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ISLAND*

(the story behind the song) TW: suicidal ideation; substance use When I was 18 I was an undiagnosed autistic girl-child with depression, obsessive tendencies, and unresolved trauma. I never wanted children. I had been a born-again evangelical Christian since I was 13. I was living in Oxford and studying Business and Psychology and had been…

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It’s so perfect the way you shine…

The second single from my forthcoming album was released last week. It’s called Soft Target and it’s about being autistic (but you probably already know that, unless you are in the unusual and perhaps fortunate position of following my website but managing to avoid the landslide of social media updates). You can buy Soft Target…

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Girl I Was

If the early bird is worth two in the woods does anyone hear it scream? I think I got that proverb right… I’m a bit overwhelmed today. You may perhaps have noticed that I quietly and without fanfare released the first single from my album today. It’s called Girl I Was and although it’s been…

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  • First Gig Anx

    This month I had my first gig in around five years and I am not exaggerating when I say that the two weeks leading up to this were, on the anxiety scale, a solid ten. Out of ten. Ten being A Lot of Anxiety. 

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  • The letter I didn’t need to send*

    Dear potential record producer, Firstly, don’t read this. Actually, do read it, but wait until I’m out of the room and don’t say anything until you’ve finished…

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  • Don’t Slouch Darlings

    Don’t Slouch Darlings

    I’ve been talking about making my own album and then not actually making one for so long that my friends think I have a very specific form of psychosis where I believe myself to be a songwriter but am in fact spending hours alone in the bathroom banging a colander with a wooden spoon. Things

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  • ISLAND*

    (the story behind the song) TW: suicidal ideation; substance use When I was 18 I was an undiagnosed autistic girl-child with depression, obsessive tendencies, and unresolved trauma. I never wanted children. I had been a born-again evangelical Christian since I was 13. I was living in Oxford and studying Business and Psychology and had been

    Read more

  • It’s so perfect the way you shine…

    The second single from my forthcoming album was released last week. It’s called Soft Target and it’s about being autistic (but you probably already know that, unless you are in the unusual and perhaps fortunate position of following my website but managing to avoid the landslide of social media updates). You can buy Soft Target

    Read more

  • Girl I Was

    If the early bird is worth two in the woods does anyone hear it scream? I think I got that proverb right… I’m a bit overwhelmed today. You may perhaps have noticed that I quietly and without fanfare released the first single from my album today. It’s called Girl I Was and although it’s been

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  • Keeping an eye out for icebergs

    It’s been 84 years… Yes, I watched Titanic again. And it reminded me of the last time I watched it and how I decided it would be easy enough to draw Kate Winslet ‘like one of his French girls,’ and created this: It hasn’t really been 84 years since you kindly pledged your support for

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  • Orbit

    Orbit

    Terrifying as it is, clumsily falling out of my spaceship wearing only an Agatha Christie t-shirt…

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