Riverside walk after the brilliant (brilliant!) Dorothea Tanning exhibition at Tate Modern #southbank#brutalism @ South Bank London https://t.co/p9XqlqKKqo
She holds the kiss, returns it, neither hungry nor maidenly. Her lips are pliant but forceful, there’s will behind her kiss, she’s not desperate but she’s not accommodating. Her mouth is clean in an herbal way, no herb in particular but that sense of green rampancy. #BadSex
Beautiful piece by Sophie Mackintosh on watching Love Island, and how reality TV can be a confusing solace and pleasure. Her novel The Water Cure is already purchased and up next on my reading list! https://t.co/moGPqfuAh2
On Saturday I read Amia Srinivasan in @LRB on politics of desire, the bodies our society loves, the impact on those we don’t. Still talking about it with anyone who’ll listen. Brilliant, thought-provoking piece
I do love working from home in my pretty Victorian flat with big windows and lots of light. Also, the heating is on full and I’m wearing four layers on top (of which two are wool) and two pairs of socks, one pair being fluffy and pulled up over my jeans.
I’ve had many jobs over the years from waitressing, a GP reception desk, to working on great policy campaigns, research & national strategies... But the zenith will be the day I finally stop having to fill in DAMN TIMESHEETS #officelife
Season 6 of #HouseofCards is hit and miss, but I definitely want to end every meeting by leading all my female colleagues in solemnly swearing to take no prisoners 💪
White Cube Bermondsey: Doris Salcedo’s installation Palimpsest. The names of migrants who died crossing to Europe in tear-like droplets of water, disappearing.
Great talk on feminist myth-making @NewSunsLitFest. Loved the idea of literature being used to spread feminism as a plague/cure. So important we discuss & celebrate such efforts, feels like sustenance
Lots of Anna Burns articles about but @TheTLS is my favourite. Love her answers on advice & whether writing is political (but shame she chose Bob Dylan over Beyoncé) #amreading https://t.co/71DkAMHhLg
It’s a particular guilt I feel when I give up on a novel I wasn’t enjoying. Finally stopped reading Donna Tartt’s The Little Friend last night. Lovely writing but I couldn’t get invested #bookguilt#amreading