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Madelaine Lucy Hanson
Madelaine Lucy Hanson

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The Infantilisation Of Women: 27 and still a child, a victim, and prey

I expected this at 19. At 27, it’s really grating — Whatever you want to call me, I’m just not the stupid stereotype of a partying, ditsy, fun-loving, naïve and unfocused young woman. Which is incredibly misogynist, but there we go. I like staying in to watch documentaries on geopolitics and buying paint swatches. I want to go to Capri just to see Tiberius’s palaces instead of the beaches. I have strong opinions on how to teach a child to read. In short: I see myself as an adult. But bafflingly, men still don’t.

Dating

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The Infantilisation Of Women: 27 and still a child, a victim, and prey
The Infantilisation Of Women: 27 and still a child, a victim, and prey
Dating

4 min read


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The Paperwork Of Beelzebub

Short black comedy story — Not unusually for a Thursday, it had begun to rain frogs. Which would have been fine, of course, except Glunk had left his umbrella back at the Department of Minor Inconveniences. …

Comedy

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The Paperwork Of Beelzebub
The Paperwork Of Beelzebub
Comedy

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The Games Of The Children

Short psychological horror story — There was a sour wind that blew up the long grasses from the Morston isle and swum with the hollow sob of the gulls. It lingered there, bitterly cold on the warmest of days, haunting the reeds and the rushes before fading back with the withdrawing tides. …

War

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The Games Of The Children
The Games Of The Children
War

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Talk Of The Fenfolk

Samuel Loveday and the strange death of Eupham Naycroft — The mist gripped at the lowlands and slumbered across the fens. There was nothing here, nothing but the edges of reeds and the shutter of smoke and the snap of the branches. Here, in late November, the sea swept up high and the only way from Gremen Fen to Lewyck…

Magic

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Talk Of The Fenfolk
Talk Of The Fenfolk
Magic

10 min read


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In Defence Of Silvie The Cam Girl

Sex work and the morality of income: yes, yours too — There’s a Yiddish song I’ll share with you: You’ve got to give the butcher his sher (dance)/ no matter what you buy or what you wear/ You’ve got to give the butcher his lot/ for being everything you think you’re not. Opening Remarks to the Court of Public Opinion For little strips of green paper, money has a…

Crime

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In Defence Of Silvie The Cam Girl
In Defence Of Silvie The Cam Girl
Crime

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20 hours ago

Not sure if he still likes you? Here’s a great lifehack to find out

I’m not one for manipulation, but this definitely works — I’ll be honest with you darling, you already know the answer to this one. You’re not a baby. You know that when someone isn’t into you anymore, they stop checking in, saying nice things, or trying to see you. But hey: sometimes it’s nice to pretend he’s just busy, just over the honeymoon phase, or just really stressed about his goldfish. I mean he isn’t, but okay.

Romance

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Not sure if he still likes you? Here’s a great lifehack to find out
Not sure if he still likes you? Here’s a great lifehack to find out
Romance

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4 days ago

Mori

Short neo-gothic horror story — I woke to his hands at the base of my neck. Those wide, hard thumbs lined and gnarled and festering with time, brusque with the abrasion of decades long sunk before I breathed. I repulse you, his touch seemed to say in the dark. I repulse you, and that is…

Horror

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Mori
Mori
Horror

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Mar 13

Bad boys and worse dates: 5 ways men go wrong with dating women

Confidence is not the same as being awful, gentlemen — I’m a strong believer that men and women are identical in social ability, intelligence, and reasoning. Unfortunately, due to the cultural expectation of higher empathy and emotional intelligence from girls from a younger age, many men don’t get the same level of investment in developing intuitive social skills and reflexive expression and articulation. Boys are told not to cry, to man up, to not discuss their feelings and not to feel deeply about the emotions of others. Girls, on the other hand, are taught to place the reading and management of other people above all other skill sets. It’s a no-brainer that women are considered ‘complex and manipulative’ when we’ve often had hundreds of hours of conversations on our feelings, needs, and those of others. I digress. On this point, here are five things I think men get badly, badly wrong when dating women:

Dating

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Bad boys and worse dates: 5 ways men go wrong with dating women
Bad boys and worse dates: 5 ways men go wrong with dating women
Dating

6 min read


Mar 3

When you actually need to get divorced or ditch him: and why it’s not a bad thing

I’ve seen a lot (a lot) of break ups. Here’s when it’s actually over — Is it ever going to get better? That’s the most important thing you have to ask yourself in any long-term commitment. Is he going to come to bed and hold you again? Is he going to send you a lovely text just because he’s thinking about you at work? Is he going to say sorry and try to make amends when he hurts you? If you can’t realistically see that happening: please get out.

Divorce

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When you actually need to get divorced or ditch him: and why it’s not a bad thing
When you actually need to get divorced or ditch him: and why it’s not a bad thing
Divorce

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Mar 2

James Bond: A Spy At Home

James Bond, but realistic on a civil servant’s budget — James smirked at the blushing brunette, watching her hide a ladder in her stockings behind anxious finger tips. Despite her better judgement, she’d come up to room 410 with him, a suave stranger, a suited mystery among the quotidian masses of Peterborough. “Let me get you a drink,” he murmured…

Satire

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James Bond: A Spy At Home
James Bond: A Spy At Home
Satire

2 min read

Madelaine Lucy Hanson

Madelaine Lucy Hanson

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26 year old with an awful lot to say about everything. Opinions entirely my own. Usually. madelaine@madelainehanson.co.uk

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