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@Tracy_Kuhn

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Copywriter/author. 1st novel shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Prize. 2nd novel hiding behind cats & quizzes on the internet. 3rd novel not waiting its turn.

York, UK
Joined February 2009
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Tracy Kuhn
1 year
I wrote a thing about death, because of course I did… I’m dedicating it to my girls, who are constant reminders of how amazing life is, and who have kept me going despite going through their own huge loss.
@YorksBylines
Yorkshire Bylines
1 year
The one about death – or why I want to be buried in leopard print stilettos and not go and live on a farm | Tracy Kuhn offers an honest, heartfelt and deeply personal reflection on loss and why it beckons us to live our best and brightest life @Tracy_Kuhn
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@Tracy_Kuhn
Tracy Kuhn
5 years
I just had to pay a man 60 quid to break into my house. I texted my neighbour but wrote 'I licked myself out' by mistake. Can someone put my house on the market for me while I go and sort a change of identity? Cheers.
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5 months
@juliasuzanne76 I also have questions for the person who thought it was a good idea to promote an ice cream that sounds like a laxative…
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2 years
Just unfollowed someone on Instagram for using the word ‘holibobs’ in case you’re wondering what mood I’m in.
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5 years
@lizfraser1 At least you didn't do that thing where you pinch their cheeks while doing The Voice...
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2 years
Saw this beauty today in York, so sent a pic to my dad who had one in the 80s when he worked for BT. No sign of Busby though…
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@lucyinglis Yes! I hate it when it’s referred to as a battle, it suggests that the people who die from it just didn’t fight hard enough, which is insulting and upsetting.
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4 years
It's 4 years since my German husband received his Guide to Life in the United Kingdom and I failed miserably at all the questions...
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1 year
@Mr_Dave_Haslam Happy days. I now have this on my running playlist that I listen to at 6.30am. 1995 Tracy, who would have been on her way home at 6.30am, would have absolutely disgusted with 2023 Tracy, and rightly so.
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2 years
MOON! #york
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7 years
@bookshaped And modern living has made us unsure of our own instincts, but they're there and there for a reason.
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2 years
@ask_aubry Aww, mate, yes, we’re totally ‘choosing’ not to enjoy your crap moves.
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5 years
To the man in the swimming pool who just swam underneath me in a mostly empty pool, next time you're getting a proper kick in the head because that's just weird.
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@Tracy_Kuhn
Tracy Kuhn
5 years
To the man who just shouted 'Gis a fuck, darling' out of his car window at me, no, Sir, I am fully out of fucks to give this week, and for the foreseeable future. But you keep going with that line.
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Tracy Kuhn
8 years
Brilliant explanation on #AppleTreeYard about why someone might not fight back during an attack.
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5 years
Me: Have you had breakfast? 15 yr old: Yeah, I had some chocolate fingers Me: Great I'm mothering the shit out of the school holidays, you?
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3 years
@hellolanemoore I was told to have a baby to cure my endometriosis, then told to have one to help my thyroid issues. Babies are the adult equivalent of the wet paper towel in Primary school.
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4 years
This is my 48th birthday face, and what I had for breakfast. I don't know who arranged for the red arrows to fly over my house earlier, but you've won the whole #lockdownbirthday thing :)
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3 years
So the man who grabbed Chris Whitty has been done for assault, and while I’m sure it was distressing for him, this pisses me off hugely because this has happened to women in public spaces so many times and it’s never taken seriously. Every woman you know has experienced this.
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11 months
First weekend alone at the flat, and first beachy run without a warm bed and a cup of tea waiting for me when I get back (maybe I can train the seagulls…). All these ‘firsts’ are bloody exhausting but another step towards working out a new normal. #run #bereavement #scarborough
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3 years
Listening to a discussion on @BBCRadio2 about the campaign to pardon women executed as witches in the 16th century. Already had two male callers say this shouldn’t happen as without these executions we would still have a witch problem today. In case you thought we’d moved on.
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4 months
52! It’s a funny one this year, of course, but a lovely one nonetheless, thanks to my amazing friends new and old, my colleagues, my family and most importantly my brilliant girls who make everything a million times better. In the midst of all the crap I do know how lucky I am.
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4 years
Queuing at the shops. Why don't they have these bowls outside shops but for people and with pimms in them?
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8 years
In the supermarket 2 people asked how I manage to persuade my husband to come food shopping with me. Thought I'd gone to Aldi, not 1955.
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2 years
Yet again #Shetland proves what a brilliant actress @AtotheOD is. And also that no good can ever come from a building that has plastic sheeting hanging in it.
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5 months
@joanhaigbooks Children ask the best questions! I went to an event led by a poet recently, who completely ridiculed a child’s question, and you could sense a whole room of people deciding not to buy any more of his books.
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2 years
@NicholasPegg That theme tune is in my head now, my brain is broken, I’ll get no work done and my children will starve. I hope you’re satisfied.
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5 years
@cox_tom That's exactly the kind of thing someone who had fake legs would say.
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4 years
Not one to be left out, here's an update on my sourdough starter. I tweaked it a little, substituting flour for a bottle of gin and water for a handful of my dad's rhubarb. It officially has another 5 weeks to go, but I think we all know that's not going to happen #rhubarbgin
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8 years
One of the saddest things abt the #FirstAssault hashtag is that I bet most women have to think abt it for a while to work out which was 1st.
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8 years
@amandajanemason I glared at him. 'Well', he said, 'you look miserable'. 'And you look like an arse', I said. Which ironically made me smile
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3 years
@Kirsty_H220 @peopleareberks This really annoys me. I got divorced 11 years ago and people still put their heads on one side as they say what a shame it is for my girls. No, me and their dad have a great relationship now and are much happier apart.
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2 years
If you’re not walking home at 1am with a carrier bag full of disco balls, then you’re not doing it right. #shinydiscoballs
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Tracy Kuhn
11 months
Of course I had a tattoo for Jens, and of course it’s a boat. It’s not quite the ‘have a massive galleon tattooed across your boobs if I die first’ that he requested, but I feel it’s a good compromise and he’d approve.
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Tracy Kuhn
8 years
All the men in #Versailles look like a moustached Alanis Morrisette and now I'm a bit lost.
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2 years
A man waved at me from across the street in town earlier, so I waved back while I tried to remember who he was. He was, of course, just a man who was adjusting his rucksack and if anyone needs me I’ll be on a flight to Buenos Aires.
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1 year
I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but it’s the best way of letting everyone know without having to send loads of messages - Jens sadly died yesterday and I feel broken and numb and cross and cheated; we weren’t done, we were just getting started and it doesn’t feel fair.
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3 years
Or, you know, maybe just ‘detectorist’??
@BBCNews
BBC News (UK)
3 years
Hertfordshire Bronze Age axe hoard found by girl detectorist
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4 years
Found a nice quiet birthday beach, no huge urge to poo in a burger box as yet, but there's still time...
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6 years
@MarianKeyes I love how she just lays down on the floor whenever things get too much, wherever she is. We all need a bit more of that in our lives.
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5 years
@tinycharlotte72 Where do you get your MOT done? 1957? Who says that these days? I'd use my knees, right in the nads.
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3 years
It’s my lovely dad’s 80th birthday today! He thinks social media is a load of nonsense, and of course he’s right, but this photo sums up how ace he is and I’m very grateful that I got to spend yesterday with him and my sisters and a massive cake.
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2 years
I’ve read too many James Herbert books to be able to deal with this shizzle… #york
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5 years
Look at the sky, Twitter, LOOK AT IT!
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2 years
@theguyliner ‘He took a meat cleaver to my apron strings’. Jesus. As the proud owner of a 21yr old I’m just pleased she’s healthy and happy. I do have tattoos though, so what do I know? (First one at 40, my mum’s not keen but pointed out my body would be easy to identify if I was murdered)
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5 years
@tinycharlotte72 But there's always a sense of disbelief in these situations where you have to process what was actually said. Then you just want to be out of there, if they can say that kind of thing what else will they do? We've all been there and thought of the perfect response after x
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6 years
@LouisatheLast @PoppyCocktails A: I am clenching. B: I do not have a vagina callous, am I supposed to? C: I am still clenching.
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2 years
This morning, while running through town, a man walking towards me turned round as I ran past and started running next to me. Obviously told him to do one, and he did, but men, for the record, this isn’t funny. It’s not banter, and it’s not me not being able to take a joke.
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11 months
Morning, York! #York #run
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5 years
Been for a swim and The Man Who Races Me was there again. One day I'm going to ask him if he can swim fast because his tiny penis makes him so streamlined.
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4 years
Just put some lip balm on....wait, it's my what stick? Have I been using it wrong all this time??
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4 years
@slondonuk Fucks sake, it’s like that ridiculous stay at home ad, a group of people with degrees and salaries and respect actually sat in a meeting and signed this off.
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5 years
Interviewed someone at work today. I put my hand out to shake his hand as he suddenly stepped forward, so I ended up kind of karate chopping him in the stomach, in case anyone was under the illusion that I'm a proper grown up professional type person.
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Tracy Kuhn
2 years
Been through the Staff Handbook but can’t find the section on what to do when a colleague keeps walking across your laptop before showing you their bumhole. Any HR experts around? #CatsOfTwitter #cats
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3 years
@brokenbottleboy I work in a secondary school and can indeed confirm that what kids are crying out for are stories written 100 years ago about a conceited, racist public school boy with mother issues.
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3 years
Swimming man: ‘How do you swim so fast?’ Me: ‘What? I just swim.’ SM: ‘Well cheer up, it might never happen.’ Me: ‘What might??’ SM: ‘It’s just a saying!’ Me: ‘Well it’s a shit one, I come here to swim not smile at men!’ SM: ‘……..’ (he swims off, fast, so all in all a success).
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Tracy Kuhn
5 years
Having a stressful week? Got loads to do? In complete denial about EVERYTHING? May I suggest the therapeutic properties of making a shit load of mince pies while off your face on sherry
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7 years
My annual reminder to men that as far as I'm aware, no woman has ever had sex with a man who propositioned her from his van window #summer
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3 years
I was sent a job ad today. “We want to actively encourage applicants from all walks of life, including women” Oh wow, really? You’re sure? How progressive of you to even consider us.
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5 months
Go outside everyone and look up, do it! #york #aurora
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3 years
@Sonic_Screwup I once tried another woman’s jacket on in a shop that she’d put down to try something else on, I’ve tried to get into the wrong car on numerous occasions and once inappropriately grabbed my then boyfriend from behind, except it wasn’t him, just a stranger in the same top.
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3 years
@BBCPolitics For the record, our school staff room was out of bounds. After being in work all day we just staggered home and hoped we weren’t passing anything on to our families. It was lonely and tiring.
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5 years
@iamtherealmatt Can you come closer, it won't reach...
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8 months
Tonight we met the very talented, very funny @petewylie and The Mighty Wah! Slightly outnumbered by all the middle aged men, but an excellent night of great music and funny stories, catch them if you can.
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We took my dad on a Spurn Safari Tour today at #spurnpoint with Rob from @YorksWildlife . Amazing views, unique landscape and some military bunker action, go and do it while you still can!
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5 years
@Skinny_fatbloke So many questions, not enough tweet. Who is Nivette and why is she being locked outside? But this makes me feel better about my cock up. And about using moist instead of most in an email to my boss once.
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5 years
Being at the front at a gig is a totally different experience in your 40s. It used to be every man for themselves but tonight someone made space for me to hang my cardigan on the barrier.
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3 years
Finally sat down to look at my end of term gifts, I don’t know, there seems to be a bit of a theme but I can’t quite put my finger on it. Anyone???
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2 years
Swimming man this morning after I swam past him: “I can swim as fast as you, you know”. Me: Him: It’s just that I’ve already done a big session in the gym. Me: I did smile though, we all know I’m renowned for not smiling while I swim.
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1 year
I am absolutely shite at gig photos, but another brilliant night with my big sister to see @TheEnglishBeat who were excellent. Thoughts and prayers please for our old lady knees… #ska
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6 years
@vcav Ah no, the book is the international code for please leave me alone. See also, headphones. You shouldn't be able to SEE me with my headphones on so don't even think about talking to me.
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2 years
Working at my parents’ house for a few days & I looked up from my meeting to find Mr Fox watching me. He wants you all to think outside the box, take a deep dive and push the envelope. But only after he’s eaten the remains of some lamb chops my mum has just taken out to him, obvs
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5 years
If a woman says something on the internet but there isn't a man around to tell her it didn't happen, did it actually happen?
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5 years
When you go and collect your hire car and the last person has kindly left their knickers in the back seat. Welcome to Italy!
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2 years
I wear all black when I’m running, which I’ve realised isn’t very me; it’s also not very safe considering I run in the morning when it’s still dark, so for health and safety reasons I’ve introduced a hint of day-glo leopard print into my exercise wardrobe. #york #running
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5 years
@cox_tom I thought we'd ascertained that it was where you keep the Allen key to attach your fake legs...
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9 months
Pretty but cold morning run. Some men at a bus stop thought I wasn’t going fast enough, thing is I’ll get faster while they’ll always be knobs. Didn’t think to say that at the time though obvs, just flicked the Vs & turned Wham up on my headphones. Happy weekend! X #york #running
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5 years
@BibiLynch @Grokefacefull From ex MIL 'it's alright for you, you don't have to worry about diets, you've always been sturdy'.
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3 years
@Kirsty_H220 @peopleareberks Your parents are your blueprint for relationships so how good is it for kids to see a dysfunctional relationship? Relationships break up, it’s part of life so we need to show them how to do it in a healthy way, show them that it’s still possible to communicate.
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4 years
It’s Monday but it’s the last one of half term, we’re all negative & it’s snowy. I think people in ‘normal’ jobs look at snow in terms of how deep it is but when you work in a school you talk about it in terms of whether it’s deep enough for a Y11 to draw a massive penis in it
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2 years
Finishing my birthday slightly drunk in some toilets with my spirit animal. Thank you for all the birthday love you lovely lot xx
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2 years
My piece for @YorksBylines where I bang on about the good old days of porn mags in bushes and the sweet smell of asbestos…
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Yorkshire Bylines
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Can you remember the good old days? When no trip to the playground was complete without the slight risk of a major head injury as you got flung off a rusty, metal roundabout headfirst onto a slab of concrete? | Tracy Kuhn @Tracy_Kuhn
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5 years
@MrsE2B19 In that case I'm very pleased my complete ineptitude has brightened your day :)
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Tracy Kuhn
3 years
Sorry everyone, I can only assume I broke the weather by wearing a summer dress last weekend, I don’t know what I was thinking.
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2 years
Just got dressed quickly and popped to the shop, not really realising which T-shirt I’d grabbed…
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9 years
Just had a very exciting email to say that my book has been shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Prize.
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Tracy Kuhn
5 years
@Skinny_fatbloke Nivette sounds fun. We should all try to be more Nivette. #WWND
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4 years
@RoylePin 1990, first year at uni, bouncer at the student union bar. I'm 5'4. Still laugh when I think about it.
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Tracy Kuhn
5 years
Women don't put off going for a smear out of vanity. Deal with the real issues behind the fall in uptake and stop patronising us.
@BBCBreakfast
BBC Breakfast
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Would a free bikini wax make you more confident about your smear? #Smear #SmearTest #CervicalCancer #Cancer
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4 years
And we're back in business! Easing my feet into this gently with some flat shoes. They've heard rumours of me hanging around with some flip flops and trainers and even walking around bare foot, so I'm trying to convince them that it was just a fling and meant nothing.
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@ZiziFothSi This is Cally. She's eating an ice cream in this but usually prefers coffee and a croissant. She sits on me when I'm in bed with a migraine, I'm working out whether she's nursing me or waiting for me to die...
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5 years
Tonight's theme is subtle and understated in a dress that sheds a handful of glitter everytime I blink and all the eyeliner I own. Rough week + no sleep + free wine. You do the maths...
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Tracy Kuhn
3 years
Except I just replied to someone’s message and I said I need to start moving and my autocorrect changed the word ‘move’ to ‘love making’ so now I can’t leave the house ever again until I’ve changed my name by deed poll and put the house on the market.
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5 years
If you do an hour's circuits class but nobody sees you eat half a jar of peanut butter and a pound of cheese when you get home, did it really happen? Asking for a friend..
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10 months
Slow and steady run/jog/walk in the frost this morning, I’m at the age where I only have to look at some ice and I lose a hip 🥶 #running #york
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2 months
Had a week or so of evening running recently and while I run faster/further it’s a bit too peopley for my liking, so back to the slow early runs with the pigeons and the delivery lorries #running #york
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Tracy Kuhn
3 years
Men, just a reminder that it’s not ok to comment on a woman’s body. It reduces everything we are to something purely physical based on an ideal that you yourselves created. It suggests there are good & bad bodies. Women’s bodies are public property in a way men’s bodies never are
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11 months
I don’t know how your Sunday has been, but mine started with some alpaca love so I think I win.
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5 years
Teenager No.1 has her last exam today then that's it, no more school/college and in 2 weeks she flies off to work in Italy. But I'm FINE! I'm not even crying. Yet.
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Tracy Kuhn
4 years
@Skinny_fatbloke I use proper soap. Also, you can't do the two nuns in a bath joke with handwash...
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