Annie in wonderland

 This is such an interesting post to write about as I have grown so much as a writer in doing this blog and the trauma that comes into the Shadow world is very real and listening and spending time with people who work with people with complex trauma has given me a very different perspective on it.  So please I do welcome you to start the conversation on the blog and to suggest to me content ideas as well.   I  am now starting to look at this through a wider lens one that says that we are all humans and that these guys are human as well and that this humanity is what their relationship's so complex as well as the fact that they are willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of humanity. I see that this is a good thing however we do see that it comes at a price for most of them. In that, the mission comes first this could be as simple as finding out where demons are coming from or as complex as a mission to banish a greater demon back to the realm it came from i...

The issues of social media.  'The winter of our disconnect.' By Susan Maushart published in 2010   I read a book a while ago called 'The winter of our  disconnect.' It was an experiment in going screen-free for a year her herself and her 3 teens and the results it had on the family. This was back in 2008 so we need to see where we have gone with the internet from there the issues she outlined have only got worse during the pandemic and as the technology has gotten more advanced and the issues around it have got more complex and the complexity of the socio-political landscape has got worse and more polarized due to the internet and that we can be connected from anywhere as we did see the internet used more and more to keep people connected during the pandemic.   However, we saw that this created more issues than it solved. As I will discuss as I have based this post on several of her quotes in the book and I do encourage you to go and find the book and re...

 ( This post contains a discussion on mental health please be aware of this)   Shadowhunters | Season 1, Episode 8: Jace Tells Clary Falcon Story | Freeform - YouTube At this point in time, Clary is new to the world and sees Jace as her guide to the world, yet we are seeing that she has been brought up in a loving protective world, not knowing that she was a Shadowhunter yet we see from this clip that Jace had a very different upbringing torn away from his parent's in Aclantate he was torn from place to place from family to family before being placed with the lightwoods.  This Alicante is the Shadow hunter's "spiritual home," they are placed in the institutes where they live and work but have family manners in Iris.  We know in human families that don't have a nomadic background that being taken from place to place isn't great, and can cause a lot of harm to a child not having a stable family life. In telling her the Falcon story we see that he believes to lov...

Izzy Kisses Simon & Underhill Talks To Alec! - Shadowhunter 3x6 'I'll Keep Your Secret!' - YouTube  This clip is amazing as it focuses on the complexity of the Shadow world and shows a different side of each of the characters something that I see as a great thing. However what I want to focus on is that we see a very different side of Alec, a massive progression from someone so focused on work and uptight to someone who can have a drink. We see that this is during a season when Alec and Magus are having issues and Alec finds that he can talk to Underhill. He sees that he can trust him. From the little we see of him we see that he was the head of  Cyber security.   Alec is also respected and admired for the way he runs the institute.  Being gracious he accepts help from a subordinate in a difficult situation.  A situation could easily become a massive issue for Alec and it could really not help his cause to have this blow up on him.  As he had to fi...

Shadowhunters Reduced BGMusic 01x09 - Alec and Robert argue about his engagement - YouTube I have mentioned in previous blogs about the Lightwood family dynamics and they do fit the profile of a dysfunctional family with Jace as a golden-haired child, Izzy as the attention seeker, and Alec as the parent/scapegoat of the family.  We see that in this clip he is still trying to save the family image but it is at a cost to his mental health as at this point in time we do see that he is still in the closet with his family, friends, and himself. He has so much to do that he is simply going through the motions and this isn't great for anyone to simply just go through the motions.  I see that we can live life best when we can live an authentic life. This is a life that you are comfortable in and of yourself. This is a thing with most people, that you can be a person separate from your family, however in the case of the shadow hunters we see that this simply isn't the case as it is the...

What is media?  When I started this blog, I didn’t know what I was doing or how I was going to go. And I found myself at a loss of what to write about due to the NDIS (The National Disability insurance scheme) being such a hot-button topic at the time. However, I widened the scope to include media; focusing on disability representation and how disability is discussed in popular media.   This led me to think about the simple question What is MEDIA? This to me is a great question as it has changed in recent years, media is separated into several different categories: TV, Newspapers, Radio, Books, Magazines, and then Websites. Traditional media has a long history of bringing those in power to account for their actions in a democratic country the media should never be the enemy of the people, this is when it becomes propaganda.   A tool that has a long history of changing behaviours and mindsets to suit a narrative, of the organization or sponsor behind it, starting with ...