And why it’s a big deal — I have depression. (Shocking, given the title, I know.) That's nothing special. According to the World Health Organisation, around 280-million people worldwide suffer from the same illness I do. That’s roughly equivalent to the populations of Columbia, South Africa, Italy, and Egypt… combined. It’s a big club. Thankfully, in many…

It’s a compulsion — What does it mean to be a writer? Personally, I think everyone who writes is a writer. Whether it's your first article or your hundredth, the creation of content through the wrangling of words on a page is, by definition, the only qualifying factor for being a writer. I think…

Gender binaries of the past and spectrums of the future… — If there is one thing that the queer community excels at, it’s opening our eyes to the sheer diversity of the human condition. Since I came out as gay a few years ago, I have been privileged to learn more than I ever thought possible about not just what it…

In the Garden of the Goddess — He clawed at the shrapnel tearing through his chest, ripping through flesh and puncturing organs with sounds that echoed in the darkness, surrounding him in a gruesome radio production of his own mortality. The void of the blind eternities stretched out before him as his breath betrayed him in ragged…

When we first met, I had been branded a troublemaker. My previous school, just a few hundred meters down the road, had emblazoned my file with warnings to that effect. As far as they were concerned, they had sent you the devil in the shape of a blond-haired, 8-year-old boy. …

I Didn’t Realise I Was Burnt Out Until I Fell Asleep At My Desk — Keyboards don’t make for good pillows. I cannot imagine any situation in which a person would wake up with QWERTY embossed into their forehead having fully intended to fall asleep where they did. And yet, there I was, face down on my hard, wooden desk, bathed in the cold light…

Here’s why. — These days, about 90% of the articles I see online are about writing. …

Duh… — Being an asshole won't get you very far in life. That's the lesson here. Article over. Goodnight, Vienna. … More detail? Fine. In raw economic terms, squeezing every last drop of labour out of workers and giving as little back as possible is the most effective way to make products…

Our Government Doesn't Want Them to Be — The United Kingdom is, according to almost every metric, the best country in the world for LGBTQ+ people to live in. It’s not perfect, by any means, but there are decent protections in the workplace, good provisions for healthcare and family life, and even fairly good representation in the media. …