Beth Kirkbride
bettykirkers.bsky.social
Beth Kirkbride
@bettykirkers.bsky.social
Freelance journalist & marketing professional • Founder/editor
of The Indiependent • 🏳️‍🌈 she/her
I'll update this thread with future issues but just wanted to share them all here in the meantime; the process of writing them has been cathartic for me but hopefully helpful/instructive to anyone else who is the process of figuring similar things out about themselves and their sexuality!
May 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The most recent issue was about the necessary evolution of my relationship with Harry Potter, consequent on the problematic views of She Who Must Not Be Named: queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com/p/i-cant-go-...
I can’t go back to Hogwarts
On Harry Potter, fanfiction, and knowing when to let go of things we once loved
queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Then I spoke about my formative friendships with women, and how with hindsight, it's pretty bloody obvious what was going (wr)on(g): queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com/p/admiration...
Admiration, attraction, and everything in between
Girls I loved before I had the words
queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I tackled every queer person's least favourite subject – exercise – and how again, my relationship with sport has fluctuated in line with my understanding of my sexuality: queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com/p/am-i-worki...
Am I working out or working something out?
I dare you to show me a queer person who doesn't have a complicated relationship with exercise
queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Then, I wrote about my relationship with fashion and how my style has changes as my understanding of my sexuality has evolved: queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com/p/comphet-ch...
Comphet, chokers and coming out: My queer fashion journey
A lesson in how to dress "more gay"
queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The piece after that was on the importance of the words we use to describe ourselves: queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com/p/eras-of-us...
Eras of us: How the words we use shape who we become
Identity is fluid – and that's okay
queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The second essay was about how travel impacts your identity, and what I wish my friends knew about my experiences on the road: queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com/p/newsflash-...
Newsflash: Travelling doesn’t make you inherently more “interesting”
Being boring and the backpacking myth
queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The first essay was about choosing to have an abortion last July, and how that paved the way for a bucketlist trip to the Great Wall of China in February, around my due date: queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com/p/im-meant-t...
I'm meant to be having a baby this weekend
Instead, I just hiked the Great Wall of China by myself...
queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM