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My writing has appeared in numerous publications including the Guardian Comment is Free, Channel 4 News blog, The Daily Dot, xoJane, the Independent Editors’ Choice blogs, the New Statesman, AOL Money, Access Magazine, Feminist Times and Off Our Backs, and I had a series of poems published in a book. You can also read my blog posts at The F-Word and Where’s the Benefit? and listen to me talk about the language of disability on The Pod Delusion. I am also a weekly columnist at Global Comment.
My main areas of expertise in my writing are disability, health, women’s issues, and social media, SEO and digital marketing. However, I also love the challenge of getting commissions to write about any and every subject and I have created content on topics as varied as garden machinery, storage solutions, health and safety and fetish footwear.
I ghostwrite the majority of the commercial copy I produce so I can’t ‘claim’ authorship of it here. I write website copy, press releases, news stories, blog posts and case studies for numerous websites and businesses and these are mostly not listed below.
- Weekly Global Comment column
- “When physical disability and mental ill-health collide: At least we know now you’re not making it up” for Hysterical Women
- “Advice to my younger self” for Mslexia magazine, September 2017
- “Hurricane Harvey, Disabled People and Disaster Planning” for Global Comment, August 2017
- “Should the police be allowed at Pride events? I’m starting to think not” for Global Comment, August 2017
- “5 ways you stigmatise people taking psychiatric drugs” for Global Comment, July 2017
- “Can assisted suicide ever be safe when disabled people are so unequal?” for Global Comment, July 2017
- “Bijan Ebrahimi’s racist and disablist murder ‘preventable’ by UK police” for Global Comment, July 2017
- “Charlie Gard: sentenced to death” for Global Comment, June 2017
- “Grenfell Tower Fire Deaths: Yes, It’s Political” for Global Comment, June 2017
- “We’re here: LGBT issues and the UK General Election” for Global Comment, June 2017
- “Women and the UK General Election” for Global Comment, May 2017
- “Disabled people and the General Election #CripTheVoteUK” for Global Comment, May 2017
- “Do Great Britain’s local elections betray the future for the country’s leadership?” for Global Comment, May 2017
- “Death and terror for LGBT community in Chechnya” for Global Comment, April 2017
- “Pepsi, Nivea, United and Spicer: a disastrous PR week for all” for Global Comment, April 2017
- “Christians lament the lack of Jesus and excess of Muslims in chocolate eggs” for Global Comment, April 2017
- “Hard Brexit, hard times. Theresa May leads the UK into disaster” for Global Comment, March 2017
- “How learning to drive empowered my life and business” for The Sheffield Star, March 2017
- “Westminster attacks: context, fallout and consequences” for Global Comment, March 2017
- “European Employers’ Hijab Ban Ruled Legal” for Global Comment, March 2017
- “UK introduces compulsory sex education in schools. Kind of.” for Global Comment, March 2017
- “Mack Beggs and Transphobia in Sport” for Global Comment, March 2017
- “Tipping Point: Milo Yiannopoulos, and Conservatives Shifting the Goalposts” for Global Comment, February 2017
- “Conservative Christianity is making the LGB community sick” for Global Comment, February 2017
- “Le Front national: a populist neo-Nazi party” for Global Comment, February 2017
- “The betrayal of the Lib Dems is something to learn from, not repeat #Article50” for Global Comment, February 2017
- “Victim blaming, concern trolling, racism: trawling the comments on reports of sexual assault” for Global Comment, January 2017
- “The Women’s March on Washington: a lesson in intersectional failures” for Global Comment, January 2017
- “Populism is killing healthcare in the US and the UK” for Global Comment, January 2017
- “Don’t make fatphobia your new year’s resolution” for Global Comment, January 2017
- “6 big LGBTQ rights gained in 2016” for Global Comment, December 2016
- “Poverty and isolation at Christmas: kind hearts and brutal policies” for Global Comment, December 2016
- “Piers Morgan belittles rape survivors” for Global Comment, December 2016
- “Ohio’s six-week abortion ban is dangerous and immoral” for Global Comment, December 2016
- “The football sexual abuse scandal just keeps getting bigger” for Global Comment, December 2016
- “The dangers of the Trump – Farage bromance” for Global Comment, November 2016
- “12 ways to support LGBTQ friends and family in a Trump era” for Global Comment, November 2016
- “Every vote for Trump was a vote for rape culture” for Global Comment, November 2016
- “Oh, America. Don’t screw this up” for Global Comment, November 2016
- “The UK’s child refugees deserve our support” for Global Comment, October 2016
- “Ched Evans rape case: a woman’s sexual history on trial” for Global Comment, October 2016
- “Migrants in Britain are fighting back against xenophobia… and it’s inspired! #OneDayWithoutUs” for Global Comment, October 2016
- “How Polish women killed a restrictive abortion law” for Global Comment, October 2016
- “Disability Discrimination” for Pos’Ability Magazine, September 2016
- “Scrounger: disability hate speech” for Global Comment, September 2016
- “200+ prosecutions under new UK ‘revenge porn’ law” for Global Comment, September 2016
- “6 astonishingly simple ways schools can improve life for LGBT+ kids” for Global Comment, September 2016
- “May’s ‘common sense’ threats to the Human Rights Act” for Global Comment, September 2016
- “Toilets, basic rights and kids in danger” for Global Comment, August 2016
- “Disability hate leads to mass murder in Japan” for Global Comment, July 2016
- “A female prime minister is not necessarily a feminist prime minister” for Global Comment, July 2016
- “Destructive and divisive: a response to the British Brexit referendum” for Global Comment, June 2016
- “10 obscene reactions from the far right to Jo Cox’s murder” for Global Comment, June 2016
- “7 things straight people aren’t understanding about Orlando” for Global Comment, June 2016
- “7 Tips for Content Marketing” for YellowBulbs, May 2016
- “Criminalising distress: when suicide attempts lead to prison” for Global Comment, May 2016
- “What a possible Brexit could mean to Britain’s disabled people” for Global Comment, March 2016
- “Kiddle and other kid-safe internet tools don’t protect children” for Global Comment, March 2016
- “Junior Doctors Deadlock with UK Government as More Strikes Threatened” for Global Comment, February 2016
- “Top 10 Adrenaline Experiences Across the World” for DisabledGo, November 2015
- “European Mobility Week – A truly inclusive campaign?” for All Together Now, September 2015
- “Disabled Access at Music Festivals in the UK” for DisabledGo, June 2015
- “Self-hosting vs Free Hosted Blogs: Which Should You Choose?” for LCN, June 2015
- “Outrank Bad Reviews on the First Page of Google” for LCN, June 2015
- “Destination London: A Disability-Friendly Guide” for Disabled Go, June 2015
- “How to Create a Social Media Plan for Emergencies” for LCN, June 2015
- “How the Web Empowers Disabled People to Run Successful Businesses from Home” for Disabled Go, April 2015
- “User-Generated Content: How it can Benefit Your Business” for LCN, April 2015
- “Email marketing: what to test for success” for LCN, April 2015
- “Why your site needs multiple, tailored landing pages” for LCN, April 2015
- “SEO Copywriting: The Most Common Myths” for LCN, March, 2015
- “Supporting the Supporters: Working as a Disabled Occupational Therapist” for Access Magazine, March 2015
- “10 Essential Tips for Effective Content Marketing” for LCN, March 2015
- Interview on Accessible Media Inc.‘s ‘Contact’ radio show for International Women’s Day, March 2015
- “You should be watching these 5 disabled vloggers on YouTube” for The Daily Dot, March 2015
- “A step-by-step guide to conducting a content audit” for LCN, March 2015
- “Beginner’s guide to rich snippets and schema markup” for LCN, March 2015
- “Freedom of movement: the world of disability dance” for Access Magazine, February 2015
- “4 free tools to make keyword research a breeze” for LCN, February 2015
- “How apps are changing the face of accessibility” for The Daily Dot, February 2015
- “Migrating WordPress to a new host or domain in 11 simple steps” for LCN, February 2015
- “I Am Disabled and People Tell Me On a Regular Basis That They Would Rather Die Than Be Like Me” for xoJane, January 2015
- “A step too far: How retailers are losing disabled customers” for AOL Money, January 2015
- “Vary your content marketing mix to supercharge success” for LCN, January 2015
- “5 free web-browser plugins to streamline SEO” for LCN, January 2015
- “Whose streets? Our streets! Mobilizing to stop violence against disabled women” in Rain & Thunder, 2014
- “Rape is not seduction” for End Victimisation and Blame, December 2014
- “SEO essentials checklist: 23 steps to an optimised website” for LCN, December 2014
- “Why you should always use a professional email address” for LCN, December 2014
- “Light therapy: the science versus the pseudo” for Access Magazine, November 2014
- “Book Review: Dimensions by Shahidah Janjua” for A Room Of Our Own, November 2014
- “How to Find, Contact and Engage Industry Influencers on Social Media” for LCN.com, November 2014
- “I’m on #SamaritansRadar and I wish someone had asked me first” on The Daily Dot, November 2014
- “A beginner’s guide to Twitter ads” for LCN, November 2014
- “What to do if Google detects malware on your website” for LCN, November 2014
- “8 WordPress Plugins to Streamline your Content and Simplify your Workflow” for LCN.com, November 2014
- “The Professionals: What it Takes to be a Disability Consultant” in Access Magazine, October 2014
- “Disabled Students: Your Guide to Navigating and Accessing Higher Education” for Blue Badge Company, October 2014
- “Ched Evans, Natasha Massey and This Morning: Who has the right to forgive, and what is being forgiven?” at End Victimisation and Blame, October 2014
- “Get Maximum Social Exposure for your Real-Life Event” for LCN.com, October 2014
- “Why Every Blog Should Have a Content Calendar” for LCN.com, October 2014
- “Explaining Facebook’s 20% Text Rule” for LCN.com. October 2014
- “Essential Smartphone Apps for Disabled People” for Blue Badge Company, September 2014
- “The Beginner’s Guide to Landing Page Optimisation” for LCN.com, September 2014
- “How to Optimise a Facebook Business Page for Graph Search” for LCN.com, September 2014
- “Bright, Bold and Bling: Disability Products No Longer Need to be Grey!” for Blue Badge Company, September 2014
- “No More Excuses! Accessible High Streets Benefit Everyone” for Blue Badge Company, September 2014
- “A Beginner’s Guide to YouTube Analytics” for LCN.com, September 2014
- “Top 10 Email Marketing Tips” for LCN.com, September 2014
- “I ate 2,346 Calories of Chocolate in my Sleep Last Night and I Don’t Remember Any of it” in xoJane, August 2014
- “What Feminist Times Means to Me” in Feminist Times, July 2014
- “Most Rapists and Misogynists Aren’t Ill. Don’t Call Misogynists Mad” in Feminist Times, July 2014
- “Creature Comforts: Animals as Therapy for Disabled People” in Access Magazine, April 2014
- “On the Ball: Are Sporting Venues Sufficiently Accessible?” in Access Magazine, April 2014
- “How to Create a Secure Password: Beat Heartbleed and Hackers in Four Easy Steps” at Constant Content, April 2014
- “‘Manifestly Inadequate’: austerity and cuts are punishing and devastating” in Feminist Times, also republished at A Room Of Our Own, April 2014
- “#SexIndustryWeek: Nobody’s entitled to sex, including disabled people” in Feminist Times, also republished in Feminist Current and A Room Of Our Own and translated into French, March 2014
- “March of the Food Snobs” in Disability Intersections, January 2014
- “Intrusive entitlement: disabled women as public property” in Feminist Times, January 2014
- “Coping with Christmas: a survival guide for when festivities are tough” at The F-Word, December 2013
- “Feminist connections” at The F-Word, November 2013
- “Skin Deep” in Access Magazine, September 2013
- “On the Move” in Access Magazine, August 2013
- “Armpits4August: Body hair, beauty myth and PCOS” at The F-Word, July 2013
- “Marte Dalelv: Norwegian woman convicted after reporting rape now loses job” at The F-Word and Ending Victimisation and Blame, July 2013
- “Marion Bartoli faces barrage of misogynist abuse after Wimbledon win” at The F-Word, July 2013
- “You never ask a lady her age” at The F-Word, May 2013
- “A story of hate in three parts” at The F-Word, May 2013
- “On allies, silencing and privilege” at The F-Word, March 2013
- “Showing too much” at The F-Word, March 2013
- “We saw your boobs” at The F-Word, February 2013
- “Why your contribution matters” at The F-Word, February 2013
- “More equal than others: marriage, relationships and prejudice” at The F-Word, February 2013
- “Menstruation, 1946, Disney style” at The F-Word, January 2013
- “Get an imaginary job with your imaginary wheelchair and your imaginary leg” at The F-Word, January 2013
- “Is the Guardian trolling us?” at The F-Word, January 2013
- “Creating an enriching environment for your hamster” in Pet Focus magazine, Spring 2013
- “5 Things to Do on a City Break in Sheffield” at Constant Content, December 2012
“Drug-Free Relief for the Common Cold“at Constant Content, December 2012 (sold)- “Social Media Marketing for Small Business Success” at Constant Content, December 2012
- “Stigma in Crisis: mental health, fear-mongering and murder” at the New Statesman, December 2012
- “The PCC Elections: Are You Ready to Vote?” at BitchBuzz, November 2012
- “Mehdi Hasan & Abortion: When Left is Right” at BitchBuzz, October 2012
- “Disability Hate Crime Happened to Me” at Channel 4 News, October 2012
- “Bodyform and the Marketing of Periods” at BitchBuzz, October 2012
- “Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Symptoms and Treatment Options Explained” at Constant Content, October 2012
- “Online bullying is out of control” at The F-Word, September 2012
- “Do the Paralympics Put Extra Pressure on Disabled People?” at the New Statesman, August 2012
- “The Ultimate 14-Part Guide to Getting More YouTube Views” at Constant Content, August 2012
- “The Top 10 Confidence Issues Faced by Internet Marketers” at Constant Content, August 2012
- “Using whiteboards to stay organised: low tech, high satisfaction” at WordCount, August 2012
- “Bad attitudes do not cause disability any more than good attitudes guarantee health” at the Independent Editors’ Choice Blogs, August 2012
- “Policing blame: Calls for the Immediate Withdrawal of West Mercia Police’s anti-rape campaign” at The F-Word, July 2012
- “Tom Martin’s Odious Opinions Know No Limits” at The F-Word, July 2012
- “Make-Up tips for the morning after” at The F-Word, July 2012
- “Mate Crime: Learning Disability Week” at The F-Word, June 2012
- “How to Get More Followers on Twitter” at Social Media Writer, June 2012
- “How to Become an Art Therapist in the UK” at Constant Content, June 2012
- “How to run an accessible feminist event” at The F-Word, May 2012
- “Caffeine Withdrawal Symptoms” at Constant Content, May 2012
- “Freelancers: How to Get Started Without Getting Exploited” at All Freelance Writing, May 2012
- “Flying the Flag for Women in Snooker: Interview with Michaela Tabb Part 2” at The F-Word, May 2012
- “The First Lady of Snooker: An Interview with Michaela Tabb” at The F-Word, May 2012
“5 Surprising Causes of a Sleepless Night“at Constant Content, April 2012 (sold)- “Pretending to be Poor” at The F-Word, April 2012
- “How to Raise Self-Confident Daughters” at Constant Content, April 2012
- “
Exact Match Domains – How Important Are They for SEO?” at Constant Content, April 2012 (sold) - “The Shy Person’s Guide to Marketing” at Constant Content, April 2012
- “Period Pain: What Are the Symptoms and How to Cope” at Constant Content, April 2012
- “Crafty Ways to Reuse Kids’ Old Clothes” at Constant Content, April 2012
- “How to Tame a New Hamster” at Constant Content, April 2012
- “Harness The Power Of Pinterest To Attract Visitors And Backlinks To Your Site” at SEO Expert For You. Also syndicated to Dig IT Mate; Triangle Local Search Solutions; Thoughts from Down Under; and Local Web Tips, March 2012, to SEO Resources; SEO Tips for Page 1 Rankings, April 2012 and to Jeff Wendland, Money Making Buzz and Trend Authority, May 2012
- “40 Days Spreads to the UK” at Feminists for Choice, March 2012
- “Easy SEO for YouTube Videos” at Constant Content, March 2012
- “If Your Teen Is on Facebook, You Should Be Too” at Constant Content, March 2012
- “Optimize Pinterest’s Potential for Search Engine Success” at Constant Content, March 2012
- “Planning Your Wedding with Pinterest” at Constant Content, March 2012.
- “Cinderella Ate My Daughters” at The F-Word, March 2012
- “Dennis Waterman: “It’s not hard for a woman to make a man hit her”” at The F-Word, March 2012
“Pinterest for Photographers: The Skilful Self-Promotion Tool“at Constant Content, March 2012 (sold)- “Promote Your Brand With a Pinterest Contest” at Constant Content, March 2012.
- “Negative Attitudes towards Disability” in the Guardian Comment is Free, February 2012.
- “Are you a neighbour from hell? You might be surprised” at The F-Word, February 2012
- “The Dos and Don’ts of Getting Rid of a Hangover” at Constant Content, February 2012.
- “Facebook Fundamentals: How to Promote Your Business and Get ‘Liked’ on Facebook” at Constant Content, February 2012.
- “Facebook Hacks to Make Your Business Page Pop” at Constant Content, February 2012.
- “Is it any surprise?” at The F-Word, February 2012
- “Gay Marriage is Really Very Scary” at The F-Word, February 2012
- “Useful Eczema Creams for Toddlers, Infants and Kids” at Constant Content, February 2012.
- “How to Post Automatic Updates to Facebook” at Constant Content, February 2012.
- “Shocked headline as fat disabled woman has fun” at The F-Word, also republished at A Room Of Our Own, February 2012
- “Find Your Next Job with LinkedIn” at Constant Content, February 2012.
- “How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep and Banish Insomnia From Your Life” at Constant Content, February 2012.
- “
How to Choose a Tattoo to Symbolize Your New Beginning” at Constant Content, February 2012 (sold) - “When is an affair not an affair?” at The F-Word, February 2012
- “5 Ways to be Thoroughly Annoying on Twitter” at Constant Content, February 2012
“Is it Worth Getting “Nofollow” Backlinks to Your Niche site“at Constant Content, February 2012 (sold)“How to Choose the Right Dentist“at Constant Content, January 2012 (sold)- “3 Days” at The F-Word, January 2012
“Cloud Hosting Versus Dedicated Hosting for Online Businesses“at Constant Content, January 2012 (sold)- “You’re Frightening Me” on Sisters of Frida and The Womankind Party, January 2012.
- “Privacy and prejudice” at The F-Word, January 2012
- “6 Clever Ways to Create Instant Income” at Constant Content, January 2012.
- “Gardening on Prescription: Digging for Mental and Physical Health” at Constant Content, January 2012
- “Natural Remedies for Endometriosis” at Constant Content, January 2012.
- “Madness Gone Politically Correct” on The Pod Delusion podcast, quoted in The Guardian, August 2011.
- “Silent Noise”, in Artemis: the noise & silence issue, Nottingham University Women’s Network, Spring 2011.
- “Devoted: A Feminist Analysis of Disability Fetishism”, in Rain and Thunder, a Radical Feminist Journal of Discussion and Activism #50, Spring 2011.
- “Activism as a Disabled Woman”, in Rain and Thunder, a Radical Feminist Journal of Discussion and Activism, Issue #45, Winter 2010.
- “Remembering Andrea Dworkin”, in Rain and Thunder, a Radical Feminist Journal of Discussion and Activism, Issue #27, Summer 2005.
- “Letter from the Future”, 1st place writing competition winner with GrownUpGreen.org.uk, April 2005
- “Mental Health Services: Addressing the End Result Rather Than the Root Causes of Patriarchy”: Off Our Backs; Jul/Aug2003, Vol. 33 Issue 7/8, p54.
- “New Online Support Groups for Voice-Hearers”, Perceptions Magazine, 2002.
- “Welcome to my World”, a series of poems, in Prozac Prose, Sheffield, 2002.
- Contributor to numerous sexual health, welfare, positive body image, eating disorder, promotional and campaigning publications distributed within the University of Sheffield Students’ Union.