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1 week ago |
bellamackie.substack.com | Bella Mackie
I once lied in a history class. I told lots of lies at school - mostly about having done my homework when I hadn’t - but this one was completely pointless and immediately called out. We were discussing Ruth Ellis (the last woman to be put to death in the UK) and I confidently said something about her last words. My teacher gave me a funny look, which made me flush hot, and told me I was misinformed. I pushed back, frantically aware I’d lost respect, but to no avail.
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4 weeks ago |
bellamackie.substack.com | Bella Mackie
I got a text this morning from someone I don’t know very well but like a lot. We met a year or so ago and got on well immediately. It’s rare in adulthood, but when it happens it’s an unmatched feeling isn’t it? To find another woman you instantly see becoming a friend. You get a bit giddy, as though you’re about to go on a really great date, and all without the disappointment of a man. The problem is, without the frameworks of school or an office to usher the new friendship in, I bottle it.
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1 month ago |
bellamackie.substack.com | Bella Mackie
I’m often asked to list the podcasts I listen to, and I thought the bank holiday would be a good time to offer up some of my favourites (and a few other culture hits) for you to peruse. I am never not listening to a podcast. I genuinely think it’s problematic that I cannot be alone with my own thoughts. Half of them don’t even go in, they’re just comforting background noise at this point.
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1 month ago |
bellamackie.substack.com | Bella Mackie
I did a brief Q&A while travelling down to a book event last week and the most commonly asked question, as ever, was asking how I’m getting on with Sertraline. It’s asked both by people on the drug and by those who feel like they might like to try an SSRI in the future but are scared of medication for mental health (the stigma has still not fully gone away).
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1 month ago |
bellamackie.substack.com | Bella Mackie
My husband and I had one of our biggest fights about a squirrel today. It’s never about the squirrel is it? The squirrel could be old socks on the floor, an unpaid bill, a harsh tone. Something small sets one of you off and before you know it you’re aiming the most contemptuous language possible towards the person you love. Except this really was about a squirrel. There has been a squirrel living in the flat roof above our shower for six months now.
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