A small announcement
I’m pleased to be able to tell you all that I’m now writing an opinion column for the Nelson Mail.
Category Archives: Feminism
The language of rape
Trigger warning. This post contains discussions about rape. I have two experiences I want to share. They are difficult experiences, obviously. It makes me feel faint with fury and physically Continue Reading →
Why I hated Divergent
Trigger warning – This post discusses rape. Further – it contains spoilers for the Divergent book and movie. It probably will make no sense to you unless you have read/seen both. Continue Reading →
My feminist friends
‘Remember. You are an eloquent disabled feminist beneficiary. You are the stuff of their NIGHTMARES and they are SCARED.’ This is what a very good friend of mine said to me a few Continue Reading →
‘Unwanted or obsessive attention’ – not a joke.
I have a stalker. I considered putting the above in quote marks, because I don’t want this to really be about my situation, though of course it is personal. What Continue Reading →
For Display Purposes Only
A couple of days ago I was driving in Nelson and I saw this ad in the window of a local coffee house. Not the world’s best photo, but hopefully Continue Reading →
How To Not Be Creepy on Twitter
This is my Guide for How To Not Be Creepy on Twitter. It is a response to my own experiences, and includes notes contributed by others. The Guide is mainly Continue Reading →
I’m not your “problem”
Time To Change is a UK organisation operating under the tagline “Let’s end mental health discrimination.” Ok, cool. No issues with that. On February 6, they’re running an awareness-raising campaign Continue Reading →
How to Deal with Triggers
I’m currently seeing a clinical psychologist. There’s a few things I’m focusing on with her, and one of them is distress tolerance. If you follow me on Twitter, you will Continue Reading →
Conversations with Wolves
Talking to you is like forcing myself through a very small hole in a barbed wire fence with the small brained certainty that the field on the other side is Continue Reading →