Rachel Robbins
Bio
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.
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Stories (83/0)
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 Robbinsabout a year 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 Robbinsabout a year 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 Robbinsabout a year ago in Viva
- Runner-Up in Love Unraveled Challenge
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 Robbinsabout a year 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 Robbins2 years ago in Viva
Why I am not over #PartyGate
For international readers – some context. #Partygate has been trending in the UK for months now, as drip by drip we are learning of the extent of how our government leaders partied their way through lockdown. They made laws which they broke. They made laws which we were told we needed to follow to keep ourselves and others safe. They broke those laws, whilst others were isolated, fined and well-organised, safe protests were heavily policed. They broke those laws by partying.
By Rachel Robbins2 years ago in Families
- Top Story - March 2022
I didn't want to write this postTop Story - March 2022
I didn’t want to write this post, because I have a story I want to write about a middle-aged woman who … blah, blah, blah. I’m not going to give away plot points here. I also want to write some new jokes for my stand up. And I don’t want to write any jokes about violence against women, whether it is verbal, physical or institutional.
By Rachel Robbins2 years ago in Viva