Reapply: Rinse and Repeat
As you may know from this post, I’m required to reapply for the benefit every twelve months. This is yet another of the delightful results of the Jobseeker Benefit and Continue Reading →
Month: February 2015
A day in the life
Well, this is a few days, really. I just wanted to share a few things I’ve been struggling with. One of the main reasons I write is to, hopefully, give Continue Reading →
Back through the blender
It’s hard to believe it was a year ago I wrote the blog post that earned me such unexpected notoriety. What that also means is it’s been 12 months, so I have Continue Reading →
One step forward…
When I first got sick, all I focused on was recovering as quickly as possible. I wanted to restore my life to exactly what it was. It took a long time to Continue Reading →
Between the frying pan and the fire
GUEST POST: Julie*, who is chronically ill and unable to work, has fought WINZ for support and given up. I’ve had a few run-ins with WINZ, but none so terrible Continue Reading →
In the Land of Pain
Alphonse Daudet’s In the Land of Pain was one of the major influencing texts for How Does it Hurt?, and I can see why. The collection of raw notes, published Continue Reading →
Girls of the Drift
My favourite kind of poem is the sort with last lines that land in your throat and stay there for days. Poems where the resolution and the climax happens in Continue Reading →