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Eating the hand that feeds me

July 25, 2018by margaretmayhew Leave a comment

This morning I woke up to weak sunlight, thick socks and cold fingers. A perfect time for imagining tropical warmth. Instead, I chose frozen tropical fruit. Judiciously chosen, at 8 […]

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Homelike

July 3, 2018by margaretmayhew 1 Comment

Just over 3 years ago I lost myself in sobs. I had forgotten what sadness felt like, deep wrenching heartbroken grief. I sobbed aloud, hysterically, madly for hours and hours […]

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Hauntology and Speed Dating

January 14, 2018by margaretmayhew Leave a comment

Today I slept in late, with a boring as hell nightmare about a new operating system on my phone reducing me to tears in public while trying to find my […]

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rainbow connection

October 8, 2017by margaretmayhew Leave a comment

This winter in Melbourne has been interminable. After the bracing thrills of rugged up hot chocolate high heating bills warm food fun of June and July, things just seemed to […]

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Calling In

March 28, 2017by margaretmayhew 1 Comment

This is an attempt to wrangle some wordage out of my miasma of dribbling lassitude. I am having a week of work to recuperate just a little bit from a […]

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hatchling bachling lady pokerface

October 29, 2016by margaretmayhew Leave a comment

I am slowly crawling my way out from under the semester of hell. Hellish because I had booked myself in to teach fourteen hours per week at two different campuses. […]

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the fog of comfort

July 23, 2016by margaretmayhew Leave a comment

My feature image is of a snowy foggy morning in Noongarabal country. The fog and snow prevented planes from landing and blocked roads, and provides an easy (cheesy) metaphor for […]

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Contingencies and Cartographies

March 6, 2016by margaretmayhew Leave a comment

I have promised myself that I will write a blog post at least once a month. However, this is more than perfunctory: I have found myself bursting at the seams […]

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Stonewall’s legacy

February 1, 2016by margaretmayhew 1 Comment

I just spent 17 minutes bearing witness to a sideways video posted on youtube. It is a crowd shot, made with someone’s handphone, showing a really small and really brave […]

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Shifting, shuffling, stasis and agency

January 1, 2016by margaretmayhew Leave a comment

I need better words to wrap around the experiences of momentous changes and movements that I have experienced lately. Last year felt like a maelstrom, in which my words and […]

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