PinnedIllustrated: 4 Part Guide to What Disability IsNumber 1 — A see-saw — Here’s how this is going to go. I’m going to explain some things about the way I wrote this article, the images I drew, and I’m going to piece it all together as we go along. It’s going to be a weird experience for all of us. …Education9 min readEducation9 min read
Nov 22Member-onlyI’m Not a Fucking CopNot anymore, anyway — I can finally say it. I mean, I could always say it, but I would have been lying. Just like Leo DiCaprio in The Departed, the words ‘I am not a fucking cop!’ were a lie. Now they aren’t. Now I’m not a fucking cop. It’s not that I had…Grief3 min readGrief3 min read
Published inThe Bigger Picture·Jun 5Member-onlyWhat Do I Want the World to Look Like?A dual perspective and a conveyor belt — The question that started it all Imagine sitting quietly, sipping your coffee and chatting to a friend online, and you’re asked a question. Possibly a question you haven’t ever been asked before. “What do you want the world to look like?” The message appeared on my phone earlier today. It was a divergence from the conversation…Philosophy5 min readPhilosophy5 min read
Apr 13, 2022Member-onlyReasons I haven’t been writingI’m back… kinda — Hey Medium Fam. I’ve missed you all, and I’m not really 100% back yet, but I’m getting there slowly. I’m easing my toes into the scorching onsen that is ‘writing’. You know, it burns your soul in a way that is both blissful and agonising. So to start off, here…Mental Health2 min readMental Health2 min read
Feb 3, 2022Member-onlyA Letter to my ‘Sisters in Blue’ 👮♀️Reflections on 11 years in a toxic sludge police culture — Why I’m writing this article I don’t often talk about policing in a public forum like this. And I’ve been absent from Medium — I’ve been sick. Most cops I know can relate to rarely sharing anything online about our work. Let alone about our incredibly fucked up work culture. …Diversity7 min readDiversity7 min read
Published inPets and Animals·Dec 15, 2021Member-onlyTreasured Animal Competition Winner AnnouncementThe winner of 4 pet portraits is… — This competition was a small one, and from entries on beloved pets that were adopted from awful situations and lived amazing lives, and all of the entries were wonderful. I know it’s a cliché to say, but it was SO hard to choose. In the end after a very delayed…Animal Rescue2 min readAnimal Rescue2 min read
Nov 11, 2021Being Almost Normal Was Nice While It LastedBack to being depressed and tired all the time — I was so inspired by an article I read back in October by James Warwick, exploring 24 hours without his disability, that I followed suit and wrote my own. As two people with very different disabilities, the things we envisioned doing in those 24 hours were fairly different. But I…Education5 min readEducation5 min read
Nov 4, 2021Member-onlyHow I’ve Pre-Grieved Since ChildhoodHelp me decide if it’s a good or bad thing — When I was younger, I was terrified of family dying. I truly thought that every year would be my gran’s last, after she had her first stroke. And then she had her second stroke. …Reading8 min readReading8 min read
Published inPets and Animals·Nov 1, 2021Member-onlyPets and Animals Story Competition EXTENDEDThank my dad ☺️ — 👋 Hello everyone! Firstly thank you so much for your amazing stories, to all of our competition entrants so far: Laura Lind ▪️ Sharing Randomly ▪ Matthew B. …Pets2 min readPets2 min read
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