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About Aislyn’s Oak Tree

15 Feb 2022
The name of this blog probably seems fairly arbitrary to many of you. The words themselves are nothing complicated - "Celtic" and "Riverside". Most people will have at least a…
Critical Thought

Fate and Determinism (Take Two – a Groundhog Day Version)

2 Feb 2023
Bill Murray and the late, great Harold Ramis had a famous falling out while filming the 1993 movie Groundhog Day. The short version is that Murray wanted the movie to…
Mental Health

Protected: Some Personal Thoughts on Gender and Identity

1 Feb 2023
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Critical Thought

Speak Now: A Fearless Look at Reputation Since Midnight in 1989 (Taylor’s Version) – Or, Thoughts on the Nature of Fame and Having a Voice

30 Jan 2023
She's not the best example, but the figures associated with Taylor Swift help to illuminate something. It could be the record sales, the number of weeks at number one, the…
Uncategorized

Best Pokemon By Specific Type

18 Jan 2023
Having some fun today! Nine generations and now over 1,000 pocket monsters roaming the world. From the starter Pokemon (Fire, Grass, and Water) to the mascot (Electric) to the addition…
Mental Health

I Want You to Want Me (But Maybe from a Distance): Struggling with Social Anxiety and Belonging

9 Jan 2023
Do I need to be liked? Absolutely not. I like to be liked. I enjoy being liked. I have to be liked. Michael Scott What would life be without paradox and irony?…
Critical Thought

It’s a Christmas Movie

7 Dec 2022
In my younger and more artistically snobby days, I had a strict formula for whether something constituted a Christmas movie or not - Christmas must be integral to the plot.…
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The Fates of Twitter and Celtic Riverside Are Inexorably Linked

17 Nov 202218 Nov 2022
A simple but painful truth rarely acknowledged is that I do not have a voice. My Twitter following is small. Celtic Riverside has a very limited readership. Even in my…
Critical Thought…

She-Hulk: Is Marvel Failing Feminism?

22 Oct 2022
I won't name her, but YouTube decided to hit me with a video the other day about how woke superhero Hollywood was failing women. It begins with an article supporting…
Anxiety…

The Ambages – How a Fictional Family Became the Cornerstone of My Mind

21 Oct 2022
Ambage: noun - an archaic term for intentional ambiguity or indirect ways or proceedings (usually presented as the plural "ambages"; Middle English via French and Latin) Intentional ambiguity is not…
#HeForShe…

In Which One is Critical of Gender Critical Gender

10 Oct 2022
I saw a Twitter post the other day asking why the recent Jon Stewart piece was doing everything with respect to women rather than men. It seemed like an odd…

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