Last year, my social media posts about life-threatening women’s health issues, created with a registered charity, were repeatedly flagged or restricted. While fewer likes don’t matter, limiting access to vital health information does.
Tag Archives: art
Urban Trees
Craft is not static. It evolves when we listen, experiment and care deeply about what we inherit.
Adapt or Perish
Craft is not static. It evolves when we listen, experiment and care deeply about what we inherit.
Defiance
It takes courage to face any serious disease, but what is unique about Juliet is the bravery that she showed to stand up to the sexist and paternalistic assumptions of her health care professionals about her breast cancer treatment. Her surgeon eventually agreed to perform her second, symmetrising and empowering, mastectomy eighteen months after the first
Putting our breast foot forward
Finding joy in adversity is one of the traits that I admire about Juliet. She didn’t let breast cancer define her, she reinvented herself as a flower gardener, advocate and bill board model.
Viva la vulva: why we need to talk about women’s genitalia
Why don’t we use the right terminology for our intimate areas when talking to friends, family or even medical professionals? I can’t even type the word Vulva without triggering a content warning, which is ridiculous. After all I can say elbow or shin, so what’s the difference?
Muzzled
Everyone deserves to be heard. Don’t let your voice be suppressed.
Ancient Arboretum
We’ve already lost 2.5% of our ancient woodlands and are amongst the worst biodiverse nations in the globe. Let’s protect what we have left.
Going, Going, Gone
We have lost 72% of the Arctic Ice since satellite records began and far more since the start of the Industrial Revolution. Let’s leave something for the Polar Bears.
How does our garden grow?
What would you include if you were capturing your garden in a drawing? Would you just focus on flowers, or would you include insects whether you liked them or not?
