Category: Wonderings

• February 9, 2015

  Getting Younger

  I am regressing. I am doing things that I didn’t do or didn’t do enough when I was a little. Things I couldn’t afford or didn’t have the gumption for as a younger, more worried person. Things like owning a leather coat and going to see The Prodigy on a Monday night* because rave. I…
• February 9, 2015

  Being Read

  I’ve been writing online for quite a few years now. In that time I’ve not had very much feedback on what I’ve written. My mam asked me last week if I’ve ever experienced any nasty trolling and I told her my little corner of the internet doesn’t attract enough humans to engender hatred. But there’s…
• February 3, 2015

  What Happened When I Confronted My Cruellest Troll by Lindy West

  Great article from Lindy West about the volume of online abuse that female writers face. Although the term ‘trolling’ has been vastly distorted by the media (it used to mean irritating but light-hearted pranking), the darker usage is here to stay and it’s a shame. Read it here.
• February 2, 2015

  Sleeping Might

  Show me what you’re made of, darling. Is it dreams and golden feathers in flight? Kill the ones who harm you, darling. Black enemies who fall before quiet, sleeping might.
• January 29, 2015

  I Hated Children

  I was born old – older even than I am now. I sometimes fancy my childhood self as a sort of female Stewie Griffin – lounging idly with a pornographic novel and a cheroot, while the other children scampered about eating spiders and falling over. In reality, I’m sure I was a charmingly childlike child.…