Author Archives: elizabethlovatt

There’s a favourite picture of my parents that I took maybe four years ago on my phone. In it, my dad is leaning over a sink, his shirt off while my mum rubs shampoo into his hair. She’s pulling a face she would hate, one of concentration, mouth loose and slightly open. In the foregroundContinue reading “mum and dad”

You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere When I was younger, and my parents had friends over for dinner, my dad would sit at the dinner table long after the rest of us had moved to the sofas and play music too loud (always too loud) on the giant black hi-fiContinue reading “fast car by tracy chapman”

My girlfriend likes to talk about selfies as political acts of queer visibility. I usually laugh in her face and post the selfie anyway because I need the likes and I’m desperate, but I do think there’s some truth to it. I wonder sometimes if it weren’t for the visible queer people I found onContinue reading “queer story 1”

Florence’s story is a familiar one, if you like me you’ve ever wondered what you’re doing with your life, then florence will feel close to home. This is a mobile game played out as a love story on your phone: a young woman and a young man meet and do indeed fall in love, butContinue reading “florence”

There’s a Michael Landy work that I think about a lot. It’s called Break Down. In 2001 Landy destroyed every single thing he owned: every item of clothing, document and record, his passport, his car, his father’s coat, everything. This isn’t so much a story but an anti-story. An attempt at wiping the slate clean.Continue reading “break down”