PinnedAnna Spargo-RyanGrowing out of itIt won’t surprise you to learn that as an Extremely Sad Teenager I listened to a lot of three-piece bands. Soundgarden, Portishead…15 min read·Oct 23, 2022--1--1
PinnedAnna Spargo-RyanWhy I do not routinely act like a knob even though I have ADHDLike many people with ADHD, I wasn’t diagnosed until I was a grown adult. There I was, out in the world: setting several dozen alarms in my…·6 min read·Apr 28, 2021--1--1
Anna Spargo-RyanNovIn the months before Gaz and I moved in together, I had a miscarriage in my friend Lisa’s toilet. I remember Lisa was making a lamb pizza…5 min read·Nov 14, 2022--1--1
Anna Spargo-RyanR U OK now?I am so lucky to have people who care enough to realise when I’m tracking badly and do what they can to help. Many, many people deal with…4 min read·Sep 8, 2022--1--1
Anna Spargo-RyanI have only written about my miscarriage once.I was about twelve weeks along. At the time, I was working at the Royal Australian Air Force base in Laverton, west of Melbourne. My…3 min read·May 9, 2021----
Anna Spargo-RyanHow to be mental in the apocalypseIn the last moments of 2019, a town gathered by the water under a red sky. The fire had come too quickly, there was no time to evacuate…·5 min read·Jan 3, 2020----
Anna Spargo-RyanGladiatorial moments in suburban cushioI needed a couple of fitted sheets, so I went off to my local linen store.·2 min read·Nov 15, 2019----
Anna Spargo-RyanThe Greatest Legacy of AllWhen I was 14, I went with my boyfriend and his parents to Footy Park on a Saturday afternoon. We had never been to the football together…·8 min read·Sep 26, 2019----