(11-minute read)

This article compares the processes involved in building a house with those involved in editing a book. It draws an analogy to help first-time authors navigating the editing world.

(7-minute read)

This piece is a speed date with words. It’s intended to give you an insight into the magic of etymology and get you hooked on your own marvellous vernacular.

(16-minute read)

At one stage or another, you’ve likely come across someone who can’t resist pointing out the missing apostrophe in “Youre a bigot”. This article discusses why their snobby habit of grammar policing needs to become a thing of the past.

(7-minute read)

It’s no surprise that when a job is categorised as women’s work, it is undervalued, but when a job is seen as ‘child’s play’, it is no longer perceived as work at all. When society sees you as expendable, it’s hard to have much faith in your capabilities.

(10-minute read)

It was a rainy day in Tofino, I was sat in a delightful new bakery with a delightful new companion. We were eating warm, sugary treats and painting each other’s faces when I first asked, "If you could only take one lesson away from all of your travels, to share with your friends and family… what would it be?”

(25-minute read)

Having worked as a doula, I have spent some time in a world plastered in cis-normativity: the birthing world. It is a world which exclusively celebrates cis women and denies trans people from entering its language; one which recognises pregnant people necessarily as women.