I’ve had period pain so severe it makes me pass out + throw up since I was 16. EVERYONE told me this was normal. At 33 I’ve found out it’s not normal, it’s probably endometriosis.
The absolute state of menstrual education in this country, we know shit all about our own bodies.
My husband won’t go shopping with me any more because I sing ‘put your nose in your mask you’re a dickhead’ to the tune of ‘give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning’ too loudly at men round Tesco.
When this dog first arrived from Romania he hid under a bush in the garden for a week, I thought I’d taken on the world’s most traumatised dog. Two years on, he could do with having a little less confidence.
#sophiefromromania
@ruskin147
When I went off to university I said that all I wanted to do was to write for EastEnders (although I'm not sure I admitted that during the lectures on Chekhov). I wrote tonight's episode and am super proud of it.
This country’s doing a terrible job of hiding its racism with its obsession over Christmas when it’s point blank ignored any other religious festival for the past 6 months.
All this ‘Boris you’re next’, we had that chance less than a year ago and voted in a far right facist government with the largest majority the Tories have had in a decade.
So, here's the thing. The dog shelter matched us with a dog. And we are mad keen on adopting her when lockdown ends. She can be rehomed on her own. But she does have a best friend in the shelter called Wilbur.
Do we get two dogs?
I let my husband use my Zoom account for DnD. A week later, half an hour in to a work meeting with the BBC, I notice my screen name is DazzleManIncredibo.
My husband has set up a stall on his university campus, on his own, to try to get people to register to vote because yesterday when his lecturer brought it up everyone in the room groaned.
Be kind to him students of
@dmuleicester
. He is the love of my life.
@annalisadinn
It’s madness isn’t it. I think about all those shit Year 8 sex education lessons with a PE teacher who skipped over any slide that had the word vagina on.
Have I just watched the episode of EastEnders I wrote?
Does Danny Dyer say a joke that came from my brain?
Is this the most excited I've ever been about anything in my life?
Oh boy.
My 30-year-old husband has a group of friends on his degree who are all 19-year-old boys and when one of them is struggling with the work they send each other messages like ‘don’t worry mate, we’ll help’ and then they have a group Zoom to reassure each other they’re doing ok.
I got a place on BBC Writers Academy in 2019 and it was the hardest work I’ve ever done but completely brilliant. I’ve since written 7 episodes of telly, got original ideas in development and signed with a great new agent as well as gaining a lovely bunch of screen writer mates.
Applications open today for BBC Studios Writers’ Academy 2022!
The paid course is open to all and has seen previous graduates contribute to nearly 5,000 episodes of TV and win major awards.
#WritersAcademy22
Find out more here:
The woman next to me in airport departures has noticed the Labour Party badges on my bag. She’s told her husband twice that she thinks it’s disgusting. Every time I smile at her she tuts. I hope we’re sitting next to each other on the plane 🤞
Here’s a last ditch attempt:
Hi
@jeremycorbyn
. Last night I won the BBC poetry slam with a poem about you. I’d love for you to come and see my show while you’re in Edinburgh! ❤️🤞
Want to see this year's slam champion,
@jessgreenpoet
's stunning show? Get down to
@BourbonEdin
at 2:45pm for "A Self Help Guide To Being In Love With Jeremy Corbyn". No show tomorrow (20th), but she's on 21-25th inclusive. Tell her we sent you! 😊
I wrote tomorrow’s
@BBCHolbyCity
and am really glad to have been involved in the telling of the childhood sexual abuse story, particularly the impact it can have on survivors’ families.
Big thanks to brilliant+patient script editor
@rosacourse
💛
I’m so frustrated that I work hard to ensure I have a constant, consistent freelance income yet 6 weeks out of last 12 I have had to rely on my credit card to survive because massive businesses and organisations haven’t paid me on time.
Pay your sodding freelancers you twats.
Man near us spent 10 minutes telling his wife what a man’s job putting up a tent is. He then couldn’t put up his tent. I smugly offered to do it for him. He accepted.
The patriarchy’s being smashed in Cornwall, lads.
Took my dog on a day out to the woods which involves me carrying a 12kg dog round in a rucksack for 5 hours, both of us pretending like it’s a hardship and we’re not absolutely living our best lives.
I had to have my dog put down in a fucking car park last month because of lockdown and I want Cummings gone. I cannot imagine how it must feel if you weren’t allowed to attend your child’s funeral.
We had to have our lovely old dog Charlie put to sleep this afternoon after two prolonged fits which left her confused and distressed. It really is the hardest part of owning a dog. She was my best pal and one of the best things in my life. The house will be lonelier without her
Running late for flight, I lose husband in departures lounge and rediscover him in book shop because ‘sometimes
@neilhimself
signs his own books in airports’.
Does he know that Neil Gaiman has been in Manchester airport recently?
‘No, but worth a shot’
🙄
Landlady: how did it go?
Me: good thanks!
Landlady: what’s it about?
Me: The Labour Party
Landlady: I used to be a member but can’t stand that Jeremy Corbyn. What’s your show called again?
😬
#brightonfringe
Just a monthly reminder that if men had to deal with pain, sickness, fainting and reduced brain function 12 times a year there would have been a charity set up to research a cure funded by Piers Morgan by now.
Can we make men do this in interviews for jobs?
If you can carry on talking on live television with gold standard eloquence in your chosen field while a child plays havoc in the background, you get the promotion.
Earlier this year I wrote a poem for
@CurveLeicester
which celebrated and promoted Leicester's cultural offer. When lockdown happened it took on new significance and became a rallying crying not just for the city but for the future of live art
SO PROUD to have this poem immortalised in Leicester Museum as part of their beautiful Leicester Stories gallery. Huge thank you to
@HudsonClare
and
@homeange
for trusting me to write it 💛
People who are like ‘enjoy the weather while it’s here, it won’t last! 😎 ☀️’
It will last, Sharon. The world’s on fire and we could all be dead in 20 years.
My first episode of
@bbceastenders
would have been on today. I was midway through writing it with my lovely, patient(!) script editor
@popplewell_
when lockdown happened and production halted. So instead, here’s me talking excitedly about BBC Writers Academy in The Vic.
Climbing centre was packed with half term kids today. A mum having a coffee watched me try and fail a tricky route 15+ times including falling off and hitting my knees on the way down. When I finally managed it, she jumped out of her seat and cheered me. I tried not to cry.
Was Theresa crying at the end there for all the families she’s made homeless? Or the teachers with stress related illnesses? Or the NHS she’s ripped to shreds?
#TheresaMay
One week of BBC Writers Academy down:
- learnt more about script writing in 5 days than in 10 years
- the word overwhelmed has new meaning
- had pinned hopes on 🍷and💺 on train home then remembered it was East Midlands Trains
- cannot wait to see love of mine
@drumsbydave
❤️
HEY LABOUR, do you want to stop tearing yourself apart for one moment and actually put some of that energy in to fighting this nasty smug racist because that might be a better use of our time
@UKLabour
Here’s a trailer for the final video in our ERDF funded ‘We’ve Missed you’ campaign, which captures the joy of being able to go out and about again. The words are by local poet Jess Green.
Full video here:
More details here:
Sending SUPER HUGE GRATEFUL thanks to
@ace_national
who have said yes to funding a UK tour of my Corbs show this year. It'll be the biggest tour I've done working with a whole range of venues and some fantastically talented folks. Celebrations tonight and hard work starts Monday!
Got in touch with
@CurveLeicester
this afternoon on the off chance they could help with a virtual event I’m hosting but fully thought it was a bit of a long shot. They replied within 10mins with a yes. There is light at the end of this tunnel ⭐️
I’m having a properly shit time of it at the moment and we planned an escape up the west coast of Scotland in a camper van next week. Then the dog ruptured his cruciate ligament and needs 4-6 weeks of rest. Luckily, I live with the most optimistic man this world has to offer.
If you, like Corbs, have zero interest in the Queen’s speech, then at midday Christmas Day I’ll be posting up the post election poetry film me and
@mattcawrey
have made instead. Tell your friends?
When we first got our rescue dog, he was so terrified he hid under a bush in the garden for a week. Now he lies around the house, wagging his tail to himself as reflects on his change in circumstances.