Using labels as an excuse or explanation
Are there any issues using terms like ADHD, neurodivergent or autistic to label ourselves? Can it excuse or explain our daily lives?
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If it’s not depression it’s anxiety
If I'm not depressed from a lack of commissioned work, I'm anxious when I am commissioned. Fun.
30 days being sober
I was a 14 unit a week drinker. How did it feel to give it up and go sober?
A 2 week review of NHS Hearing Aids
How I got my hearing tested and hearing aids from the NHS, and how do they work for me?
Two weeks on ADHD medication
Has 2 weeks of ADHD medication changed my life for better, worse or not even made a dent in my ability to be distracted... squirrel!
2024's Yearly Theme
Each year I set a theme to guide me through the days ahead. Last year was the 'Year of Queer'. What will this year's be?
Hello 2024
Hello 2024. Let's reboot this newsletter one more time.
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Pansexual Pride
A look at the photography of two people who identify as pansexual for Pansexual Pride
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
A look at the work of disabled photographers from around the world.
Autistic people using photography to communicate
If everyone has a camera, how are autistic people using photography to communicate through photographs of their every day lives? A look at a study on autism, photography and communication. Also featuring Breadth, a project aiming to challenge autism stereotypes.
Trans Day of Remembrance
Thinking of the photos we wish we made when we had the time. Remember to make time.
My Perspective Photo Competition
Highlighting a photography competition by Downs Syndrome Association. Photography is for all.
Queer Joy is a Protest
A look at queer work during the last Trump administration
AI and the Queer Gaze in Photography
AI is good but built upon so many problematic systems. How can queer photographers use it?
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Trans women are women. Now what?
The UK Supreme Court is dangerously wrong, but what can I do about it?
What am I enjoying and looking forward to?
Reminding myself that there is fun in my future despite how chronic fatigue feels.
Pacing not pushing
My theme for 2025 was to keep pushing but what I really need is to keep pacing. Yay ME/CFS Long Covid.
Am I my Innie or Outie?
Which version of me is the real me? The one safe in a controlled environment or the one struggling in the outside world?
My one year anniversary of Long Covid
Avoiding catching Covid-19 was exhausting, but not as exhausting as living with Long Covid.
Finally learning how to relax
After years of trying to find ways to relax with video games, I've discovered a different way doing something I never thought I could. Drawing.
One year of sobriety
ADHD medication meant I had to give up alcohol. What would that mean for me? How hard would it be?