MINOR SPOILERS For the Season 6 Rick and Morty Episode “Rick: A Mort Well Lived” If you know Rick and Morty you’ll know the show has a bit of a difficult relationship with its fans, itself, and it’s creators. For me, Rick is one of those characters, such as Walter White or Don Draper thatContinue reading “A story about empathy, as told by Rick and Morty“
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That time they printed my letter in Attitude Magazine and it got weird
When I was 16 it was the year 2000. We had email and chat rooms then but nothing close to what we now call social media. We had to phone up each other’s landlines and ask our friend’s parents if they were free. We had to chat in hallways or our parent’s bedrooms, as the phones hadContinue reading “That time they printed my letter in Attitude Magazine and it got weird”
Therapy: The Boy With The Yellow Folder (Part TWO)
Every morning on the bus ride in to school as more and more kids got on through the other villages and the town, the taunting grew and grew. Someone would almost always say something. They’d laugh about my hair, try and steal my bag, throw things at my head. It was a school bus, no-oneContinue reading “Therapy: The Boy With The Yellow Folder (Part TWO)”
Therapy: The Boy With The Yellow Folder (Part ONE)
When I was at school I carried around a yellow lever-arch folder. I preferred to carry it rather than jam it awkwardly into my school bag. That rectangle of yellow against the navy blue of my uniform became a shield against everything. When the school first found out I had a crush on another boy,Continue reading “Therapy: The Boy With The Yellow Folder (Part ONE)”
Therapy: Barely an Ex
Growing up gay in rural Hertfordshire was an experience full of longing and misery. Before the internet brought people together it was difficult to meet other gay people, let alone people you could end up dating. Everyone has a small private list of people they nearly dated, someone who never made it past that firstContinue reading “Therapy: Barely an Ex”