Freelance Services and Shop

Freelance Services:

Day Rate: £320 per day (£150 per day to registered charities and CICs)

. Creative Practice Facilitation

. Non-profit Project Management

. Accessibility and Inclusion Consultancy Lived-experience and professional expertise centred feedback on how accessible your building, public space, or concept is for people with a range of physical disabilities, including visual impairment and d/Deafness, neurodivergent individuals, people with de-privileged bodies, and people of limited and restricted financial means. . Accessible Heritage - check out Heritaretical for an insight into my perspective on history and heritage. . Masculinity and Masculine Presence - how to raise boys well, how to include men, correcting toxic masculinity effectively, and why misandry and androphobia doesn't solve anything. Suitable for educational, professional, and social spaces. To book any of these services, please reach out to: theproductivepessimist@yahoo.com

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A QUEER BEGINNING A3 Canvas: £150 A4 Framed: £65 A4 Unframed: £45 Postcard: £6

GARDENING LEAVE
A4 Unframed: £25
A4 Framed: £40
Postcard: £6.00

ALL AT SEA

Postcard Only: £6

AIR, EARTH, AND FIRE
A4 Framed: £25
A4 Unframed: £15
Postcard: £6

Short Play Script: Rainsoaked Rainbows: £10, includes all performance and reproduction rights.

Play calls for 4 characters & minimal scenery. Ideal for amateur companies.
Running time approx 15mins

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Have We Reached The End of Growth?

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What Your Boss (and HR) Say When They Think You're Not In the Room

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(Un)Packing the Punch: What People Mean When They Mock Equality

"If women want equality, it's fine if I punch you, then?" "Why should I give up my seat for a pregnant woman? They wanted equality, after all!" "Equality means she should be doing a proper day's work, too, not lounging around scrolling socials all day!" These are all common retorts against the equality that is legally enforced to the benefit of cisgender, able-bodied, mentally well women (and which is often more readily and fully given to white women in those categories.) The perception of the Left is that this is "proof that men just want to be violent." And some men - and some women, and some non-binary folk - undoubtedly do. The possibility of being an objectionable piece of sh*t who wants to harm others, and make irresponsible choices, is a fundamental aspect of being human, which is why the consequences of irresponsible and anti-social choices should never be weakened or removed. For many others, though, their discomfort with th...

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