My Post-baby Body

My Post-baby Body

I had a baby seven months ago, and I probably haven’t lost any weight since. I say ‘probably’, because I won’t weigh myself. I don’t remember the last time I did. I wasn’t a beautiful, pregnant woman. When I was…
Facing the Monster

Facing the Monster

I’ve written at length before about my mental health, my childhood experiences of abuse, and my grooming and assault as a teenager - but there’s still a large, looming shadow of a story in my past that I’m yet to…
To My Teenage Domestic Abuser

To My Teenage Domestic Abuser

I found you on Facebook last week. I don’t know why, but now and again I wonder about you: what you’re doing, what kind of person you are now. You’ve moved away from your hometown. You have a girlfriend. You’ve…