s exceptional Journal of the Plague Year, the media continues to be full of people outraged that Boris Johnson’s government held numerous lockdown-flaunting work parties while the rest of us suffered in isolation, unable to see - or bury - our loved ones…

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Rethinking Kindness
Punk, Personal, Journal, Culture, Covid 19 DaN McKee Punk, Personal, Journal, Culture, Covid 19 DaN McKee

Rethinking Kindness

“Kindness in punk didn’t mean smiles and flowers. It wasn’t instagram-vapid and hashtag-ready, it was rough around the edges and sullen. It swore, it was prickly, but its heart was big and definitely in the right place. The song might yell “fuck you” and the fighting in the mosh pit might seem aggressive, but if you needed someone to help you out when the world had turned its back, there was no better place.”

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