Tag: History

• I am Andrew and I am an OverResearcher : Writing Out Loud #2

  “You over-research too much,” she said to me. I looked up from my desk, covered in academic papers. Then down at the floor, strewn with textbooks, references and more academic papers. “Do I? I suppose I do.” My wife shook her head at me. My name is Andrew and I am an over researcher. My…

  Andrew Whalan

  July 10, 2017

  Opinions, Personal

  Great Hinckley Fire, Hinckley, History, Minnesota, Research, short story, writing, Writing Out Loud

• The Great Blow

  I couldn’t feel the heat through my uniform. I couldn’t smell the smoke that made me cough. I couldn’t even hear the roar of the wildfire. The hell and brimstone I heard preached so often is happening to me. And I pray. I place myself in front of God, in faith. It’s like the book…

  Andrew Whalan

  March 27, 2017

  Stories

  America, Fiction, Great Hinckley Fire, History, Minnesota, writing

• Sexism and Feminism

  I mean all I did was just repeat to the missus what was said on the radio. Yep one of those shock jocks was sayin’ that women is destroying the joint. Too right I thought! Got home and the missus wasn’t going to be much fun I think. So I had a go at her.…

  Andrew Whalan

  September 29, 2013

  Personal

  Arts and Entertainment, Death, Feminism, Gender equality, History, MTV, Mumsnet, people, Riot grrrl, sexism, shock jock, United States, women