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A Q&A With the Founder of Speechify
Have you heard of the app Speechify ? If you’re dyslexic, have ADHD, low sight, or any other conditions that make it difficult for you to...

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Jan 266 min read
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Everything I Wish I Knew About Food
Food is difficult. In a world where we wish we could grab hold of the reigns for a minute of control, food can become something people on...

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Jun 14, 20243 min read
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Everything I Wish I Knew About Communication
I was in a service station with my mum the other day, watching an altercation play out between a McDonald’s worker and a man whose first...

hannahcrosswriter
May 31, 20243 min read
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Everything I Wish I Knew About Emotions
Many undiagnosed autistic people are misdiagnosed with an array of mental health disorders before the healthcare professionals arrive at...

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May 17, 20245 min read
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Everything I Wish I Knew About Dating
Dating in the 21st century is a minefield as it is, without the added complication of an undiagnosed neurological condition. For the...

hannahcrosswriter
May 9, 20246 min read
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What I Learned When I Gave Up My Phone
I recently found myself feeling down, stuck in a hole, and wondering what I could do to scrabble my way out. One of the worst parts of...

hannahcrosswriter
Feb 24, 20224 min read
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Diet Culture Drop-Out
Veronica Roth said, ‘This body had carried me through a hard life. It looked exactly the way it was supposed to.’. I’ve struggled all my...

hannahcrosswriter
Jan 29, 20222 min read
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I Am Boring
When I stopped drinking, I seemed to stop having fun. Or so I thought. I’ll admit I stopped socialising, I didn’t want to do much other...

hannahcrosswriter
Dec 13, 20213 min read
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Is Sex Work Feminist?
I listened to a discussion on radio four yesterday about whether sex work is feminist. I haven’t come to a conclusion and will leave it...

hannahcrosswriter
Oct 5, 20212 min read
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Would I be Anxious in an Autistic World?
Just as I’ve heard some trans individuals remark that they wouldn’t feel the need for surgery if the world wasn’t gendered in binary...

hannahcrosswriter
Sep 12, 20213 min read
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Equality equals...
The true meaning of feminism is equality, right? We want equality for all. Feminism feels a little binary now. Like we can only fight for...

hannahcrosswriter
Sep 7, 20212 min read
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Medication, Meditation, Mediation, Motivation
I’ve had a rough few months. Well, a rough year really, but haven’t we all? Firstly, my wedding was cancelled back in July 2020. Then I...

hannahcrosswriter
Sep 3, 20213 min read
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Annoyingly Efficient
Following an emotionally exhausting bank holiday weekend, I’ve done a fair amount of reflection. There have been so many men who’ve hurt...

hannahcrosswriter
Sep 1, 20212 min read
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The Destination Does Not Exist
We’ve all heard the saying ‘it’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey’. I’ve felt this a lot lately when it comes to my head...

hannahcrosswriter
Jun 19, 20212 min read
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The Vacuous Search for Identity
Ah, I could write thousands upon thousands of words about social media and the narcissism it produces. Maybe I will one day write a book...

hannahcrosswriter
Jun 11, 20212 min read
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Circle
When you are going through hardship, is it possible to help others? This is an important idea, as we are all facing our own individual...

hannahcrosswriter
Jun 9, 20212 min read
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We Will Make it
“I feel in the profoundest sense that nothing can ever be the same – that, as artists, we are traitors if we feel otherwise: we have to...

hannahcrosswriter
Mar 6, 20214 min read
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#MeToo (Trigger Warning)
I’m currently finishing up a memoir I’m writing. I’ve kept quiet about the subject matter for a long time, because it is controversial....

hannahcrosswriter
Feb 28, 20213 min read
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Hope
Hope. Such an essential emotion. Perhaps, the most fundamental of human sentiment. Sometimes, the one thing that gets us through the day....

hannahcrosswriter
Jan 11, 20212 min read
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Dear Bullies,
I’ve wanted to write You this letter for years, but only now have I the words to articulate myself authentically. Only now, at the age of...

hannahcrosswriter
Nov 6, 20203 min read
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