HeyJaredEccentricities by Ellen Jones
A newsletter about the outsiders, unconventional existences & accidentally & intentionally eschewing norms from a queer, feminist & neurodivergent perspective. Written by Ellen Jones, debut author of Outrage.
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Whatever happened to weird writing (opens the original)
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I have been working on a piece recently that I feel I can’t publish. It’s deeply personal and it’s about something that is important to me, but I’m aware that it is very different to the kinds of things I usually write, the things I am known for.We live in a culture where perfection is expected; the notion of messiness cast out from our aesthetics. My world has been flooded over the past few years with the clean girl girl era / living / beauty / aesthetic / diet. Be neat, be tidy, be good. Me? I
Maybe I'm not a bad writer. Maybe I'm just a neurodivergent one. (opens the original)
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We are a week into Disability Pride Month and I’m finding myself annoyed at my body, at my brain. There is a voice in my head constantly saying you’re not doing enough, why can’t you keep up with everyone else? Where are your next projects? I don’t always think this is my voice, but it’s there nonetheless and it’s insidious. I published my debut book Outrage in 2025, the paperback at the start of 2026. I was 24 when I got my book deal, 26 when I published which I realise is far younger than the
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