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Emily Turner

Single people have terrible housing options — but I chose the wrong one

“I couldn’t function if I didn’t live alone!” was something I uttered too many times to count. I think it would have been fine, or…

8 min readNov 3, 2021

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A corner of a room with paint peeled off the wall and a ceiling with white pain and writing on it.

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Emily Turner

I’m exhausted from just reading your Twitter bio…

I used to be envious of overachievers, but I’m doing my best to unlearn that.

3 min readOct 31, 2021

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A white femme person holds a mobile phone in front of her open laptop.

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Emily Turner

My autistic diary: Fighting the urge to throw in the towel

I’m good at routines. Would be a shame if something broke one of them…

3 min readOct 30, 2021

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An overhead shot of a femme person in a checkered orange shirt. All that is visible is her white hands with red nailpolish and a ring typing on a Macbook. She is sitting on a grey couch.

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Emily Turner

No one wants coconut sorbet — why major organisations need to listen to the ‘little people’

I’ve worked at the bottom rung of all sorts of major organisations in the UK. They’d make better decisions if they would only listen to…

4 min readOct 28, 2021

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A traditional gelato display with several different flavours in metal trays with spatulas stuck into the,

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Emily Turner

I love you. What are we going to have for dinner?

I’ve been living with my partner for three months now. No one told me it would be this much meal planning.

4 min readOct 27, 2021

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A stock photo of a white, heterosexual couple on a bed. The bed has grey sheets, and the woman has her head in the man’s lap and is feeding him a slice of pizza. At the end of the bed, the pizza sits on a plate with the single slice missing.

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Emily Turner

I used to decry music snobbery — but maybe I’m the one in the wrong

I have never been interested in searching out new, indie music — but is my music consumption akin to buying everything I own from Amazon?

6 min readOct 26, 2021

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A list of most played songs. From the top they are, “Come Dancing” by The Kinks, “How Your Love Makes Me Feel” by Diamond Rio, “Except for Monday” by Lorrie Morgan, “If I Could Make a Living” by Clay Walker, “When Will I Be Loved?” by The Everly Brothers, “XXXs and OOOs” by Trisha Yearwood and “All Summer Long” by Kid Rock.

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What taking part in a vaccine trial is really like

Since the COVID vaccines were introduced I’ve had many conversation with people who are interested in being on vaccine trials — I’ve just…

5 min readOct 25, 2021

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Emily Turner

God, or well, anyone — please give me the grace to accept my grey hair…

I remember getting my first grey hair. I was 21. I had recently shaved my head for the second time. I was in a bathroom in the flat I was…

2 min readOct 24, 2021

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A close-up on the part of the author’s hair. They have a white scalp and dark brown hair, with a significant number of grey roots coming through.

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Emily Turner

Hey parkrunners — you really don’t know parkrun until you’ve joined us at the back!

I am, in no uncertain terms, terrible at running. Always have been. My first memory of having to run was with suburban Canadian organised…

6 min readOct 23, 2021

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Two white people — on the left is a white, femme, white person wearing headphones and looking exasperated. On the right is a white man with glasses and headphones around his neck looking very happy.

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Emily Turner

But what if I got my PhD?

I’ve said it. My friends say it. We’ve all fallen down rabbit holes of looking at advsiors at 3am. But is it really what we want?

4 min readOct 22, 2021

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The author (a white, dark-haired femme person) in a minute red, double-decker bus meant for children to sit in. It is side-on and she is waving at the camera.

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Emily Turner

Emily Turner

Into politics, intersectional feminism, public transport, sex, relationships, and bad music. Autistic and a little too honest for my own good.

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