Rachel Robbins
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Writer-Performer based in the North of England. A joyous, flawed mess.
Please read my stories and enjoy. And if you can, please leave a tip. Money raised will be used towards funding a one-woman story-telling, comedy show.
Stories (170)
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Women in Hats
Sometimes, before I fall asleep I see his grinning face and I want him to know that I am dangerous. I want to watch his fear as he stumbles backwards, over a cliff, or from the shot of my gun. He will learn, too late, that I meant “no” when I said it. I am a woman who watches old movies. So believe me when I say, I know about stylish revenge. It is best served wearing a hat.
By Rachel Robbins3 years ago in Geeks
Hey, I’ve done a funny!
Here’s a picture of me doing stand-up. It was from a gig I did last week. I was not particularly happy with my performance, but it doesn’t show in these photos. I also got one of my favourite pieces of feedback when a young woman said that she loved my bit on intersectional feminism.
By Rachel Robbins3 years ago in Journal
Faith Domergue
Faith Domergue was a film actress, with a long career from her first film role as an uncredited part in the 1941 Blues in the Night, to 1974’s The House of Seven Corpses. Her busiest period was in the 1950s when she appeared in a number of science fiction, monster and horror movies, as well as a number of westerns. She was known as a Scream Queen.
By Rachel Robbins3 years ago in Geeks
Little Feminism
I have a joke in my stand up set, about how I used to be a “professional feminist”. I even co-edited a book on intersectional feminism and social work. But I’m now back to amateur status, since I gave up my academic job as a Domestic Abuse researcher. (As an amateur, my times have really suffered – it takes me much longer to rant a "man-athon").
By Rachel Robbins3 years ago in Viva
Day Dreaming is Writing
I got my best piece of writing advice long after I had my first writing published. What? You’ve never heard of me? Well, that must mean that you’re not a social work academic with a special interest in UK-based domestic abuse research. Otherwise, well, I was quite the medium-sized deal.
By Rachel Robbins3 years ago in Journal
Men write about Women
He had a guitar in his room. He had a notebook and stray bits of paper on his bed. He had a button fly and his hair in quiff. All warning signs that he was a sensitive soul who wrote his own lyrics. The next day there was a stray piece of paper in tight handwriting pushed under her door; folded in two and labelled For You.
By Rachel Robbins4 years ago in Viva
