Lisybabe's Blog

When I was a teenager, swimming was a massive part of my life. And through it all, I was keeping a massive secret. I loved doing really l...

I know from past experience that there's no faster way to lose friends than to talk about your mental health; but I'm going to anywa...

Trigger warning: This post contains discussions of fear and anxiety, medical negligence, animal illness, accidental injuries, suicidal ideat...

Sometimes, you really have to stop digging. TEDxSydney need to learn this lesson. Last year Stella Young gave a talk at TEDxSydney about I...

This was written as part of Blogging Against Disablism Day 2015 . This time 18 years ago I was so ridiculously full of fucking hope. Bei...

Another friend of mine died today. That's three in three months. This time it was the wonderful Lucy Glennon . I can't remember ...

Today I coughed, and then I screamed in pain. It's now 9 days since I wrecked my shoulder . I did it on Boxing Day. On the 27th I ma...

Until last night I hadn't been in an ambulance since I was 8 years old and I shattered my ankle in school. I'm pretty adept at dea...

I've lost 2 friends in the past couple of weeks. First there was Tracey , and then Stella this weekend. I knew Stella long before she...

Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of the culpable homicide [manslaughter] of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp . The International Paralymp...

I'm angry. I wasn't 20 minutes ago. I was exhausted. 3 days of migraine will do that to your energy levels. But then I read this ....

I've been trying to write a piece about Assisted Suicide (AS) for years. I've been collating links and quotes here and there. I'...

Both the mainstream media and the gay press have been writing vast amounts of articles over the last couple of days about Uganda's new h...

2013: What a piece of shit year that was. If I was of a superstitious inclination I'd postulate that with a "13" in the name, ...

This story was in the news yesterday about how a "complaints revolution" is needed in the NHS. But a few years ago I came across ...