Author Archives: jamesdsouza76

Getting off the mark

There is no simple way of saying this – other than saying it. When you’re a teenage boy, you’re going to be mostly terrible at relating to teenage girls. Women, ladies and girls are not there for your gratification, objectification or vilification. They don’t exist as a measure of your masculinity, virility or technical ability.ContinueContinue reading “Getting off the mark”

4 (of 4) A Very Fixed Idea of What It Means To Be A Man. Why I'll Do Movember Every Year.

Part Four: A Very Fixed Idea of What it Means To Be A Man This is the fourth post after ‘An Inarticulate Bunch of Neanderthals. Sponsor me for Movember’. If you’re reading this, the bottom line is that I want you to sponsor me for Movember. To raise awareness of men’s fertility. After discovering theContinueContinue reading “4 (of 4) A Very Fixed Idea of What It Means To Be A Man. Why I'll Do Movember Every Year.”

3 (of 4) An Inarticulate Bunch of Neanderthals. Why I'll Do Movember Every Year

Part Three: ‘An Inarticulate Bunch of Neanderthals’ “Changing the face of men’s health” This is the third post after ‘Things. Just. Happen. Why I’ll Do Movember Every Year’. If you’re reading this, the bottom line is that I want you to sponsor me for Movember. To raise awareness of men’s fertility. Grown… After the first round of IVFContinueContinue reading “3 (of 4) An Inarticulate Bunch of Neanderthals. Why I'll Do Movember Every Year”

2 (of 4) Things. Just. Happen. Why I'll Do Movember Every Year

Part Two: ‘Things. Just. Happen.’ “Changing the face of men’s health” This is the second post after ‘It Doesn’t Happen to Us: Sponsor Me for Movember’. If you’re reading this, the bottom line is that I want you to sponsor me for Movember. To raise awareness of men’s fertility. It’s gone for 2015! In January 2013 DavinaContinueContinue reading “2 (of 4) Things. Just. Happen. Why I'll Do Movember Every Year”

1 (of 4) It Doesn't Happen To Us: Why I'll Do Movember Every Year

“Changing the face of men’s health” Part one: ‘It doesn’t happen to us’ If you’re reading this, the bottom line is that I want you to sponsor me for Movember. Before: October 2015 Most people have heard of Movember – men growing a moustache through the month of November to raise awareness of male healthContinueContinue reading “1 (of 4) It Doesn't Happen To Us: Why I'll Do Movember Every Year”

At first I was afraid… (Saying Goodbye to the Class of 2014)

Sung at the Leavers’ Do, 2014, to the tune of ‘I Will Survive’ The names have been changed to protect the guilty. Enjoy! —- At first I was afraid I was petrified That … would never get His work in on time But there were so many nights Where …  got the questions wrong  … ContinueContinue reading “At first I was afraid… (Saying Goodbye to the Class of 2014)”

Speech From Goan Oral Histories Book Launch

This is the first post in a long time. I’ve been writing more on my Daily Insight site. The writing below is actually the speech I prepared for the book launch for the Goan Oral Histories Project. This is something that bid for and got money from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Selma Carvalho askedContinueContinue reading “Speech From Goan Oral Histories Book Launch”

JDS Insights: Feb 2013

Writing that post in January helped a lot. Perspective shifted again in February with some news that went to my core. It made me think about how I define myself. What makes me who I am? My actions? My choices? Stuff that happens to me? The more I thought about it, the more I beganContinueContinue reading “JDS Insights: Feb 2013”

JDS Insights: January 2013

Yeah. January. Well. I think there’s only one post that can sum up that month…and that’s Live Shit Binge and Purge. So yeah – more death in January. Hah – that sounds like a good name for a band. January is always the whole looking back, looking forward thing. But sometimes life has a wayContinueContinue reading “JDS Insights: January 2013”