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Getting the Work Done: Tips to Combat Procrastination
I share my tips to combat procrastination as a disabled academic, writer, and marketer.

Erin Hawley
7 days ago6 min read


On Modern Retellings: Medea and Clytemnestra
Right now, I am in the final stretch of my Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome course at Villanova University. This was a condensed summer class of 9 weeks, focusing on themes such as: sexuality and philosophy in Plato’s Symposium; archaic Greek poetry and vase paintings; women, desire, and Sappho; ancient insults surrounding masculinity (this was wild); and erotic educations in Euripides’ Hippolytus and Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe (a new favorite, and possibly the

Erin Hawley
Jul 2712 min read


Let Me Re-Introduce Myself: Why I Left The Geeky Gimp and Where I Am Now
It's been a very long time since I've written a blog post. I used to run The Geeky Gimp, a blog focused on accessibility and disability representation in nerdy media. I wrote video game accessibility reviews, hacks to make your board game design inclusive, and breakdowns of Star Trek episodes through the lens of disability. I had The Geeky Gimp blog for over ten years, and it led to some amazing opportunities: connections to big tech companies and speaking engagements; freela

Erin Hawley
Jul 143 min read
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