The paperback of my book Thank You For Calling the Lesbian Line is out now! Publishing a book doesn’t change your life but it is something very special, it’s the culmination of a lot of hard work and belief – not just yours, but a whole group of people around you to turn something in your head into something that can be held in someone else’s hands.
Category Archives: Newsletter
on lists
I love making lists. Maybe it’s the writer in me, maybe it’s because I’m a Virgo, maybe it’s because I’m anxious. Maybe it’s because the thought of writing a list is more alluring than the thought of doing the thing on the list. A list can hold a gleam of hope. It holds the promise of pleasure. It shows a possible future.
fuck it, 2025 wrapped
I am however, only mortal and so not immune to the joys of end-of-year lists and round-ups. I love seeing what other people have been up to, the things I missed and where our tastes overlap. So here’s me, here are the things this year I read, watched, played and saw that moved me in some way and maybe they will move you.
Lesbian small ads
A look at lesbian and bisexual small ads from the 80s and 90s as a way to see what queer women were looking for in a partner or friend and some of the struggles they faced in finding connections especially when first coming out, moving to a new city or being too shy to attend in person events.
i wrote a book!
at 400+ pages it’s the very opposite of a tiny narrative… oops I wrote a book! It’s called THANK YOU FOR CALLING THE LESBIAN LINE1. It took me about four years to write and was honestly a lot of hard work2 so I really hope people like it. It’s about the history of lesbian telephoneContinue reading “i wrote a book!”
every day i'm puzzlin
cool girls like puzzles I love puzzles. I love crossword puzzles, I love number puzzles, I love cryptic clues, I like jigsaw puzzles, I like Sokoban puzzles and Nonograms, I love puzzles I can play on my phone and puzzles I can play at home on the TV. I love, love, love puzzles that requireContinue reading “every day i'm puzzlin”
cleaning/writing/tidying/editing
it gets worse before it gets better It is not a Sunday but I am watching someone do their ‘sunday reset’ on TikTok in which they clean their beautifully designed minimal studio flat in East London, or Manchester or Bristol or Margate to prepare for the week. By my standards it is already clean. ItContinue reading “cleaning/writing/tidying/editing”
on virtual pets
hope those little guys are still okay content warning: death and mourning As a child I loved virtual pets. I had real pets also: gerbils, finches, rabbits, rats, goldfish, and guinea pigs, but never anything bigger or likely to live longer than three years. My father, who never got over the loss of his familyContinue reading “on virtual pets”
three stories
Fiction 1. Knitting It is supposed to be a sock. It would become a sock in time. It held the potential to be sock but at present it was a ball of wool. A single line which by adding in the right loops would become a sock. It could be a scarf or a jumperContinue reading “three stories”
some actual tiny narratives
sometimes things that are longer are worse It’s been a little while since I made one of these posts and as this newsletter really is all about tiny narratives I wanted to share a few I’ve experienced recently. Design for a Carpet from Dominant Animals by Kathryn Scanlan – reading time: < 5 minutes KathrynContinue reading “some actual tiny narratives”
Elizabeth Lovatt 