LJ MaherMephistopholes and Me : The body, time, and ADHDWhen I was an undergraduate I was obsessed with the Sims. I lost weeks upon weeks in the blue glow of a computer screen. I dreamed in…Jan 29, 2023Jan 29, 2023
LJ MaherReading and art in despairI have been hard on myself about my lack of creativity under Lockdown. I am lucky enough to be working, and that takes up a lot of my time…Oct 23, 2020Oct 23, 2020
LJ MaherOn/In VulnerabilityToday I have struggled. I’ve been in a city that has been in lockdown since March (there was a brief reprieve in June, but I was busy with…Oct 6, 2020Oct 6, 2020
LJ MaherPlague Dreams: Part 1I haven’t been sleeping well. The nights have been long. Quiet. Peaceful. The days have been short. Close. Suffocating. We are kept to our…Jul 24, 2020Jul 24, 2020
LJ MaherOn CompassionMelbourne is settling in to its 2nd week of The Sickening Part 2: Isolation Boogaloo. The Victorian Government has, as we know, heinously…Jul 20, 2020Jul 20, 2020
LJ MaherStudying Storytelling as Resistance — Slashing Public Funding for the Humanities in AustraliaThis morning when I woke up and hopped online what I wasn’t expecting in my morning What The Fuck Have They Done While I Slept update was…Jun 19, 2020Jun 19, 2020