A brief, half remembered history of The Brighton Bead Shop
What I can remember of the history of the shop I grew up in.
first published: February 2024
reading time: 9 minutes
Some things stay sweet forever
Emmerdale and the cyclical nature of time.
first published: October 2023
reading time: 1 minutes
Love, love is gonna lead you by the hand
Some musing on autism and care and Taskmaster.
first published: December 2022
reading time: 77 minutes
Straight Expectations
A fan fiction that’s really just some ramblings about a very queer Mike Wozniak and his very queer relationship with his wife, as well as some feelings about bi erasure and queer representation and subtly outing yourself to other people like you.
first published: August 2022
reading time: 8 minutes
Matty’s Surprise Party
A fanfiction about authentic and diverse queer representation, depicting me and my friends all visiting Emmerdale for Matty’s surprise party.
first published: April 2021
reading time: 12 minutes
On How Trans People Access Healthcare: A Manifesto
The dissertation I wrote for my BA in Fine Art (hence the references justifying it as art at the beginning) exploring historical examples of trans healthcare and crying out for better services in the present.
first published: January 2021
reading time: 30 minutes
Untitled (Long Distance)
Poem about borrowing my own clothes
first published: January 2021
reading time: 1 minute
On Keira Bell and Access to Hormone Blockers
Written immediately after the high court ruling to raise the age of consent for hormone blockers for trans and gender-questioning young people to 16, this essay discusses detransition, the misrepresentation of hormone blockers, and my experiences in the NHS Gender Identity Development Services.
first published: December 2020
reading time: 9 minutes
How and Why to Keep Your Boobs After Wanting Rid of Them for So Long
This essay discusses the reasons I chose to keep my breast tissue after top surgery.
first published: November 2020
reading time: 6 minutes
Just Collaborators
This work is a love letter to my artistic collaborator Joe Lawn, written during the first lockdown of 2020. It is heavily inspired by Patti Smith’s Just Kids and Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts.
first published: April 2020
reading time: 40 minutes