Story Index

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Table of Contents
- Lists
- The Story of Me and the UK Amazon Associate Programme

- Blogging and Social Media
- Books
- Book Reviews
- Creativity
- Earnings/Money
- Environment
- Fanfiction/Fandom
- Feminism
- Films
- History
- Horror
- LGBTQ+
- Mental Health
- Poetry
- Self-Care
- Short Stories
- Superheroes
- TV Shows
- Writing

- Other Stuff

Half the time, I can’t find my own stories on this platform, so how are you lovely people supposed to find them?

So have an index!

I’ve arranged it by topic — for now, at least. I’ll try to keep it as updated as possible!

Lists

Check out all my lists categorising my posts here:

Cee Arr on Medium curated some lists

The Story of Me and the UK Amazon Associate Programme

What Happened Between Me and the UK Amazon Associates Programme: The Entire Story

Blogging and Social Media

Medium Milestones From August 2023

Medium Milestones From July 2023

Medium Milestones From June 2023

30 Short Form Pieces In June: The Finale!

Things Which Will Make Me Think Your Account Is Spam

Is Medium A Content Mill? 🤔

Ye Olde Fake News

Medium Milestones From May 2023

Poetry: The Digital Highway

I’m Going To Publish 30 Short Form Pieces In June

I Published My 500th Medium Story!

I Reached 3K Medium Followers!

Medium Milestones From April 2023

I’ve Published 100 Poems on Medium!

I Don’t Know How To React To Compliments

Medium Milestones From March 2023

A Little Transparency on Medium Would Go A Long Way

2022 Medium Stories That I’m Proud Of Writing, Part 2

Medium Milestones From February 2023

Medium Milestones From January 2023

Overwhelming Responses

2022 Medium Stories That I’m Proud of Writing

Medium Milestones From December 2022

Medium Is Not Set Up For My Success

My Response To A Hate Comment

2k Followers On Medium!!!

Medium Milestones From November 2022

Medium Writers, Stop Trying To Sell Me AIs

Medium Milestones From October 2022

Medium Milestones From September 2022

Writing A Full Blogpost In 32 Minutes

Medium Milestones From August 2022

Your Uncle George Is Not An Expert

Medium Milestones From July 2022

1K Views, Less Than $0.25 Made

1.5k Followers! Woo! 🎉

I Suck At Titles, And That’s OK

Cross-Posting Vs Fresh Content

Getting Back In The Medium Saddle

Life/Blogging Update — Covid

Opinions

1.1k Followers, Still Struggling For Views And Cash

Medium Milestones From April 2022

Our Brains Are Still In The Trees

Attempting Daily Publishing

Earning A Dollar (Defeating A Devil) A Day

Pinterest Advice Which I Don’t Follow

I’ve Been Writing On Medium For A Year… I’m Struggling To Make Any Money

When Did This Happen?!

There’s So Much Noise

Medium, There’s Nothing New Under The Sun

It’s 100% OK To Block Anyone You Want

Things Your Followers Will Regard As Spam

Dammit Medium, Give Me My Notifications!

When Is A Troll Not A Troll?

I’m Not American, OK?: Lost In Internet Translation

Quick Note To Self, Re: Conspiracy Theorists

Support Your Faves!

Think Before You Speak

Reasons I Didn’t Review Your Book

Claps Stress Me Out

How Bloggers Always Have Ideas …Sort Of

Musings On Medium (and Blogging in General)

Online Responsibility (All The World’s A Stage)

4 Tips For Blogging When Busy

The Benefits Of (Sometimes) Switching Off

But There Are No Saints, There Are No Sinners: The Extremes of Opinion When Public Figures Die

Why Critique Is The Opposite of Censorship

What Happened Between Me and the UK Amazon Associates Programme: The Entire Story

Books

But We Loved With A Love That Was More Than Love…

Plenty of Persephones

Eye-Opening and Under-Rated

The Roald Dahl Edits Are Capitalism, Actually

So. Much. Complex. Rep.

Rich Vamps: Dracula and The Blood of the Poor

The Need To Read

Legal Action Against ‘Gender Queer’ Dismissed

Even Franz-Freaking-Kafka…

So Welsh It’s Amazing

Isma and Aneeka’s Brother, Parvaiz, Has Made A BIG Mistake

Graphic Memoir ‘Gender Queer’ Faces Legal Action

They See Iran Through Western Eyes Because They Have No Others

A Gothic Fever-Dream

Gender IDs, Trans History, and Science

Of Monsters, Mice, and Men

Dude Doesn’t Give Up!

All Sorts of Family Issues, and An Infusion of Black History

Welcome To the Cursed Princess Club

Over 1000 Pages of Alternate History

The Moral Dilemma of American Psycho

If Creepy and/or Gothic Stuff Is Your Thing, I Reckon You’ll Love It Too

It’s Truly Awesome To Have This Many Queer Ladies in One Book

I’ve Met These People, Y’know?

Her Teeth Are Sentient Teenage Girls, and Sometimes Leave Her Head

‘Even living in a pretty tolerant country, it’s all too possible.’

Book Review! — Talk Softly And Carry Your Big Stick With Pride by Ariel Jean Bailey

‘I Don’t Think I’ve Ever Enjoyed A Second Book So Much When I Found The First Book So Meh’

I Honestly Wish My Teen Self Had Had Access To Books Like This

This Book Is A Hot F**king Mess, From An Objective Standpoint

Review Time! — The Sigil by Shakeil Kanish and Larissa Mandeville

Short Form List: ‘From My TBR: 15 Young Adult and Middle Grade Books By Black Authors’

From My TBR: 15 Young Adult and Middle Grade Books By Black Authors

OMG, this book! *dies of awesome*

It’s Like The Inside Of My Head

Our Introduction Is the Apocalypse

Reasons I Didn’t Review Your Book

5 Books I Read After Watching the Film or TV Adaptation

Watching the Film First? *Gasps*

Thoughts On Reading ‘The Trial of Captain America’

Thoughts on Reading ‘Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Vol 1’

Can We See The Ghosts?

Mini-Review! — Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson

Review! — Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of The Faun by Guillermo Del Toro and Cornelia Funke

Review Time! — Queer As A Five-Dollar Bill by Lee Wind

Whose Dystopia Is This?

On LGBTQ+ Own Voices

Why Critique Is The Opposite of Censorship

Review Time! — Can Everyone Please Calm Down? by Mae Martin

Book Mini-Review — The Girls by Emma Cline

Mini-Review! — Legendary (Caraval #2) by Stephanie Garber

Klaus Being Klaus Puts the ‘Graphic’ in Graphic Novel

Book Reviews

Eye-Opening and Under-Rated

So. Much. Complex. Rep.

So Welsh It’s Amazing

Isma and Aneeka’s Brother, Parvaiz, Has Made A BIG Mistake

They See Iran Through Western Eyes Because They Have No Others

A Gothic Fever-Dream

Gender IDs, Trans History, and Science

Dude Doesn’t Give Up!

All Sorts of Family Issues, and An Infusion of Black History

If Creepy and/or Gothic Stuff Is Your Thing, I Reckon You’ll Love It Too

It’s Truly Awesome To Have This Many Queer Ladies in One Book

I’ve Met These People, Y’know?

Her Teeth Are Sentient Teenage Girls, and Sometimes Leave Her Head

‘Even living in a pretty tolerant country, it’s all too possible.’

Book Review! — Talk Softly And Carry Your Big Stick With Pride by Ariel Jean Bailey

‘I Don’t Think I’ve Ever Enjoyed A Second Book So Much When I Found The First Book So Meh’

I Honestly Wish My Teen Self Had Had Access To Books Like This

This Book Is A Hot F**king Mess, From An Objective Standpoint

Review Time! — The Sigil by Shakeil Kanish and Larissa Mandeville

Reasons I Didn’t Review Your Book

Mini-Review! — Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson

Review! — Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of The Faun by Guillermo Del Toro and Cornelia Funke

Review Time! — Queer As A Five-Dollar Bill by Lee Wind

Mini-Review! — Legendary (Caraval #2) by Stephanie Garber

Review Time! — Can Everyone Please Calm Down? by Mae Martin

Book Mini-Review — The Girls by Emma Cline

Creativity

…I Didn’t Mean This To Be A How-To

To The Poets Of The Poems Never Written

It’s Not Escapism

Don’t Tell Me What Writing Feels Like

Perfect Imperfection

Poetry: A Fever Spilled In Ink and Pixels

Poetry: A Bargain Made

Dreamers, BE YOU!

Creativity Takes Time (…And That’s A Good Thing)

Earnings/Money

My Highest Earning Medium Story in September 2023

My Highest Earning Medium Story in August 2023

My Highest Earning Medium Story in July 2023

My Highest-Earning Medium Story In June 2023

My Highest Earning Story In May 2023

My Highest Earning Medium Story In April 2023

My Highest Earning Medium Story in March 2023

A Little Transparency on Medium Would Go A Long Way

My Highest Earning Medium Story in February 2023

My Highest Earning Story In January 2023

My Highest Earning Medium Story In December 2022

My Highest Earning Medium Story in November 2022

My Highest-Earning Story In October 2022

My Highest Earning Story in September 2022

My Highest Earning Story in August 2022

My Highest Earning Story in July 2022

1K Views, Less Than $0.25 Made

My Highest-Earning Medium Story In June 2022

My Highest Earning Story In May 2022

1.1k Followers, Still Struggling For Views And Cash

Medium Milestones From April 2022

My Highest Earning Story In April 2022

Earning A Dollar (Defeating A Devil) A Day

Help! I Don’t Understand Your Tax System, America

My Highest Earning Story In March 2022

I’ve Been Writing On Medium For A Year… I’m Struggling To Make Any Money

My Highest Earning Story — February 2022

My Highest Earning Story in January 2022

My Highest Earning Story in December 2021

My Highest-Earning Story: November 2021

Environment

…I Didn’t Mean This To Be A How-To

Who Decides What Are Flowers And What Are Weeds?

Is 1.5 Still Alive?

Climate Change Is A Today Problem

The Great Global Trash Fire

We’re In A Climate Emergency Dammit!

The Wood Wide Web

The Global House Is Burning

What Is Carbon Offsetting?

The Dark Side of Carbon Offsetting

No Time For A COP Out, There Is No Planet B

The World Is On Fire

I’m Not (Totally) Lovin’ It: Why I’m Not Entirely Happy (Meal) That They’re Ditching The Plastic…

Fanfiction/Fandom

‘Good Friends’ and Murder Muffins

Superheroes At the Supermarket

What’s Fanon?

What Is A ‘Mission Fic’?

I Love Me Some Angst!

‘Marvel, quit letting your milennial writers drink coffee and overload on sugar while reading AO3!’

Sick Fics — Fanfiction That Says It’s OK To Not Be OK

The Benefits of The Good Trash

Feminism

In The Right Hands, She-Hulk Is A Feminist Icon

#InternationalWomensDay: ‘My Feminism Will Be Intersectional, Or It Will Be B*llsh**’

The World’s Exhausting Expectations of Women

Films

My Inner 6-year-old Is Freaking Out!

I Can’t Watch The Spider-Verse Movies

Nimona Incoming!

That’s So Kraven

Meet Nimona

You Pick Up Little Pieces of Yourself

In Defence of Batman and Robin (1997)

The Metaphorical Elephant In The Room

Marvel — You Need To Stop Making These Titles So Long My Dudes

The Bittersweet Tale of Captain K

Queering IT

It Kind Of Goes Without Saying

The Deadpool 3 News That Broke My Brain

Rich Vamps: Dracula and The Blood of the Poor

Unfamiliar Wolves

Batgirl Movie Won’t Be Released

‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Trailer Is Here!

The Trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is AMAZING

What Is Stop-Motion Animation?

‘The Final Account’ of Nazi Germany’s Children

Witch-Hunts and Fear: The Emotional Maturity of ParaNorman

‘Good Friends’ and Murder Muffins

Of Monsters, Mice, and Men

Chris Hemsworth Has No Clothes On

We Could’ve Sacrificed At Least One Action Scene To Explore the Deeper Stuff…

Doctor Strange 2 Banned In Several Countries For Acknowledging Queer Existence

The First Trailer For Thor 4 is here!

Should We Be Making Nazi Comedies…?

If Creepy and/or Gothic Stuff Is Your Thing, I Reckon You’ll Love It Too

Uncomfortable…? — Good.

As You Can Imagine, a Nazi Comedy is Somewhat Controversial

Wanna Know More About America Chavez?

Let’s Talk Robert Downey Jr as Dolittle!

Jojo Rabbit and The Survival of Humanity

‘What If…?’ Fans Are All Feeling Very Smug Right Now

Emo-Awkward Bruce Wayne

Is Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker the Best Joker?

The Suicide Squad can be categorised into The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Hope Among The Undead: The Surprising Depth of Anna and the Apocalypse

5 Books I Read After Watching the Film or TV Adaptation

‘I Love A Good Spidey Reference, But They Don’t Have To Be In The Trailer, Sony’

Watching the Film First? *Gasps*

Why Doesn’t the Brahms Doll In ‘The Boy’ (2016) Freak Me Out?!

The Sapphic Masterpiece of Jennifer’s Body

Animated Blood Still Counts As Blood!

Review! — Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of The Faun by Guillermo Del Toro and Cornelia Funke

Ready or Not — An Awesome Horror Film

Popular Vs Pretentious: I Read Martin Scorsese’s Essay So You Don’t Have To

Escapism, Reality, the Power of Stories, and Brigsby Bear

Media Overload: Quality, Quantity, and Diversity

Brief and Random Thoughts on Avengers: Age of Ultron

The Lost Boys: A Queer Horror Classic

History

Ye Olde Fake News

The Roald Dahl Edits Are Capitalism, Actually

The Bittersweet Tale of Captain K

Rich Vamps: Dracula and The Blood of the Poor

Poetry: Not Lost

Even Franz-Freaking-Kafka…

‘The Final Account’ of Nazi Germany’s Children

Of Monsters, Mice, and Men

Should We Be Making Nazi Comedies…?

Jack the Lass

Uncomfortable…? — Good.

Of Tigers And Men: ‘A Killing In Tiger Bay’ and The Cardiff Five

Jojo Rabbit and The Survival of Humanity

Paul Robeson and His Beloved Wales

Why I Love WW1 Poetry

A Struggle For Freedom

What Was Chartism?

The Long Reach of History, 20 Years After 9/11

Horror

Cold and Fair — Poetry

Poetry: Morose Creature

A Beautiful Ball of Demons and Horror

Bex Is On Her Own

Queering IT

Rich Vamps: Dracula and The Blood of the Poor

Unfamiliar Wolves

Ensnared In An ARG

Witch-Hunts and Fear: The Emotional Maturity of ParaNorman

If Creepy and/or Gothic Stuff Is Your Thing, I Reckon You’ll Love It Too

Hope Among The Undead: The Surprising Depth of Anna and the Apocalypse

Why Doesn’t the Brahms Doll In ‘The Boy’ (2016) Freak Me Out?!

The Sapphic Masterpiece of Jennifer’s Body

Review! — Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of The Faun by Guillermo Del Toro and Cornelia Funke

Ready or Not — An Awesome Horror Film

King of the Vamps

The Lost Boys: A Queer Horror Classic

‘WTAF Vision?’

‘Bucky’s ‘how the f**k is this my life?’ face persists into the zombie universe.’

The Brilliant and Highly Disturbing Tale of Gotham’s Jonathan Crane

LGBTQ+

But We Loved With A Love That Was More Than Love…

Bittersweet

Poetry: Tomorrow I Will Be You

Nimona Incoming!

Meet Nimona

You Pick Up Little Pieces of Yourself

Progress Under Threat

In Defence of Batman and Robin (1997)

Some Reasons To Watch ‘Our Flag Means Death’

Brianna Ghey

My Response To A Hate Comment

Why Do You Hate Me?

So. Much. Complex. Rep.

The Passing Of A Legend

The Bittersweet Tale of Captain K

Queering IT

Poetry: Flowing Rainbow

Don’t Give Me Toxic Masculinity in My She-Hulk Show

Legal Action Against ‘Gender Queer’ Dismissed

I Don’t Know Where This Path Is Going

Graphic Memoir ‘Gender Queer’ Faces Legal Action

If You’re Queer, You’re ‘Queer Enough’

A Gothic Fever-Dream

Witch-Hunts and Fear: The Emotional Maturity of ParaNorman

Gender IDs, Trans History, and Science

‘Good Friends’ and Murder Muffins

Vampire. Mockumentary.

Dude Doesn’t Give Up!

Doctor Strange 2 Banned In Several Countries For Acknowledging Queer Existence

The Future of Elliot Page’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’ Character

Jack the Lass

It’s Truly Awesome To Have This Many Queer Ladies in One Book

Wanna Know More About America Chavez?

The Only Valentine I Ever Got

Her Teeth Are Sentient Teenage Girls, and Sometimes Leave Her Head

‘Even living in a pretty tolerant country, it’s all too possible.’

Book Review! — Talk Softly And Carry Your Big Stick With Pride by Ariel Jean Bailey

I Honestly Wish My Teen Self Had Had Access To Books Like This

Review Time! — The Sigil by Shakeil Kanish and Larissa Mandeville

Being Totally In Love With The Song ‘Lights Up’ by Harry Styles

7 Amazing Queer Songs To Bring You Joy and Brighten Your Weekend

The Sapphic Masterpiece of Jennifer’s Body

King of the Vamps

Review Time! — Queer As A Five-Dollar Bill by Lee Wind

Klaus Being Klaus Puts the ‘Graphic’ in Graphic Novel

On LGBTQ+ Own Voices

Watching ‘Orange Is The New Black’ In Lockdown

I Know You Mean Well…

You Knew What You Were Doing, Marvel — A Small Rant on Queerbaiting in The Falcon and The Winter…

Hate Pretending to be Love is Still Hate

Casual Homophobia: A Thousand Cuts

‘Why are they in the hotel from The Shining, tho?’: Thoughts on Episode 1 of Loki

‘OK, I feel better now’ — Thoughts on Episode 3 of Loki

Review Time! — Can Everyone Please Calm Down? by Mae Martin

‘And boy, did the poop hit the fan.’ — Thoughts on Loki, Episode 4

Book Mini-Review — The Girls by Emma Cline

The Lost Boys: A Queer Horror Classic

Robin’s Queer! …But Not Necessarily Bi

Mental Health

Watching Tennis With Depression

A Strange Feeling

I Don’t Know How To React To Compliments

Everyone Is Born With A Void

Overwhelming Responses

The Assimilation of Self-Care

Doctors Should Know Better

Only Pizza

I Don’t Know Where This Path Is Going

Strategies To Counter-Act My Harshest Critic

Some Reminders To Myself (And Maybe You, Too)

Brain Fog Days

Poetry: Today Hurts

6 Everyday Things That My Anxiety Turns Into Fight-or-Flight

WOO! HIPPO!

What Is Catastrophizing?

Just. Pause.

Oh Layla, So Much Can Go Wrong…

Snapshots of Steven Grant

…And He’s An Egyptian God With A Bird Skull For A Head

We Don’t Make Good Decisions When We’re Tired, OK?

I Need Someone To Hug Steven Grant. So Badly.

Bad Luck vs Catastrophizing

Is Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker the Best Joker?

Treatment For Depression Is About What’s Right For YOU

Claps Stress Me Out

Battling My Puritanical Work Ethic (and Society, I Guess)

I Love Me Some Angst!

Anxiety: Worrying About Sh** I Actually Don’t Care About

Oliver Queen, You Have Saved This Girl’s Life

Depression Is…

How I Use True Crime Media To Boost My Mental Health (Yes, Really)

Anxiety and Making Your Needs Known

Sick Fics — Fanfiction That Says It’s OK To Not Be OK

Poetry

Between One Chapter and The Next

Callous Fumes

Oh, I Been Running

What’s The Plural of Phoenix?

Some People

Petals And Flies

This Vent Is Opening

Bittersweet

No-One (Emily Knew)

Some Chapters Can’t Be Rewritten

Vignette

A Selkie’s Song

Creation

Upheaval

Maybe I Overdid It

Matching Wounds

The Question To The Answer I Once Knew

The Best of Hounds (Gather The Poets)

This Red

Breath. Paused.

Poetry: Faux-Ship

Poetry: This Spiked Energy

Poetry: Drops

Poetry: Tomorrow I Will Be You

Poetry: The Big Time

Poetry: The Wrong Star

To The Poets Of The Poems Never Written

Poetry: Ritual Mess

Poetry: I Wanna Go Home

Poetry: Nature-Scrap

Poetry: The Digital Highway

Poetry: Morose Creature

Poetry: Dreamers Clashed In Technicolour Pain

Thinking Way Too Much About Poetic POVs

Poetry: Not There (Don’t Look)

Poetry: Silver Plate

Poetry: Oiling Their Machines

Cold and Fair — Poetry

I’ve Published 100 Poems on Medium!

A True Tale — Poetry

Focus!— Poetry

Poetry: I Didn’t Write This For You

Poetry: A Fever Spilled In Ink and Pixels

Icarus — Poetry

Ain’t It Tragic? — Poetry

Poetry: Hitches, Stitches, Dreams

Haiku: Expanse

Poetry: The ‘Supposed To’s

Poetry: Emo Scrawls

Poetry: Dragon Flesh

(Oh Please) Beware — Poetry

Poetry: I Wanna Wake Up As Angelina Jolie

Poetry: Interpretation

Rustling — Poetry

Poetry: Reverb

Poetry: Hack Job

Poetry: Lila’s Diamonds

Poetry: Cornered

Strange Anger — Poetry

Cells — Poetry

Poetry: A Letter To An Old Friend

Poetry: Instead

Poetry: Returned

Poetry: Please Don’t Let My Cause Of Death Be ‘Biscuit Dropped By Bird’

Poetry: Leave the Rats

Poetry: Speak (Your Voice Will Carry)

Poetry: Singular

Poetry: Miller’s Lament

Poetry: Spiralling

Poetry: The Really Real

Poetry: Stop Using Those Words

Poetry: Three Months From Now

Poetry: Given (Please)

Poetry: Once You’re Caught

Poetry: Grasping Hearts

Poetry: Powered

Poetry: Waiting (Precipice)

Poetry: There Was A Doll

Poetry: But Here We Are

Poetry: Flowing Rainbow

Poetry: Spin Again

Poetry: Roots In the Ground

Haiku: Parchment

Poetry: What Once Was Light

Poetry: Heart Grief

Poetry: ‘Real’ Art

Poetry: Let Me Write

Poetry: Lost and Bursting

Poetry: Stasis

Poetry: A Bargain Made

Poetry: Dark Nights, Light Squares

Poetry: Smoke

Poetry: What Matters

Poetry: Not Lost

Poetry: Gold Standard

Poetry: Sweet Decay

Poetry: Today Hurts

Poetry: Dawning

Poetry: Click

Poetry: Off and On

Poetry: How Can I Catch You?

Poetry: Sweet Grit

Poetry: I Want You To See Me

Poetry: An Echo

Poetry: Old Photos

Poetry: Free Verse

Poetry: Answers

Poetry: Rings

Poetry: Created

Poetry: The Girl on Stage

Poetry: Who Is She?

Poetry: Forge

Poetry: Ice Strong

Poetry: Is It Time?

Poetry: So. Easy.

Poetry: Every Dog Has Its Day

Poetry: Stage

Poetry: This Brave New World

Poetry: Eton Mess

Poetry: Go Back To The Start

Poetry: Straining For Tomorrow

Poetry: To Dance Through The Threads

Poetry: Hypocrite

Poetry: How You Define

C — Courage

Poetry: And You Know This World Keeps Getting Hotter

Poetry: Complex Dreamers Dreaming

Poetry: The Other Day (I Wondered)

Poetry: Wish I Could Be The Kind of Girl

Poetry: Why Don’t You Cut Your Hair?

Why I Love WW1 Poetry

Poetry— The Words At the Back Of My Mind

Poetry: I Walked Along the Harbour’s Edge

Haiku: He Has A Wolf’s Smile

Poetry: Your Heart (You Pick Up the Sharp Pieces)

Haiku: In A World Crammed Full

Poetry: Keyboard Warrior? Sure I Am

Poetry: It Might Seem Simple To You

Haiku: The Wrong Side of Twenty-Five

Haiku: Helicopter Blades

Self-Care

Struggling With Self-Acceptance

Snail’s Pace On A Hot Day

Small Reminders About Social Expectations

I’m Trying Not To Let Hustle Culture Win

50+ Things It’s OK To Feel When You’re Grieving

Being Exhausted Is Exhausting

The Assimilation of Self-Care

Only Pizza

One Core Life Lesson

I Don’t Know Where This Path Is Going

Strategies To Counter-Act My Harshest Critic

Some Reminders To Myself (And Maybe You, Too)

Brain Fog Days

If You’re Queer, You’re ‘Queer Enough’

Buying Things For Myself Is A Victory

Using True Crime To Focus

Self-Care As The World Caves In

Working Too Hard Is A Form Of Self-Sabotage

We Don’t Make Good Decisions When We’re Tired, OK?

5-ish Self-Care Things For Tough Mornings

6 Everyday Self-Care Ideas

It’s 100% OK To Block Anyone You Want

What Are Boundaries?

Embracing the Minimum And Learning To NOT Go The Extra Mile

I’m Resisting the Onslaught of January Hustle Culture

Treatment For Depression Is About What’s Right For YOU

Battling My Puritanical Work Ethic (and Society, I Guess)

I Love Me Some Angst!

Sick Fics — Fanfiction That Says It’s OK To Not Be OK

Working From Home More? It’s Time To Set Some Work/Life Boundaries

A Simple Sleep Game To Help You Get A Good Night’s Snooze

For Those Of Us Feeling Overwhelmed Right Now

The Basics of Self-Care

Self-Care Is Vitally Important In Hot Weather

How I Use True Crime Media To Boost My Mental Health (Yes, Really)

The Benefits of The Good Trash

10 Quick Tips For Anxious Times

Anxiety and Making Your Needs Known

Reminder: Be Kind To Yourself

Short Stories

Over the Rain

The Lady Klara, The Prince Matteo

Unwitnessed

Gravel-Crunch

Everyone Is Born With A Void

Living the Dream

Mornings Dawn, Whether You Want Them To Or Not

Bex Is On Her Own

Some Space

The Greatest Thieves

New Money

Crystal Clarity

The Midday Sun

A Broken Princess

Girl, Alone

Ten Word Story Challenge

Dunkirk Spirit

Superheroes

My Inner 6-year-old Is Freaking Out!

Secret Invasion and The Public Consciousness

I Can’t Watch The Spider-Verse Movies

That’s So Kraven

In Defence of Batman and Robin (1997)

The Metaphorical Elephant In The Room

The Passing Of A Legend

Welcome To The Madisynn Cinematic Universe

A Special Christmas, Guardians-Style

Marvel — You Need To Stop Making These Titles So Long My Dudes

It Kind Of Goes Without Saying

The Deadpool 3 News That Broke My Brain

First Peek At Secrets

Don’t Give Me Toxic Masculinity in My She-Hulk Show

Batgirl Movie Won’t Be Released

The Flash TV Show Cancelled

‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Trailer Is Here!

The Trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is AMAZING

‘Good Friends’ and Murder Muffins

We’re Going Entirely Off-Book…

Chris Hemsworth Has No Clothes On

In The Right Hands, She-Hulk Is A Feminist Icon

WOO! HIPPO!

Batwoman and Legends of Tomorrow Cancelled by CW

We Could’ve Sacrificed At Least One Action Scene To Explore the Deeper Stuff…

OMG This Episode Was Intense!

Doctor Strange 2 Banned In Several Countries For Acknowledging Queer Existence

Oh Layla, So Much Can Go Wrong…

Snapshots of Steven Grant

The First Trailer For Thor 4 is here!

…And He’s An Egyptian God With A Bird Skull For A Head

Superheroes At the Supermarket

Distracted By Ethan Hawke’s Floofy Hair…

The Future of Elliot Page’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’ Character

I Need Someone To Hug Steven Grant. So Badly.

Kryptonite ISN’T Superman’s Biggest Weakness

All Sorts of Degrees of Awesomeness!

It’s Actually Worrying Me How Good This Looks

How Can 18 Seconds Mean So Much?!

Wanna Know More About America Chavez?

Wanna Get Some Background Info On Moon Knight?

‘What If…?’ Fans Are All Feeling Very Smug Right Now

Emo-Awkward Bruce Wayne

There’s a trailer for Disney+’s Moon Knight!

Is Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker the Best Joker?

‘I know it sounds like I’m gushing — but it’s because I am.’

The Suicide Squad can be categorised into The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

‘I related to her almost as hard as I do to Rocket Raccoon. (Yes, I’m worried about me too.)’

Soft But Stabby

‘The introduction of a complex villain, the oblivious dude-bro-ness of the tracksuit mafia…’

‘That is an actor doing an *exceptional* job at being unlikeable’

‘THEY’VE FINALLY DONE IT AND I’M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ENJOY IT DAMMIT!’

OMG, this book! *dies of awesome*

It’s Like The Inside Of My Head

Our Introduction Is the Apocalypse

‘I Love A Good Spidey Reference, But They Don’t Have To Be In The Trailer, Sony’

Thoughts On Reading ‘The Trial of Captain America’

Thoughts on Reading ‘Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Vol 1’

Ruby Rose Bites Back

Can We See The Ghosts?

I Love Me Some Angst!

Animated Blood Still Counts As Blood!

Ruby Rose Breaks Her Silence

‘She’s like, ‘that’s it, that’s the tentacle bi**h that got me into this mess!’’

‘WTF is up with the tentacles my dude?’

‘How the f**k are Clint and Nat still faffing around Russia?’

‘It’s. Right. There.’

‘Marvel, quit letting your milennial writers drink coffee and overload on sugar while reading AO3!’

‘I need this vacay more than I need the nine realms to be in one piece when I get back’

‘How hard is it to *not* build killer robots?’

‘Who is this bi**h?’

‘Bucky’s ‘how the f**k is this my life?’ face persists into the zombie universe.’

‘WTAF Vision?’

‘Again with the tentacle monster, Marvel?’

‘Stephen. No.’ ‘Stephen yes!’

‘Poop, This Is Fan — Have You Two Met?’

‘Your criteria for calling your friends is weird’

‘It makes no sense given what we know about Thanos, it just doesn’t.’

‘See? Nothing to be sorry for.’

‘So… it’s canon that the super-soldier serum makes you hotter.’

‘Stark, you can’t make a girl a super-soldier!’

The Brilliant and Highly Disturbing Tale of Gotham’s Jonathan Crane

Klaus Being Klaus Puts the ‘Graphic’ in Graphic Novel

Oliver Queen, You Have Saved This Girl’s Life

You Knew What You Were Doing, Marvel — A Small Rant on Queerbaiting in The Falcon and The Winter…

‘Why are they in the hotel from The Shining, tho?’: Thoughts on Episode 1 of Loki

5 Super-Dads (And 5 Who Aren’t So Super)

‘I would like to reassure the class that I did not act like this in my office job… much.’

‘OK, I feel better now’ — Thoughts on Episode 3 of Loki

‘And boy, did the poop hit the fan.’ — Thoughts on Loki, Episode 4

‘It’s the sash, right?’ — Thoughts on Episode 5 of Loki

‘SOMEBODY GET THE BOY A CLEAN SHIRT!’ — Thoughts on Loki, episode 6

Brief and Random Thoughts on Avengers: Age of Ultron

‘Essentially one large Simpsons-endorsed advert for the Loki series’ — ‘The Good, The Bart, and…

Robin’s Queer! …But Not Necessarily Bi

TV Shows

Secret Invasion and The Public Consciousness

You Pick Up Little Pieces of Yourself

Some Reasons To Watch ‘Our Flag Means Death’

A Beautiful Ball of Demons and Horror

The Passing Of A Legend

Welcome To The Madisynn Cinematic Universe

A Special Christmas, Guardians-Style

First Peek At Secrets

Don’t Give Me Toxic Masculinity in My She-Hulk Show

Malcolm In The Middle Has Really Dated…

The Flash TV Show Cancelled

The 4 Stages Of Falling In Love With ‘What We Do In The Shadows’

We’re Going Entirely Off-Book…

Vampire. Mockumentary.

In The Right Hands, She-Hulk Is A Feminist Icon

Beethoven and Barbies

WOO! HIPPO!

Batwoman and Legends of Tomorrow Cancelled by CW

OMG This Episode Was Intense!

Oh Layla, So Much Can Go Wrong…

Snapshots of Steven Grant

…And He’s An Egyptian God With A Bird Skull For A Head

Distracted By Ethan Hawke’s Floofy Hair…

The Future of Elliot Page’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’ Character

I Need Someone To Hug Steven Grant. So Badly.

Jack the Lass

Kryptonite ISN’T Superman’s Biggest Weakness

There’s A Time of My Life Where All I Remember Is TV Episodes

All Sorts of Degrees of Awesomeness!

It’s Actually Worrying Me How Good This Looks

How Can 18 Seconds Mean So Much?!

The Little Darlings Will Be Fine

Of Tigers And Men: ‘A Killing In Tiger Bay’ and The Cardiff Five

Wanna Get Some Background Info On Moon Knight?

Not Sure If This Says More About the Writers… Or Me

There’s a trailer for Disney+’s Moon Knight!

‘I know it sounds like I’m gushing — but it’s because I am.’

‘I related to her almost as hard as I do to Rocket Raccoon. (Yes, I’m worried about me too.)’

Soft But Stabby

‘The introduction of a complex villain, the oblivious dude-bro-ness of the tracksuit mafia…’

‘That is an actor doing an *exceptional* job at being unlikeable’

‘THEY’VE FINALLY DONE IT AND I’M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ENJOY IT DAMMIT!’

5 Books I Read After Watching the Film or TV Adaptation

Ruby Rose Bites Back

Can We See The Ghosts?

I Love Me Some Angst!

Ruby Rose Breaks Her Silence

‘She’s like, ‘that’s it, that’s the tentacle bi**h that got me into this mess!’’

‘WTF is up with the tentacles my dude?’

‘How the f**k are Clint and Nat still faffing around Russia?’

‘It’s. Right. There.’

‘Marvel, quit letting your milennial writers drink coffee and overload on sugar while reading AO3!’

‘I need this vacay more than I need the nine realms to be in one piece when I get back’

‘How hard is it to *not* build killer robots?’

‘Who is this bi**h?’

King of the Vamps

‘Bucky’s ‘how the f**k is this my life?’ face persists into the zombie universe.’

‘WTAF Vision?’

‘Again with the tentacle monster, Marvel?’

‘Stephen. No.’ ‘Stephen yes!’

‘Poop, This Is Fan — Have You Two Met?’

‘Your criteria for calling your friends is weird’

‘It makes no sense given what we know about Thanos, it just doesn’t.’

‘See? Nothing to be sorry for.’

‘So… it’s canon that the super-soldier serum makes you hotter.’

‘Stark, you can’t make a girl a super-soldier!’

The Brilliant and Highly Disturbing Tale of Gotham’s Jonathan Crane

Watching ‘Orange Is The New Black’ In Lockdown

Media Overload: Quality, Quantity, and Diversity

The Serpent and Herman Knippenberg

Winter Is Here

You Knew What You Were Doing, Marvel — A Small Rant on Queerbaiting in The Falcon and The Winter…

Oliver Queen, You Have Saved This Girl’s Life

‘Why are they in the hotel from The Shining, tho?’: Thoughts on Episode 1 of Loki

‘I would like to reassure the class that I did not act like this in my office job… much.’

‘OK, I feel better now’ — Thoughts on Episode 3 of Loki

‘And boy, did the poop hit the fan.’ — Thoughts on Loki, Episode 4

‘It’s the sash, right?’ — Thoughts on Episode 5 of Loki

9 Things I Learnt From the Chernobyl TV Series

‘SOMEBODY GET THE BOY A CLEAN SHIRT!’ — Thoughts on Loki, episode 6

‘Essentially one large Simpsons-endorsed advert for the Loki series’ — ‘The Good, The Bart, and…

Klaus Being Klaus Puts the ‘Graphic’ in Graphic Novel

Writing

I Just Wanna Write Something Beautiful

…I Didn’t Mean This To Be A How-To

To The Poets Of The Poems Never Written

Stories Don’t Need A Beginning, A Middle, and An End

Don’t Tell Me What Writing Feels Like

If I Were To Pick Something 'Sacred' To Me...

When Is A Writer Not A Writer?

Thinking Way Too Much About Poetic POVs

When the Words Won’t Go Where They’re Supposed To

Poetry: I Didn’t Write This For You

Poetry: A Fever Spilled In Ink and Pixels

Purpose and Existential Crises

WHY Do You Always Want To Write Faster?

Can Someone Tell Me What Counts As ‘Dark’ Fiction?

2022 Medium Stories That I’m Proud of Writing

Medium Is Not Set Up For My Success

Medium Writers, Stop Trying To Sell Me AIs

The Thing I Was Trying To Write

Writing A Full Blogpost In 32 Minutes

Poetry: Let Me Write

Poetry: A Bargain Made

Even Franz-Freaking-Kafka…

Poetry: Today Hurts

Building A Craft

I Suck At Titles, And That’s OK

Poetry: Free Verse

Poetry: Created

Write Your Obvious

Poetry: Who Is She?

Poetry: Forge

I’ve Been Writing On Medium For A Year… I’m Struggling To Make Any Money

Let’s Keep This Writing Simple

Why Does Your Writing Scare You?

Run To The Next Tree (Write To The Next Full Stop)

Support Your Faves!

Reasons I Didn’t Review Your Book

No, I Don’t Have A Writing Routine

How Bloggers Always Have Ideas …Sort Of

Musings On Medium (and Blogging in General)

Dealing With Self-Doubt As A Writer

On LGBTQ+ Own Voices

Relocating Cymru

The More You Learn About Writing, The Less You Seem To Know

Patchwork Writing and Whatever Works For You

7 Radical Ways To Defeat Writer’s Block

Oh, the Melodrama!

My Own Plot Twists Surprise Me

4 Random Realisations About Writing

Other Stuff

(aka, I have no idea where to put these!)

Constantly Consuming Content

Is Karma Real?

Learn ALL The Languages!

On In The Background

The Rules To Follow

Chillax, it’s a *hobby*

If We Live In A Simulation… What’s It For?

The Participation Trophies Were Never The Problem

They Say ‘Be Yourself!’*

What Does ‘Enough’ Even Mean?

My Spotify Playlist Is Calling Me Out

Some People Will Always Add A Sneer

We’re All Just Muddling Through

Christmas This Or That!

10 Things About Me

A Brief Timeline of Prime Minister Liz Truss

Ten Things I’ll Never Do

National Mourning Is Not The Same As Private Mourning

Raising Zombie Armies

Don’t Vape In My Face

We Painted The Wallpaper

What’s Worth Fighting For?

Keeping Compassion

Boris Thinks The World Revolves Around Him

Plans? We Don’t Need Plans!

Simply the Best? It’s More Complicated Than That

Didn’t the World Already End? (It Happened Before Our Time)

Don’t Call Me A Sheep

Just Tell Me!

A New Take on Fairytales

Why Partygate Brought Me To Tears

The Tale of Saint Dwynwen

Climbing A Mountain To My Grandparents’ Grave

New Year’s Profiteering

Why Christmas Is More Important To Me Than Ever

Sea-Shanties. Apparently.

Outside of The Norm

The Truth?

Understanding The Tolerance Paradox

What Is A Rock Opera?

What’s Behind the Covid Arts and Crafts Boom?

Holding Up The Sky With A Teaspoon

Covid 19: Years From Now, How Will We Explain?

The 9 Most Annoying Things That Have Been Said To Me About Being A Second-Generation Vegetarian

Embrace Procrastination (Ft. #Science)

What’s the Purpose of Purpose?

Disconnected

How To Disagree With Someone Without Being a Jerk

‘Oh man kid, you got some issues.’ — A Letter To My Younger Self

Do We REALLY Value the ART?

You’re Capable (I Promise)

Seeing People

What Is Dyscalculia?

How Are You Bored…?