The Bra Street Rambler

This week, in honour of Earth Day, I'm going to be writing with a more serious tone than my reader's may have grown accustomed to. I don't intend to become an activist writer, or to lose my classic Bra Street Rambler humour in all of my upcoming posts, so I do hope you'll bare with me in a topic I felt a needed to write about. “I am not a scientist, but I don't need to be. Because the world's scientific community has spoken, and they have given us our prognosis, if we do not act together, we will surely perish. Now is our moment of action.” - Leo DiCaprio Anyone who knows me, knows that I am not, nor have I ever been, avid in political matters. However, I find it important to start sharing my voice in these matters as well. No longer shall I use my voice in politics during voting season alone for finally, political figures everywhere have come together to face a topic I do care about in a way I can agree with. My home and it's health. This pa...

A fandom is a community or subculture revolving around a person, group, or series. From Pokemon, to Supernatural, from Super Nintendo, to Sherrilyn Kenyon, there's a fandom for pretty much everything. Love Harry Potter? There's a fandom. Doctor Who? Yep, fandom for that too. Obsessed with Deadpool? Most definitely a fandom for that one. So what is it about these things that bring people together into their own little kingdom of fans? What is so special about them and about the resulting fandoms? Why are people so moved to declare their involvement in the fandoms as to wear buttons, hats, and shirts with the various logos, characters, and quotes on them? Simple. Everyone wants to feel like they belong, everyone wants to feel understood, and most importantly, everyone wants to share their love and passion with someone. When you find something that you love, something that excites you, you often want to share it with the world. You want them to find the same t...

Hello readers of The Bra Street Rambler, a fellow Bro is currently going through a situation with what I like to call a stage five clinger. He has told me that I should write a post about it in order to shed light on this topic for other men (or women) going through similar situations. Or as he says, to serve as a warning. Background story: Bro, who wants to be referred to as Carlos in this post, was going through a breakup after a long relationship, he wanted comfort and he wanted to find it in the arms of a woman. No news there, this is often the case for men after breakups, and whether they like to admit it or not, it is often the case for women as well.  This is natural. Breakups often leave a person feeling unwanted and undesirable. It is a blow to the ego and a blow to the pride. In these circumstances, a person will usually want to have fun between the sheets, even though they are well aware that they do not want anything else as it is too soon for them to throw ...

“Being genuine is the foundation for integrity- often inconvenient and not always painless- but it is the only way to go if you're here to really, truly, fully live.” -Danielle Laporte “I appreciate genuine people, even if you are mean. This way I know if I should consider you a friend or not.” - Author Unknown I often get feedback that I am a “genuine” person, and though I've never really given it much thought because well... I'm just me , I decided this week to reflect and figure out what that really meant to me. To try and isolate what characteristics I attribute to someone being considered genuine.  Be Honest I think it's important to be honest, with yourself and with those around you. Sometimes this means something as simple as telling the truth when you are asked a question, other times it means telling someone the truth whether they will like what they hear or not. Telling someone something just because it's what you think they want to hear...