I’m still not very active on here. I didn’t earn much from my writing in June (about £27). I got Covid which floored me for a couple of weeks, and also spoke at a conference, so writing wasn’t a priority. July started to pick up again, slowly. I wrote a lot but it was prettyContinue reading “Seven Months in and I’m Still Making Money From Writing on Medium”
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Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet- I’ve been writing on Medium
Here are some of the non-paywalled links to my recent Medium articles This was only meant to be an occasional blog but turned into an entity that I rarely update. The reason is that I’ve started to make a decent side income from Medium- with eleven of my stories being Boosted by the platform (meaningContinue reading “Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet- I’ve been writing on Medium”
I was harassed by the gender critical movement.
I had an interesting experience on X over the weekend. Some of the trans women I follow on X have been relentlessly harassed, having their photos shared and pubicly criticised with the awful hashtag of #blokeinawig. There was one particular ringleader, with her followers then reposting her tweets. One trans woman I follow was harassedContinue reading “I was harassed by the gender critical movement.”
I’m on medium. No meds and no support!
I’m on medium now, and published an article, No meds and no support: my experience of the medication shortage and the crisis in ADHD services. Here is the friend link: https://medium.com/@sarahthompson-cook/no-meds-and-no-support-my-experience-of-the-medication-shortage-and-ongoing-crisis-in-adhd-1a01aed831af?sk=fa9f43433305f06f9eb0a877bb79187a This means you can access it without a paid membership. However, please sign up for a membership from this article if you can, asContinue reading “I’m on medium. No meds and no support!”
Meds (or lack of)
Earlier this year, I had issues getting my HRT thanks to shortages. I went through a few months of being unsure if I would be able to get my prescribed progesterone. Without this, there is an increased risk of endometrial cancer. In other words, you have to take it when taking oestrogen so as notContinue reading “Meds (or lack of)”
Not angry, just disappointed
Judy Singer, the sociologist who coined the term “neurodiversity” in the ’90s, has recently revealed herself as “gender-critical” on Twitter. After a backlash, she left Twitter, then returned with an apology, later retracting the apology. She has since been on and off Twitter and continues to express gender-critical views. Many people have tried to holdContinue reading “Not angry, just disappointed”
Pride and Solidarity
I did a strike day teach-out today on how trade unions have supported queer rights in the past, with a discussion on how we can continue to advance queer rights going forward. I was asked if I could summarise the main points on a blog, so that’s the purpose of this blog post today. Also,Continue reading “Pride and Solidarity”
Faking it
I got to 44 without realising I’m autistic. How? Masking. I masked so well that I sort of lost myself and who I was. I was hiding from myself and others. I still am but I’ve started to slowly unmask in very small ways, like not hiding my stims. I still hide my meltdowns andContinue reading “Faking it”
Life on the asexual spectrum
Wanted to do a quick post on something I briefly mentioned in another blog post. i identity as queer as you probably already know. At 17 I was outed as bisexual even though I never labelled myself and hadn’t figured out my sexuality at all. I sort of accepted it until around 21 when IContinue reading “Life on the asexual spectrum”
“You don’t look autistic..”
Ok so that isn’t what the person said to me, but that’s what they meant when they said, “I wouldn’t have known”. Am I missing something. Am I supposed to have a meltdown in front of them? Completely avoid eye contact? Pretend to be a science/ Maths/ train timetable (delete as applicable) nerd? I wasContinue reading ““You don’t look autistic..””
My ADHD PhD 