This
#NationalPetDay
I'm sharing a beautfiul piece by
@caitlinmoran
: "Cats are made of fur because fur absorbs secrets. You can cry into fur. Fur, draped across the heart, will opiate your melancholy. Fur will make you happy again."
I spoke to some incredible women about living with ME. Their stories are shocking and heartbreaking, and make me wonder why we donโt make more space in the media for such underrepresented voices
Society's understanding of ME is still woefully lacking in 2019, and it's a gendered issue โย affecting more women than men in an approximate ratio of 4:1. Here, readers share their
#MECFS
experiences with
@amberlouiseb
@actionforme
@meassociation
Anxiety disorders are hell. Constant, debilitating guilt, dread and panic that causes (for me at least) stomachaches, tics, brain fog, palpitations and depression. Itโs ok to feel anxious; itโs not ok to feel so anxious 24/7 that you struggle to live your life.
I spoke to the wonderful
@multiplicityand
and
@DrMikeLloyd
for a piece on how YouTubers are fighting the stigma around dissociative identity disorder (& the complexities that can come with that)
Todayโs YouTube recommends are a mixture of Sims 4 speed builds, Gabbie Hanna drama commentary, crochet tutorials, โwhy isnโt my cat affectionate?โ, and serial killer psychoanalysis
โจPersonal newsโจ
I am now freelance!
Here is my website (It's still a bit of a work in progress).
Contact me at amberbryce3
@gmail
.com for words, social media stuff or extensive discussions about Christina Aguilera's seminal album Stripped.
Get in loser, weโre going shopping ๐ ๐ป
I wrote a piece about one of my all-time faves, Mean Girls. Feat. Heartthrob
@JonathanBennett
.
Read it here:
Taking stock of the past year and feeling proud of the work Iโve achieved. Thank you to all the editors that have commissioned me and taken a chance on my ideas.
Love this piece in today's T2 by
@j_amesmarriott
and
@ben_machell
โ reminded me of my first job at a cinema and serving a disgusted lady 7 shots of espresso in a cup because I had no clue what an espresso was and thought, "surely it can't be that small?!"
Sorry but I definitely have better colleagues than you because
@kindred_grace
&
@LeonieRoderick
got me a Christmas bauble with my late cat Poseyโs face inside โค๏ธ ๐ฑ
I am once again asking for your commissions and employment โจ I've had the best time working at Twitter but sadly my contract ends at the start of April so I'll be looking for new opportunities. Please DM me if you're looking for writers/social media managers/cat obsessives
Morning all, howโre you doing? I had the day off work yesterday and spent it watching The Twilight Zone while working on this ridiculous crochet cat cushion cover ๐ฑ
THREAD
Hereโs the thing: I still feel a bit awkward about calling myself a journalist. I like to write and come up with creative (ok, maybe ridiculous) ideas. I want to make content that Iโd personally enjoy reading, that makes me feel proud in some way (1)
My mum got Animal Crossing for her birthday after hearing my sister and I talking about it. She already has around 4 million bells in the bank and messages us updates every day ๐ฅฐ
I donโt know what message Iโm trying to send here as Iโm quite tired, but I suppose itโs that whether youโre at the bottom or the top of a career ladder, we should all have each otherโs backs. You can feel so powerful even on a tough day with the right support ๐ช๐ป (9 - maybe?)
Meet
@mrgeepoet
: the spoken word poet who's teaching young men to channel their anger into art rather than violence. Here's Mr Gee performing his poem 'Living On a Knife's Edge'
I think we all know how I got my verified Twitter tick: being featured in Beanie Baby Monthly Mag aged 10 with my bad-ass story about a naughty TY moose!
โTruth is, after a day of emotional loose ends, itโs so satisfyingly simple to vacuum crop circles into a rug or wipe down a surface with the scent of fresh lemonsโ - I wrote about the
@mrshinchhome
effect and Vera๐งค๐๐งน๐งผ for
@thetimes
#hincharmy
My white male tutor constantly spoke to me in a sassy black woman โyassโ voice for 3 years straight. It made me uncomfortable but I didnโt know how to defend myself.
I have no interest in an institution that failed me yet only values me when I can suddenly make them look good.
Posey is in
@timesweekend
today, sharing a double page spread with Olly Murs and vagina gyms (itโs what she would have wanted). So thankful I got to do this small tribute for her (thank you
@Harrietaddison
&
@lesleythomas
) โ๏ธ
Read here:
Top work tip: always wear a coat so that noone approaches you because they think you're about to leave
PS colleagues reading this, I'm currently wearing my coat because I'm cold, honest ๐ถ
I worked on this piece with
@CharlotteSeager
for
@thetimes
and it was so wonderful to hear stories from our readers about their relatives' amazing roles in
#WW1
. You can almost hear the smile in their voices when reading the strangest details!
Itโs a whole 24 hours since I watched the latest episode of
#SuccessionHBO
yet Iโm still thinking about Colin running away with the imaginary dead cat
I woke up yesterday feeling like this was it: the day i'd get my shit together and flourish (ew) but instead I drank three cans of diet coke, crocheted a smiley candy floss and fell asleep on the living room rug. When will life make sense again?!
โInformer strikes a balance between acknowledging Islamic extremism is a threat to national security with how unfairly the stereotypes it engenders affect the lives of British Muslimsโ
My first piece for
@TimesTelevision
on BBCโs
#lnformer
Itโs Sam and Iโs nine year anniversary, so please enjoy my Oscar-worthy performance of the line โhiโ alongside Sam in a clip from a short film a friend of ours made at uni.
I have one of those brains that can't just 'like' something in pop culture. I have to fall madly in love with it and let it consume my brain until I am wasting every waking hour watching Lin-Manuel Miranda interviews and performing "It's quiet uptown" into my mirror... ๐
@jemmahoughton
Iโm sorry youโre struggling ๐Therapy and medication have helped the most. Having a good support network, hobbies (crochet), long walks, eating right and meditation. Anything sensory that brings me back to the present - cold sheet masks, someone tickling my arm.