Jingle Hells

This article appeared on December 19, 2017 on Spectrum Women Magazine   by Maura Campbell The festive season is when I feel most like an alien.  Christmas is, from my perspective, the untidiest of the holidays. It is a bizarre mishmash of unconnected traditions overlaid with cloying sentimentality. Why do otherwise sane people dress as Victorians and…

BBC Ouch Storytelling – Awkward Situation @  Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017

In August 2017, I got to utter the coolest (for me) sentence ever: "The BBC flew me over to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival." It was for a storytelling event organised by BBC Ouch on the subject of 'awkward moments'. (Hey, if I can't do awkward, I don't know who can.) My bit is…

‘Dina’ – Movie review

This article appeared on January 24, 2018 on Spectrum Women Magazine   by Maura Campbell Dina (2017) is an unconventional love story featuring an autistic couple, Dina Buno and Scott Levin, and was the recipient of the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The movie charts the weeks leading up to Dina and…