Made of Stone

It's TEN YEARS since the first episode of My Mad Fat Diary aired!

🎧📀📕🍻🍕🩱🎸🛵

Were you watching in the early days or did you discover it later (or even recently)?

If My Mad Fat Diary means something special to you, it'd be lovely to hear from you, either below or in an Ask. Memories of the show, favourite cast members, outfits, songs, or scenes, and the fanfics or fan art you loved.

Kristen (Genuine 1990s Teenager) xx

Tagging all the Emus my peri-menopausal memory will allow: @flirtmcgirt @lilaviolet @endemictoearth @rockinthebeastmode @kneekeyta @bitchy-broken @late-to-the-sexy-party @justagirlnamedkayla-blog1 @nurseollie @blobwithagob @darlingdiver @rae-nelson @raernundo @rae-as-in-rachel @adventureswithrae @inlovewithnicomirallegro-blog @greenangelheart @teastaindiary @slitherouter @how-ardently @beatum @stagecoachjessi @beccabluebonnet @aggressively-lamps @tinakegg @finn-nelson-pls @fizzezlikecherrycola @mmfdstuff @mymadfatdiary @mmfdblog @raefinnxo @areyousad8118 @woww-e4 @who-iss-stan-ford-blog @girlwithapumpkintattoo @girl-that-no-one-knows @girl-looking-out-window @madfatgifs @madfatty @otherlil @aspiringpolymath @everythingnicomirallegro @hey1tskat1e @i-love-mmfd @itsnicomirallegro @ultimate-slice @pudgebug @facephase @fanningon @fantasticab @themushroomblues @audisodd @audreyoppar

st paul’s

wordsworth avenue, parson cross, sheffield

…As if the writing world were divided up between “those generous fanfic writers who pour hundreds of pages into the world to entertain us all for free, praise them!” and “those rich media conglomerates who need to shut their privileged mouths” and completely ignore that the overwhelming majority of creators are in the middle.

Like, look, fam. I’m a traditionally published author. I won a high-profile contest and sold film rights to a short story and was invited to speak on a panel at a major convention. 

I also work a full-time day job and still have been eating out of my pantry since Thanksgiving. 

Most writers are not Stephen King or J.K. Rowling. Most writers are English teachers and fry cooks and insurance salesmen trying to cram their writing into any spare moment they can. If we’re lucky, maybe we can afford a nice website or plane tickets to go to a convention once in a while. 

So please forgive me if the “people who do it for the LOVE are better than those sell-outs who do it for money” argument leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. 

Support original fiction. 

Support marginalized creators. 

Support small presses and indie writers. 

Relationships are just as unique as the people involved, and I for one absolutely love it! Backgrounds from @gradientoftheday.

fuck your stereotypes

long hair is not “girly”

the same way short hair is not “manly”

hair has no gender

hair is just hair

&as long as you’re not disrespecting a culture with the way you do it