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Have you ever been in a situation, where you have been a victim, bullied and tortured for years, begging for someone to believe you. And when it you finally stand up for yourself, you are being blamed for insinuating violence and aggression. Is that fair? We have been watching the continuous atrocities taking place in…
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“In Two Minutes” is a poem I wrote and recorded for Scottish Womens Aid for their 16 Days of Violence Against Women campaign in 2018. This is an attempted articulation of the thoughts and feelings when the perpetrator comes in front of you.
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This piece has a backstory, and is written without context. A letter to an old employer, after which I shortly quit.
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It was the time of year I attempted suicide, after finding out my ex-husband was having an affair. My purpose of sharing this experience is to articulate and describe what domestic abuse looks like behind closed doors, and what goes on in our minds.
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An incredible woman and her life story, this encounter and exchange is one to remember.
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That one day that changes your life … looking back, would you do anything different?
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Like a scar from childhood, from that one time we fell and hurt ourselves badly, PTSD is the name given to the scars scratched inside our mind and subconscious, that we cannot predict will cause a random shooting pain.
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Trigger warning: details of suicide and depression. Its taken me over a year to write this piece, because I often think what would happen if I were to share this secret? Luckily, I have got to that point in my life where I have nothing to loose. Therefore, given the high rate in male suicide,…
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An article I have written for the SNP Independence Magazine, June 2021, Issue 68Editor: Jack Paterson At the risk of repeating what every other participant, observer, candidate and commentator has already said, the Holyrood election was like no other – other than being another stunning success for the Party. The route map out of the…
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There should have been 12, if we were to go by representation of the Scottish population. So the question to dig deeper now is, why is there a lack of coloured faces within political systems in Scotland? I say this in comparison to the larger cities of England. The fact that political parties haven’t normally…