Last night people from all walks of life (mostly of the female persuasion but not, in a word, exclusively so) gathered in Manchester for the latest SheSaysManchester [@shesaysmcr] event, this time on the theme of inclusion. In a time where governments are weaponizing hatred and other forms of nationalism and… Read More »SheSays Include Us
there is no shortage of writing on the subject of reproductive rights of late and given my genderless status, i have a rather unusual position on many issues of mating in general and reproduction in particular. i do think, though, that in the spirit of openness that i believe we… Read More »on abortion
[tw — sexual violence] this is the prologue for a new novel, expected to be published later this year. in the beginning was the word. no. not just once, you understand. i screamed it until i had no voice but he was deaf. selectively deaf. he couldn’t hear me. but it’s not… Read More »the word no
morning comes and it is dawn. that is the best possible scenario. if i awake and dawn hasn’t arrived yet, it simply means that i will be forcing myself to lie in bed and count the minutes until dawn. but this morning i am lucky. somehow i have been able… Read More »living thankfully
it is time to shift back to independing hosting. wordpress is a fantastic platform in many ways and moving from their in-house hosting platform to the flexibility of having it on a provider of my own means that i can have the same freedom to write without having to worry… Read More »movement
An evening of drenched mostly-female wanderers from the tech world escaped from the sudden thunderstorm witnessed an exploration of bias — something we all have but rarely like to admit. In ThoughtWorks’ (@thoughtworks) Manchester HQ, a collection of speakers enlightened an audience to how bias is built, its effects on… Read More »SheSays Think about your Biases