Author Archives: Emily Garside

Or how a small penguin toy brought me joy while teaching me to be sadLast Christmas I unwrapped a small round penguin toy. In typical style it became the biggest joy of my Christmas gifts despite my mother later informing me he cost £3 and was picked up on a random trip to ASDA. ProofContinueContinue reading “Sad Penguin Time”

Thoughts on Kit Connor, outing, fandom and queerness I was angry before 8 am this morning, which is even impressive. Why was I angry? Because I woke up to the news that Kit Conner, star of Heartstopper, had been forced to out himself on Twitter because people were hounding him with accusations of queerbating. There’s soContinueContinue reading “We Don't 'Out' people (and why in 2022 am I having to say this)”

I spent a lot of time writing a story with Ace characters actually three…here’s a sneak peak Earlier this week I wrote about a year of being Ace and what that meant. But the biggest part of that has actually been writing Ace characters. Given Asexuality week is about creativity  this time, I thought I’dContinueContinue reading “Sad Messy Gays (writing my Ace stories)”

A year (ish) in to knowing I’m asexual…how do I feel about it now? In part 2 of 3 of Ace posts, after revisiting my ‘Coming Out Again’ yesterday I ask myself where am I now…It’s Asexuality Awareness week, and in all honesty, I’ve struggled with what to write about. A mixture of Ace imposterContinueContinue reading “Asexuality: where are we now?”

My Asexual Coming out Blog For Asexuality Awareness week I thought it might be good to share my Ace-coming-Out blog as part of a series of 3 reflections on being out as Ace for the past year. The first part is where I started, the second will be where I am now, and the thirdContinueContinue reading “Coming Out (Again)”

Reflections on performative mourning and how we’re told how to grieve…This is not about the Queen, though I guess it’s not about the Queen. Many of us might agree that this weird compulsory grieving for the Queen is weird. More so the performative aspect of it (someone, please write me a piece on State FuneralsContinueContinue reading “Grief Police and doing sad 'right'”

A few months into being ‘out’ some thoughts on the good, the bad and the isolating of being Ace in an Allo world. I set up this blog to reflect on my relationship to queerness as much as to comment on queer culture. So this is one of those blogs. Given it’s been just over halfContinueContinue reading “Asexuality, Acceptance…loneliness?”

A year on since my first book made it into the world, some thoughts. Happy Book Birthday to my little pink book! A year ago, at the end of Pride month, my first book made it out into the world. ‘Love that Journey for Me; the queer revolution of Schitt’s Creek’ wasn’t a book I everContinueContinue reading “Happy Book Birthday!”

On figuring out my asexual voice and the stories I’m ready to tell. This past week I was at a scriptwriting retreat, and I went with a pitch for an asexual-themed play. This is a blog about all those things (and written on a train, sleep-deprived and introvert-social-battery-drained). It’s a whole mish-mash of complex things, myContinueContinue reading “Finding a way to tell my stories”

Reading Schitt’s Creek’s Patrick Brewer as demisexual — and why it matters.I read Patrick Brewer from Schitt’s Creek as demisexual. This reading changed my life, made me realise I identify as asexual, but also fits a reading of the character in a way that’s interesting, makes sense and maybe adds a little more depth toContinueContinue reading “Reading Schitt’s Creek’s Patrick Brewer as demisexual — and why it matters.”