A little whimsy, perchance?
If you know me, even a little, you’ll know that I’m easily bored. And taken to making up – well, not so much ‘tall tales’ as ‘meandering, inconsistent tales of whatever caught my eye last’. So, I was...
View ArticleTrigger Warnings
A proviso, before I write anything else – this post doesn’t come with any specific goal in mind, or an agenda beyond the broadest ‘let’s keep talking and try to make things better in a general kind of...
View Article‘Plays well with others’ vegan cookies
Ok, it’s a horrible stereotype – it’s also totally true. If you run in progressive/arty/queer circles you’re going to need a reliable dairy-free dessert recipe – for vegans, for people with allergies,...
View ArticleCookery books you may not have read
Sometimes I forget that I’m allowed to write whatever I like on my blog. That it doesn’t have to be all trans issues or music. So. You might well have worked this out already – I love to cook. With...
View Article2012 – a very exhausting year
So, wow – it’s nearly the end of the year. I’m just about to retire into hibernation – possibly involving a cupboard under the stairs and a whole bunch of shredded newspapers, possibly not – but I just...
View ArticleAll coffee, all the time, all South London
I realise that I’ve been doing an awful lot of posts about trans issues lately and, while that’s in no way a bad thing, it leaves me with less time to prattle on about the other important things in...
View ArticleEver so femme chocolate cake
I’ve been wanting to do a companion recipe to the ‘terribly butch chocolate cake’ for a while and this week went and presented the perfect opportunity. After Thursday’s question to the panel, femme...
View ArticleHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Work*
* I have never learnt how to stop worrying. * There are times when working feels like squeezing blood from a stone. Those times will always be with us. I am in one now. But I have to admit – having...
View Article5 small tips for a post-Brexit world
There are some blog posts you start knowing exactly what it is you want to say and what it is you need to accomplish with those words. This is not one of those blog posts. Like the majority of Remain...
View ArticleAn incredibly busy year
There’s a reason why there was no blogging for the rest of 2017…or for the beginning of 2018, and I think it’s a good one: I’ve been on book tour, on album tour – and writing and speaking everywhere...
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