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Some quick thoughts for @_TheMurmuration on how writers get their work done. (Spoiler: it's not magic!) GOLDEN HOUR #011: a magical thinking library, by @Grace__Pengelly open.substack.com/pub/murmuratio…

A lunchtime err distraction?

NEW on @_TheMurmuration Noticing Loss: How shifting baseline syndrome can help us understand the nature of climate change. murmuration.substack.com/p/golden-hour-…

What does it mean to be postpartum? Last week's essay reflected on the postpartum experience and considers how it might be reframed for today. @jenniferabanks Read for free below: open.substack.com/pub/murmuratio…

#postpartum #motherhood #postnatal #childbirth #parenting #philosophy

What does it mean to be postpartum? This week's essay reflects on the postpartum experience and considers how it might be reframed for today. Read via the link in bio.

I've written about the philosophy of birth & postpartum on @_TheMurmuration #007: Postpartum is Forever, by @Grace__Pengelly open.substack.com/pub/murmuratio…

Currently knee-deep reading up on all things postpartum for my @_TheMurmuration newsletter which will go out to subscribers on Thursday. This week will feature wisdom on Natality from @jenniferabanks, Motherhood from @kerri_ni Sign up via the link in my bio 📩

This week's @_TheMurmuration Golden Hour is a short film about 'morning pages' - preview here: open.substack.com/pub/murmuratio…

Thank you to everyone who has been in touch about this essay. It is heartening to know I’m not alone 💚

‘I no longer care about being good enough. I care more about living a life that is wholly my own, and which reflects more accurately the things I care deeply about’ Thoughts on quitting my job, the meaning of work, and what it means to pursue a vocation: open.substack.com/pub/murmuratio…

🚨 Personal news klaxon🚨 This is my final week of maternity leave and I've decided not to return to the mothership @WmCollinsBooks!From next week I will be taking on freelance writing & editorial work. I've written about why I'm leaving publishing here: murmuration.substack.com/p/in-which-i-s…

‘Protest is always an act of the imagination, a way of saying: it doesn’t have to be like this’. I wrote about attending the Iraq war march as a ten year old and the effect it had on my family. murmuration.substack.com/p/006-a-childs…

Today's Murmuration reflects on the Iraq War and asks: is there any point in protest? open.substack.com/pub/murmuratio…

The Murmuration by Grace Pengelly -- #006: A child’s-eye view of the Iraq War murmuration.substack.com/p/006-a-childs…

Listening to news coverage of the #IPCC report and feeling anxious? I wrote about how unproductive doomerism is for the climate movement and where our imaginations might lead us ⬇️

The Shapes of Motherhood, by @Grace__Pengelly open.substack.com/pub/murmuratio…

Join us this weekend for What is — what if — so what? at @lethabygallery as part of @MOULD_earth's #ArchitectureIsClimate residencies. Together we'll explore how we demonstrate neighbourhood-scale civic infrastructure for social and ecological transition. bit.ly/CSxAiC

The Murmuration by Grace Pengelly: Doomerism is dead, long live the imagination! murmuration.substack.com/p/doomerism-is…