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Reinventing the word ‘spinster’

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Joanna Olney - Journal

Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne, is out now! Read the first chapter online.

Tags: 100DaysofNormal, am i normal yet, feminism, friendship, Holly Bourne, independent, spinster, spinster club, strong, ukya, YA, young, young adult

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Happy Easter from this little guy who knows to ben

Happy Easter from this little guy who knows to bend their front leg for the gram

The sheer joy of the annual family Easter egg hunt

The sheer joy of the annual family Easter egg hunt being legal again.

Clomping around the countryside

Clomping around the countryside

Hang on in there, guys

Hang on in there, guys

AAAAAAHHHH, check out the stunning gold foil proof

AAAAAAHHHH, check out the stunning gold foil proofs of #TheYearbook! These are going out to thank all the wonderful book industry people who've supported my YA career, as a way of saying thank-you. I love them very hard 😍

A bit giddy to reveal the BURN IT ALL TO THE GROUN

A bit giddy to reveal the BURN IT ALL TO THE GROUND* exclusive @waterstones special edition of The Yearbook, which is ready to pre-order NOW. Link in stories. I cannot get over those sprayed flame edges 😍😍😍 I'll be signing 3000 copies of this too, so get clicking! #TheYearbook #HollyBourne10
*not official title

Had a very fun time on the amazing Daisy Is Insati

Had a very fun time on the amazing Daisy Is Insatiable podcast with @thedaisybee, talking about the stories we tell about sex. We chatted about the years I spent helping young people with their most private sexual confessions and how that shaped the books I write. We discussed how around 80% of women can't orgasm through penetration although that's almost 100% of the sex stories we see. We chatted about reclaiming your sexuality after sexual violence (TW for that section). And I spoke very earnestly about how girls are often socialised into being sexual 'learners' rather than sexual 'yearners' - with sexiness and sexuality being a performance of 'hotness', rather than focusing on pleasurable sensations in the body. Thanks so much to Daisy for having me on. And, if this topic interests you, check out @clit.test @doingitpodcast @the.vulva.gallery and @thesexdoctor for amazing advice and further truth-telling.

One fucking year. Unimaginable losses. One cat gai

One fucking year. Unimaginable losses. One cat gained.

The wooooooods are alllliveee with the smell of wi

The wooooooods are alllliveee with the smell of wild garlic #forraging

The Sarah vigils in Brighton this morning. Many wo

The Sarah vigils in Brighton this morning. Many women stopping and reading the signs. Many of them quietly crying. I watched an interview with Margaret Atwood that said this fourth wave of feminism is all about male violence. The verbal, the psychological, the sexual, and the physical. How normalised it is, and unpunished it goes. The trauma so many women carry who were unable to avoid it, no matter what lengths they went to protect themselves. The women who were taken from this world at the hands of men. Not just in the killings of the three woman a week in the UK, but the taking of the women we could've been if it wasnt for the violence we faced. That essence and vitality and zest that comes from feeling safe...how many of us daily mourn that part of ourselves that was robbed? The government has reopened its survey into violence against woman, and I urge you all to tell your stories.

It's been one hell of a week

It's been one hell of a week

A peaceful vigil, for a woman murdered by a police

A peaceful vigil, for a woman murdered by a police officer*, and this is what the police do to the women. I don't have the words...

*allegedly

#reclaimthestreets

Probably farting in the wind here as my following

Probably farting in the wind here as my following is so female but...Any man who has seen the news this week; the outpourings of grief, fear, rage, and stories about how woman try and fail to stay safe from male violence, and want to know how to help, READ THIS BOOK. Buy it and actually read it. Tell your male friends to read it. Talk about what it brings up. It's even written by a guy - bonus! Women can't solve this problem alone, no matter how hard we try. And it's not our problem to solve. It's yours. We aren't safe in our houses (most rapes occur in homes, at the hands of men we know), and this week shows we're not safe on our streets either. Educate yourself, speak up, stop saying "he's just a character" about that mate of yours and challenge his behaviour. Don't wait to have girlfriends, wives, and daughters until you care about women. Uncomfortable? Of course you are. But try and imagine living a life where you literally feel unsafe EVERYWHERE for hugely valid reasons. Educate. Share. Change things.

It's #internationalwomensday 2021, and, sadly, we'

It's #internationalwomensday 2021, and, sadly, we're still living in a world where the simple act of women telling their truth exposes the vile hatred towards us. Whether it's Meghan, Australian politics, or how #MeToo is still being talked about as going "too far" even though rape is effectively legal in the UK... we are scared of women speaking because we know their truth sheds uncomfortable light on disgusting abuses of power and privilege. Believe women. Celebrate and protect the women brave enough to simply speak. Comfort and fight for the women who spoke up but were silenced, marginalised, and disbelieved. Talking shouldn't be a revolutionary act, and yet it is, it is, it is.

In National Trust we trust

In National Trust we trust

wandering lonewy as a clud #daffodils

wandering lonewy as a clud #daffodils

Had the rather shocking news yesterday that @usbor

Had the rather shocking news yesterday that @usborneya and I have just surpassed HALF A MILLION of my teen books sold. Once accounting for all the copies my mother has bought, I'd like to thank the other five of you... Seriously, I'm blown away by this. Writing books for teenagers is such a freakin' privilege; one I never take for granted. Thank you to every single reader, librarian, school librarian, bookseller, Usborne at Home seller, blogger, reviewer, journalist, teacher, and other authors who have supported me along the way. It's such a lovely milestone to have crossed just before The Yearbook comes out. I hope the stories have brought some of you relief, entertainment, laughter and understanding. And a HUGE thank-you to my amazing publisher, Usborne, and all the talented beans who work there, for building me book-by-book, reader-by-reader, the good ol' fashioned way. What a wonderful family to be a part of xxx

It's #EndometriosisAwarenessMonth this March, and

It's #EndometriosisAwarenessMonth this March, and here's a picture of me, off my tits on painkillers, after FINALLY getting surgery for my endometriosis last autumn. It takes, on average, eight years to diagnose, even though it impacts at least one in ten women. Head over to @endometriosis.uk to get to know the symptoms, and help equip yourself with the info to push for the treatment you need. Some doctors are wonderful, but many are sadly still very dismissive of female pain. So much more awareness and research is needed. It took me ten years to get diagnosed and treated. But, now I'm gloriously pain free! It is life-changing!!! I don't like sharing personal stuff on here, but I truly hope this post helps #EndoTheStigma and empowers women and people with wombs to ensure their pain is taken seriously. And, do consider supporting endo charities as more research is so desperately needed.

Teachers and librarians and readers! I recorded a

Teachers and librarians and readers! I recorded a virtual #BBCAuthorsLive with @bbcscotland, chatting about The Places I've Cried In Public, healthy relationships, and writing stories. It's now live on their website and can be used as teaching aids. Will post a link in my stories x

It's #WorldBookDay week next week, and I'm already

It's #WorldBookDay week next week, and I'm already on the virtual school visits. It's so strange not to be dashing madly around the country, living off M&S sandwiches and percy pigs, and getting to meet all the wonderful students, librarians, and their nearest train stations. Instead I'm in the spare bedroom, with a cat who keeps licking her butthole behind me whenever I say anything important. Huge hats off to all the librarians working tirelessly to make this wonderful celebration of reading work in these mad times. xxx

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