Come listen to my voice talk about books, and read short stories — Well hello there! Podcasting isn’t something I ever thought I’d ever get into, or have a use for, but I was wrong, clearly! It’s been running a couple of months now and while it’s helped me develop new skills in audio editing and building on my existing video editing skills…

Easier for you perhaps, but not for them — “I don’t get it!” they cry from their armchairs and a position where they just don’t want to get it and have no intention of educating themselves. “I don’t get it!” …

Can’t do or won’t do — it’s all the same — I know I’m not “old and infirm” at 48, but there are things I feel I’m no longer able to do or would be inadvisable to try, or stuff I simply don’t want to do again. White knuckle rides: I used to love them. Every year I’d go to either…

I’ve come to a point where I am fully accepting and embracing of my demisexuality. That acceptance is now at a place where I can address some of the downsides of being demisexual without setting off my anxiety. I first wrote about the downsides during Ace Week 2022. It took…

In defence of automated checkouts — A supermarket chain in the north of England announced last week that they would remove automated checkouts from all but two of their supermarkets in response to “customer demand.” All across social media, a certain section of society applauded the move with some quite flimsy arguments: Older people need someone…

The ongoing “debate” about Edward Colston’s statue — In June 2020 during the Black Lives Matter protests, a statue of Edward Colston was torn down in Bristol, southwest England. For people who don’t know who this is, despite whatever good he might have done (schools, poor houses, almshouses, public buildings, hospitals), his statue located in such a prominent…

It seems strangers who never met me know me better than I know myself — It’s true. I’m really thankful for the straight, (mostly) white, (also mostly) middle-aged and older, (almost entirely) women who regularly segue into my articles on demisexuality and asexual awareness to explain how 1) they don’t think we need all these labels, 2) they don’t understand these new labels, 3) I’m…

What aspec people hear when you equate representation with “relationships” — “I’m angry we never got Thasmin. I demand queer representation!” said fans of the Thirteenth Doctor, played by Jodie Whittaker — the first woman ever to play the role. Quick note: “Thasmin” is the term used among fanfic writers and those who wanted an on-screen romantic relationship between Jodie Whittaker’s…

And the responses were predictable — It’s been all over social media this week. A young American woman who has just left university and working her first ever 9–5 went on TikTok to talk about her experiences of stress, exhaustion and lack of time. She points out several reasonable things: She is working in a city…