Jodie Matthews is a writer with a penchant for the bittersweet. An art school drop-out, Jodie ran from the beautiful Cornish countryside and found herself in the smoggiest city, Stoke on Trent, where she works as a nine to five Technical Writer and a full time creative. Her number one aim when writing is to be self-questioning, honest, and invoke a feeling of nostalgia. She has been published by Black and Blue, Parallel Mag, Ladybeard and more. Her newest collection of poetry ‘Live With the Lump in Your Throat’ is available via lulu.com. She enjoys coffee and romance (both bittersweet) and dislikes writing about herself in the third person. Find her on her website and on Instagram @jodiermatthews and Twitter.
Posts contributed to by Jodie Matthews
Take What You’re Given
Writing by Jodie Matthews // Photography by Selma Reis // The idea that we, the queer, bi, lesbian girls, have to take what we’re given stuck with me for a really long time.
Read MoreSad Girl in the Real World: Managing Your Mental Health at University
Writing by Jodie Matthews // Photograph of Lucía Pereyra //Managing your mental health at university feels like a monumental task. Mentally stable and physically prepared students struggle enough, so those of us that feel like we’re tip-toeing along the line of sanity are in for a real kick in the ass.
Read MoreHe Still Sends Flowers
Writing by Jodie Matthews // Photograph by Alessandra Scalogna // What do you do if you leave an unhappy relationship and your situation gets worse?
Read MoreFinding Yourself in a Relationship
Writing by Jodie Matthews // Photograph by Federica Santolamazza // Finding yourself in your relationship is the best thing you can do for your partner, and yourself.
Read MoreQueer Sex
Writing by Jodie Matthews // Photograph by Pipi Gimenez // As it stands, queer women appear to be homogenised into two groups– masculine and unattractive (read as: not seen as “real women”) or fetishised commodities for the male voyeur.
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