Essays

Dear Anna: The Good Girl

Dear Anna, I traded in my autonomy for cheap rent. I’m sitting under a gazebo with my notebook. No longer[…]

Dear Anna: Looking for Sugar

Dear Anna, I’m a sugar addict. Is there an AA equivalent for sugar addiction? SA is taken by the sex[…]

Dear Anna: Betting on the Wrong Horse

‘When are you coming back to London?’ is the question haunting me. Do I even want to go back? Me,[…]

Dear Anna: Do I Need to Get This Peer-Reviewed?

Dear Anna, I want a child.  I’ve been running away from it for a long time. Always an excuse for[…]

Dear Anna: Rebel Cog

Dear Anna, I’m writing this letter as I sit in my £15 a night flat in Penang. Dummy, the bargain[…]

Dear Anna: The Pissing Contest

Dear Anna, Why am I checking my phone every hour, hoping his text is waiting for me?  It’s been 48[…]

Ijen – The Toxic Mount of Instagram

Ijen – The Toxic Mount of Instagram A sulphur-burping volcano called Ijen looms over Banyuwangi on East Java.  It’s famous[…]

Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Dive Shop, Waiting for Frenchie

Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Dive Shop, Waiting for Frenchie I am thirty-eight and still chasing love. Or[…]

Scandinavian Hunks, Where Art Thou? My search for you in Koh Lanta

Scandinavian Hunks, Where Art Thou? My search for you in Koh Lanta I’m at the Krabi bus terminal after a[…]

A Gap Year from Myself

A Gap Year from Myself It’s 1:10 pm and I’m hiding in my hotel room, unable to step back into[…]