Christina Reading is an independent artist and writer from the UK. In her practical work Christina articulates internal narratives and shared conversations based on her own experience and memories, incorporating references to other literary, mythical, archival, and poetic sources. She has published and exhibited widely on themes relating to creativity and autoethnography and her publications include Walking for Creative Recovery (2022) and Conversations on Creative Process, Methods, Research and Practice (2023)Jess Moriarty is Principal Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Brighton, UK, where she leads the Creative Writing MA and is Co-director of the Centre for Arts and Wellbeing. Jess is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has published extensively on autoethnography and creative writing pedagogy. Her previous publications include Authoethnographies from the Neoliberal Academy (co-editor, 2017), Walking for Creative Recovery (2019) and Conversations on Creative Process, Methods, Research and Practice (2023).

• List of Figures List of Authors and ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction Why are we writing this? Why now? Jess Moriarty and Chris Reading Chapter 1. Misogyny Jess Moriarty and Vicki PaintingChapter 2. Challenging health taboos and creating to live well Jess Moriarty with Alf Le FlohicChapter 3. Who has time to be an activist? Christina Reading with Pat NaldiChapter 4. Reshaping the world: Imagination, activism and feminism Christina Reading with Michelle Williams GamakerChapter 5. Collective action and community for creative activism Chris Reading and Jess Moriarty with Anthony Kalume Chapter 6. Evolving Jess MoriartyConclusion Walking back – where are we now? Jess Moriarty and Chris Reading

Christina Reading is an independent artist and writer from the UK. In her practical work Christina articulates internal narratives and shared conversations based on her own experience and memories, incorporating references to other literary, mythical, archival, and poetic sources. She has published and exhibited widely on themes relating to creativity and autoethnography and her publications include Walking for Creative Recovery (2022) and Conversations on Creative Process, Methods, Research and Practice (2023)Jess Moriarty is Principal Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Brighton, UK, where she leads the Creative Writing MA and is Co-director of the Centre for Arts and Wellbeing. Jess is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has published extensively on autoethnography and creative writing pedagogy. Her previous publications include Authoethnographies from the Neoliberal Academy (co-editor, 2017), Walking for Creative Recovery (2019) and Conversations on Creative Process, Methods, Research and Practice (2023).

• List of Figures List of Authors and ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction Why are we writing this? Why now? Jess Moriarty and Chris Reading Chapter 1. Misogyny Jess Moriarty and Vicki PaintingChapter 2. Challenging health taboos and creating to live well Jess Moriarty with Alf Le FlohicChapter 3. Who has time to be an activist? Christina Reading with Pat NaldiChapter 4. Reshaping the world: Imagination, activism and feminism Christina Reading with Michelle Williams GamakerChapter 5. Collective action and community for creative activism Chris Reading and Jess Moriarty with Anthony Kalume Chapter 6. Evolving Jess MoriartyConclusion Walking back – where are we now? Jess Moriarty and Chris Reading

Christina Reading is an independent artist and writer from the UK. In her practical work Christina articulates internal narratives and shared conversations based on her own experience and memories, incorporating references to other literary, mythical, archival, and poetic sources. She has published and exhibited widely on themes relating to creativity and autoethnography and her publications include Walking for Creative Recovery (2022) and Conversations on Creative Process, Methods, Research and Practice (2023)Jess Moriarty is Principal Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Brighton, UK, where she leads the Creative Writing MA and is Co-director of the Centre for Arts and Wellbeing. Jess is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has published extensively on autoethnography and creative writing pedagogy. Her previous publications include Authoethnographies from the Neoliberal Academy (co-editor, 2017), Walking for Creative Recovery (2019) and Conversations on Creative Process, Methods, Research and Practice (2023).

• List of Figures List of Authors and ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction Why are we writing this? Why now? Jess Moriarty and Chris Reading Chapter 1. Misogyny Jess Moriarty and Vicki PaintingChapter 2. Challenging health taboos and creating to live well Jess Moriarty with Alf Le FlohicChapter 3. Who has time to be an activist? Christina Reading with Pat NaldiChapter 4. Reshaping the world: Imagination, activism and feminism Christina Reading with Michelle Williams GamakerChapter 5. Collective action and community for creative activism Chris Reading and Jess Moriarty with Anthony Kalume Chapter 6. Evolving Jess MoriartyConclusion Walking back – where are we now? Jess Moriarty and Chris Reading