May 16, 2022Member-onlyTeam Amber or Team Johnny?Can’t we all just be Team Victim? Something is bothering me about the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp case. It’s not the fact that a woman is being tried in a domestic abuse case. After all, it’s important that everyone starts believing you’re not above blame just because of your sex. I know of numerous cases where…Johnny Depp6 min readJohnny Depp6 min read
Published inArtfullyAutistic·Dec 15, 2021Member-onlyHow My Dress Ended Up in the Fridge (and other Dyspraxic Tales)An Adult’s Experience of Living with DCD When people ask me about Dyspraxia, I give one of three replies. The first one misses the mark, but will suffice if I’m rushed: It’s like Dyslexia, except less to do with muddling your letters and more about muddling your movement (My Dyslexic husband tells me this is also a…Dyspraxia7 min readDyspraxia7 min read
Published inAfroSapiophile·Dec 7, 2021Member-onlyWill Shakespeare Survive Cancel Culture?Challenging the Racism in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus — This time last fortnight I had just finished performing as Lucius in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. Renowned as the Bard’s bloodiest play, Titus viscerally trots out 14 deaths as well as a graphic rape and mutilation of a leading lady. In fact, more than 100 people fainted during the Globe’s 52-show…Shakespeare17 min readShakespeare17 min read
Nov 9, 2021Member-onlyMy Plea for Society to Stop Pressurising Us into Having KidsTrigger Warning: This essay deals with childbirth, miscarriage and upsetting scenes from The Lion King (yes, you read that correctly) I would like to start this article off by saying: I like kids, I have begun to think I want my own one day, and I’m always delighted when a…Trigger Warning8 min readTrigger Warning8 min read
Published inHuman Parts·Nov 2, 2021Member-onlyFiltering Through the AgesHumanity’s obsession with their own image — Since records began, and probably long before that, humans have been obsessed with their own image. You could be forgiven for thinking this obsession has started recently: Facebook, Instagram, the thrill of seeing your image pop up momentarily on Snapchat, wondering who in the world saw it and what they…Photography9 min readPhotography9 min read
