Category: Blog

  • The unwearable nonbinaryness of being

    The unwearable nonbinaryness of being

    I wondered how I could express my identity through clothes. Then I thought about it a bit and wondered how I could express it through words.

  • Why lampposts are better than LinkedIn for dating

    Why lampposts are better than LinkedIn for dating

    Imagine using LinkedIn as a dating app. Imagine using LinkedIn, full stop…

  • “What’s your favourite dinosaur?” and other questions about sex, periods and reproduction

    “What’s your favourite dinosaur?” and other questions about sex, periods and reproduction

    It’s no wonder my generation grew up in ignorance when the only periods we learned about at school were the Jurassic, Triassic and Pre-Cambrian.

  • On dancing as self-care

    On dancing as self-care

    I’m imagining a zombie/musical crossover called ’28 Bars Later’ with the soundtrack provided by The Walking Deadmau5.

  • On Cats and Lines

    On Cats and Lines

    To have a Cat is to navigate a world of unspoken rules. One minute you’re petting them; the next, you’re a pile of dismembered limbs.

  • Last night a journal saved my life

    Last night a journal saved my life

    Mine and Adrian Mole’s birthdays are a few months apart and I have always felt a kinship to him, quite apart from being the only person who recognises Adrian as the greatest poet in the English language.

  • Some thoughts on reviews

    Some thoughts on reviews

    Once upon a time, I was thinking about writing a review of Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’. Not for any particular reason, just because I thought it was a good record w; I like pop music; I like writing things; and, statistically, at least one of my six regular blog readers will be a Taylor Swift fanatic.