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Remembering Alba: Sept 2015 - Oct 2024
I have some very sad news to share – my beautiful, White German Shepherd, Alba died on Thursday 10th October 2024. She had just turned...

Madeleina Kay
Oct 13, 20245 min read
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A Crash Course in Bavarian Culture
My friend invited me to stay in Bad Reichenhall, a Bavarian spa town on the border with Austria. The area is famous for being the filming...

Madeleina Kay
Sep 25, 20248 min read
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The NHS is broken, the country is broken and I don't feel safe living in the UK
I wasn't sure whether to write a blog post about my recent health issues, but since it has been affecting my ability to work / live my...

Madeleina Kay
Sep 19, 20246 min read
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"A vanity project if there ever was one"
I decided to invest in some of the professional photos from Alamy Stock in order to make a quality photo book documenting my creative...

Madeleina Kay
Sep 9, 20241 min read
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Speech on Youth Mobility at the Green Party Conference
I'll be honest this event was a struggle. I'm experiencing a high level of pain due to a medical issue and taking a lot of pain killers...

Madeleina Kay
Sep 9, 20242 min read
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Remain Passport and Jazzing up my suitcase with sparkles
I got my passport renewed over the Summer and that of course meant I had to swap my beautiful mauve EU passport for a shitty blue (black)...

Madeleina Kay
Sep 8, 20241 min read
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March for Rejoin III - The Troll Reaction
I was delighted to be invited to speak at the third national Rejoin march in London on Saturday 28th September. I made some posts...

Madeleina Kay
Sep 5, 20241 min read
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Kurdish People's Democratic Assembly at the SNP Conference, Edinburgh
I attended the SNP conference representing the Young European Movement (YEM) last weekend, and got talking to the stall opposite - the...

Madeleina Kay
Sep 2, 20242 min read
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Badge Bag
After a conversation about whether badges are cultish, the ever delightful Lucy asked me to deep-dive blog post anyalsing the badges on...

Madeleina Kay
Aug 29, 20243 min read
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Narcissistic Abuse
This blog post is available upon request.

Madeleina Kay
Aug 28, 20241 min read
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The Last of the Troll Comments (For Now)...
Here are the last of the (recent) troll comments which I have received since starting my MA degree. My intention is to stitch the pieces...

Madeleina Kay
Aug 28, 20241 min read
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Making Some Small Progress on the Research Paper Draft II
Overly conscious that the second draft of our research paper (2,500 words) is due in September, I decided to make some headway over the...

Madeleina Kay
Aug 26, 20245 min read
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Am I a Jewellery Hoarder, Addict or a Collector?
Boudicca took a liking to one of my jewellery boxes which has a faux leatherette cover and more or less shredded it to pieces with her...

Madeleina Kay
Aug 25, 20242 min read
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The Getty Images Archive
I finally got round to looking at Getty Images after discovering an archive of photos of my creative campaigning on Alamy Stock . There...

Madeleina Kay
Aug 12, 20241 min read
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Stand Up to Racism Demo with the International Women in Sheffield Community
I've found the news and social media coverage of the far right, racist riots difficult to cope with in the last couple of weeks. This...

Madeleina Kay
Aug 11, 20244 min read
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Research Project Revision
Due to the difficulties I have been experiencing in trying to co-ordinate in-person interviews with my research project participants - I...

Madeleina Kay
Jul 24, 20243 min read
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"Restore Nature Now" - A Mobile Art Exhibition
Retirement has radicalised my Dad – he never used to be this protest-y. I took him on his first ever protest march (against Brexit) in...

Madeleina Kay
Jun 22, 20242 min read
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"her singing has made EU countries vote far right" - more troll-a-lol-a-loll-ing
I've been collecting troll comments which appeared on my posts from events ahead of the EU elections 6-9th June. This was partly to share...

Madeleina Kay
Jun 11, 20242 min read
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When you discover 8 years of your creative practice have been archived on Alamy Stock without you realising...
Yesterday I was chatting to someone about the experience of being drawn for a portrait artwork - I wanted to send them some examples,...

Madeleina Kay
Jun 10, 20243 min read
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YEUFvision - Youth Participation in the 2024 EU elections
Miraculously, I managed to edit the YEUF project documentary which I have been filming over the last year in five (and a half) days, in...

Madeleina Kay
Jun 4, 20242 min read
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