Category: I Need To Talk About This

• An Abundance of Listening

  Mar 29

  This blog is written during the March 2022 strikes in UK higher education. I am on strike and trying to balance spending time with my puppy Sula, resting, and spending… more ›

• To the nerd I loved the longest, 

  Oct 29

  You kept your apps in alphabetical order. All of them. Weirdo.  Why is WhatsApp four screens away? Absolute nerd. You knew every word to every song by Belle and Sebastian. … more ›

• My Kind of Spark: On Neurodivergence and Unlearning.

  Oct 24

  This post is inspired by Elle McNicoll’s book A Kind of Spark. The book is about a neurodivergent girl called Addie who campaigns to get a memorial for women killed… more ›

• I read 125 books in 2020 and this is what I learned…

  Dec 24

  I’ll never stop finding books I want to read. Reading in this volume made me evaluate writing styles, plot directions, and stock characters in a new way. There are always… more ›

• What do you get if you read 100 books in nine months?

  Sep 13

  Perhaps the most interesting side effect of lockdown for me has been returning to reading in a big way. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been an avid reader forever, but… more ›

• The Isolation Reads: The Mirror & The Light

  Mar 29

  It’s a really strange time and we are all processing #SocialDistancing differently. Friends and colleagues will have noticed my increased presence on Twitter. I am mindlessly checking my email many,… more ›

• Big Book Fear: Being a Disabled Bookworm

  Mar 14

  You may or may not know that I am both dyslexic and dyspraxic. While these Specific Learning Difficulties may seem inconsequential to you if you are neurotypical, they are life… more ›

• Intro: I Need To Talk About This

  Mar 13

  This is a blog thread that might be about a section, quote, theme, or particular thing I have read and have a big reaction to. For example, when I read… more ›