Familiar Territory

If you feel the nation’s guidance isn’t enough to keep you safe, don’t wait to do more to protect yourself and others around you. Keep wearing the mask when you’re in public spaces, keep washing your hands with soap (please), maintain safe distance from people, get vaccinated if you haven’t, get the booster if you haven’t, limit your exposure to large groups of people, debunk conspiracies wherever you can and educate people on the risks of Covid.

Made In Britain: The Fuel “Crisis”

People outside the UK are absolutely forgiven if they’re unaware of the complexity of the issues that make the fuel crisis we’re dealing with in the UK right now, or that it even exists. Folks living in the EU have some understanding, to be sure, but it’s not nearly so cut and dry. I am not the most reliable narrator on this topic, but if you’re curious, you’re welcome to pull your chair while I try breaking it down a bit.

Addressing The Anti-Activism Narrative

There’s this really odd take that I’ve heard from some people I’ve talked to recently, where they argue that someone who is for certain changes should be the embodiment of the changes they want to make real for the rest of society. At first glance, this sounds sensible enough, but it doesn’t always work outside of a vacuum.

The Logic of Masks – Why and How They Work

There’s a lot of assumptions and misunderstandings when it comes to wearing masks and Covid-19. Today, I want to take a minute to apply some basic research and reasoning to addressing them. Because the best cure for misinformation is education.

A Moment of Silence

The whole year of 2020 was a hot mess on top of a catastrophe in a dumpster fire – I do not know anyone who has not been impacted by it, everyone has been touched by one or more of the following: Covid-19, the US Elections, Brexit, the curtailment of women and lgbt rights across […]

Let It End With Me

With most news agencies in the states confident enough now to declare Joe Biden the new President-elect for the United States, I am sitting at my desk and I am gingerly keying my hope and faith in humanity. The election in the USA was so many things, and it represented so much more to me […]

The Power of One Voice

People following my Illthdar series on Tumblr and Transplant Monologues on Facebook and Twitter should already know I launched a fundraising campaign in response to JK Rowling’s transphobic comments. From June until the end of August, all profits I receive from the sale of Guardians of Las will be donated to Gendered Intelligence, a UK […]