Granted, the title would not have immediately caught my eye in a bookshop, as one is not a […]
Despite being over three years since first published, one has only just got around to reading Reni Eddo-Lodge’s […]
Society is divided, or certainly feels so (even if the pandemic has brought us together a little). This […]
Society is divided, or certainly feels so (even if the pandemic has brought us together a little). This […]
I am writing this at a moment of feeling overwhelmed and profoundly sad. As a woman facing fertility […]
I recently developed a habit of buying two or three ice-creams at a time, and eating them all. […]
When you’ve not been able to have a child, it sometimes feels like not a moment goes by […]
I have a situational anxiety problem, related to any kind of performative speaking at work – talking in […]
One is in Peru. Specifically at this moment, one is in the high-altitude town of Cusco, at the […]
I have lived with an anxiety problem for 18 years. It began in early adulthood at a time […]
I like ‘real’ hot chocolate – the melted chocolate in milk type – but then I had the […]
Children cannot comprehend their vulnerability. They may appear to have agency. They may have aspirations and instincts which […]
I have encountered some people, most of them men, who avoid the expression of vulnerability or suffering. In […]
Those of us who wanted, but couldn’t have, children have a tremendous amount of pain lingering inside of […]
Around the age of 9, I had an epiphany. I was feeling frustrated, reflecting on a debate with […]