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on digital town squares
Hi friends. You last heard from me (on this platform) a couple of months ago. Since then, there have been a fair number of exciting / daunting changes…
Aug 17
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June 2023
on screaming into the abyss
I recently learned that I enjoy writing much, much more than I enjoy hearing what people think about what I write. Case in point: I’m typing this whilst…
Jun 14
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April 2023
on #fashrev
I first learned to be self-conscious about how I dress in primary school. When you’re nine and have a uniform you need to wear most of the week, and…
Apr 22
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March 2023
on safe spaces
i often feel like the most authentic version of myself when i am in the classroom — figuratively, at least. when i am jane the policy adviser or jane…
Mar 25
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on silence and silencing
As part of a course on gender studies and epistemologies, I’ve been reading about feminist perspectives on silence — on what it means to ‘speak’ and use…
Mar 10
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February 2023
on productivity culture, plus all my organisational hot tips
One of the main reasons why I decided to boot up this whole damn newsletter thing was to document the experience of being a full-time employee …
Feb 21
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January 2023
on the bullets that should have been firecrackers
TW: Gun violence, domestic violence. You’ll often hear intersectionality described as a term or concept, either ‘coined’ if not created outright, by…
Jan 24
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November 2022
on working from home
anyone in the office? oh no, not me, i'm barely awake, to be honest. still booting up my brain, resetting from the weekend. mondays, am i right…
Nov 14, 2022
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October 2022
on public service.
So, lately, I’ve been ruminating on what it means to be a public servant.* At work, I recently had our role described to me as to deliver, and only to…
Oct 9, 2022
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September 2022
on a PhD ... as self-care
I want to preface this update with a clear disclaimer: my PhD experience — the way I’ve chosen to structure this experience — is atypical, and very much…
Sep 1, 2022
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July 2022
on diagnosis
scattered thoughts about mental ill-health.
Jul 21, 2022
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June 2022
learning to lead & the right to fail
Note: This is a revised version of a presentation I delivered as part of a panel discussion on women in leadership, at the Federation of Ethnic…
Jun 28, 2022
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