Blog Posts

  • Sad Penguin Time

    Or how a small penguin toy brought me joy while teaching me to be sad Last 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.…

  • We Don't 'Out' people (and why in 2022 am I having to say this)

    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…

  • Sad Messy Gays (writing my Ace stories)

    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’d…

  • Asexuality: where are we now?

    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…

  • Coming Out (Again)

    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 third…