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On just being very tired
I recently spoke with a fellow writer, someone also in their 40s, about how we’re just…tired of living like this. I honestly don’t feel like I’m asking…
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Dr Emily Garside
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Writing an Asexual novel (or four) and why it matters on International Asexuality Day
For International Asexuality Day, how I'm affirming my Aceness in the world through creativity
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Dr Emily Garside
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March 2024

I'm melting down....
On Autistic Meltdowns
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February 2024

Seasons Of Love Why Rent Matters
My new book on Rent is truly one that could be measured in love. No (sane) person would have pursued it for anything but. However when it came to…
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Dr Emily Garside
Autism diagnosis a year on....
It’s been a year since my Autism diagnosis, and this felt like the time to reflect a little on specifically what the process of diagnosis has meant…
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Hockey is for Everyone....Cardiff Devils and Pride
I had the privilege of being asked to write something for the Cardiff Devils' Pride night match program. So first up, here’s what I wrote there….Thanks…
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Dr Emily Garside
'You are My Happy Ending' Schitt's Creek and the Legacy of Queer Television
Extract; chosen family
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Dr Emily Garside
Five books and lessons learned.
Yesterday, I could finally put all my books on a shelf. It’s been a comedy of errors getting my author copies of the Rent book (which, let’s face it, is…
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Dr Emily Garside

January 2024

On following 'joy' in work.
I had an angrier, rantier post half drafted this week about the struggles of job hunting, of job hunting while autistic and ADHD and all the trauma of…
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Dr Emily Garside
Adventures in Ulcerative Colitis
Or more of a shit-post than usual
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December 2023

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