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C Lou Hamilton

Gulls

My father was a birder. Gulls were not his birds. But he taught me something about gulls and language: there is no such thing as a seagull…

Jul 4, 2023

Gulls

Jul 4, 2023

C Lou Hamilton

VEGAN READS: The Veg News Guide to Being a Fabulous Vegan by Jasmin Singer (2020)

The first in my new “Vegan Reads” series.

Jan 31, 2021

VEGAN READS: The Veg News Guide to Being a Fabulous Vegan by Jasmin Singer (2020)

Jan 31, 2021

C Lou Hamilton

My first pair of breasts or, A seasonal mystery revisited

I’m sitting on the floor before a television set, one of those old black-and-white boxes with the rabbit ears on top, propped upon a small…

Dec 31, 2020

A drawing of a black corset, Victorian style.

Dec 31, 2020

C Lou Hamilton

Burn Your Pity and Bury Your Judgement: Reading Helen Knott’s IN MY OWN MOCCASINS

What does it mean to read and write about a book that wasn’t written for you?

Dec 8, 2020

Burn Your Pity and Bury Your Judgement: Reading Helen Knott’s IN MY OWN MOCCASINS

Dec 8, 2020

C Lou Hamilton

Mad cows

Early September. A field in Norfolk. A morning walk with partner, friend and small dog. The people are taking in the views while the…

Sep 30, 2020

Mad cows

Sep 30, 2020

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Books Are Our Superpower

Whose Refuge?

Re-reading Terry Tempest Williams’s Refuge

Jul 18, 2020

Whose Refuge?

Jul 18, 2020

C Lou Hamilton

Tracking Shoe Leather

When it comes time to choose the weirdest and most novel expressions of 2020, there will be some fierce competition. I’m getting my vote…

May 30, 2020

Tracking Shoe Leather

May 30, 2020

C Lou Hamilton

7 ANIMAL TALES FOR A PANDEMIC

Seven stories, old and new, about animals, people and disease

Apr 30, 2020

7 ANIMAL TALES FOR A PANDEMIC

Apr 30, 2020

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Tenderly

Being Vegan Helped Me Prepare for This

How to find hope — and allow space for grief — in a time of change

Apr 20, 2020

Being Vegan Helped Me Prepare for This

Apr 20, 2020

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Books Are Our Superpower

Reading/writing food and shame: Always Too Much and Never Enough by Jasmin Singer

Some years ago I was hanging out in a friend’s garden on a sunny London afternoon. There was a little BBQ happening with people from their…

Mar 8, 2020

Reading/writing food and shame: Always Too Much and Never Enough by Jasmin Singer

Mar 8, 2020

C Lou Hamilton

C Lou Hamilton

Author of VEGANISM, SEX AND POLITICS (2019), editor, translator, animal lover, passionate vegan, queer fem/inist 🍏 peninfist.substack.com

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