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Alice Hattrick
Alice Hattrick is a British writer, video producer and an associate lecturer at the London College of Fashion, and lives with ME/CFS.[1][2]
Early life
Alice Hattrick's mother collapsed with pneumonia which led to her developing ME/CFS when Alice was eight. Alice also became ill as a child, and was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome.[1] She studied the History of Art and worked in the film industry, before studying at the Critical Writing In Art & Design at the UK's Royal College of Art.[3]
In 2021, Hattrick published their first book, Ill Feelings, part memoir on ME/CFS, chronic illness, and attitudes towards women with disabilities, and part literary criticism.[2][4]
ME/CFS
Alice Hattrick was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome as a child, their ― Alice Hattrick uses their/she pronouns ― symptoms as a child included common childhood ME symptoms:
- stomach aches
- headaches that lasted all day
- sleepiness during school break times
- pain in their arms and legs after Physical Education (P.E.) classes.[1]
Despite being diagnosed at a children's hospital, and growing up with a mother disabled by ME/CFS, Hattrick was not "fully convinced" of their diagnosis as a child.[1][2]
It's still an impossible diagnosis—too serious to be fake, too subjective to be real
— —Alice Hattrick on ME/CFS[1]
Talks and interviews
- Oct 7, 2021, "Society is ableist": Alice Hattrick on gender, chronic illness and long Covid - New Stateman: The Culture Interview
- Sept 30, 2021, Ill Feelings: Stories of Unexplained Illness, with Alice Hattrick in conversation with Abi Palmer - YouTube
Articles
- Feb 2017, Ill Feelings - The White Review
Books
- alternative title: Ill Feelings
Online presence
- Website/Blog (inactive, Apr 2022)
- YouTube
See also
Learn more
- Ill Feelings by Alice Hattrick - The Crack magazine
- Alice Hattrick - David Higham Associates
- Excerpt from Ill Feelings by Alice Hattrick - GRANTA
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Peirson-Hagger, Ellen (October 7, 2021). ""Society is ableist": Alice Hattrick on gender, chronic illness and long Covid". New Stateman | The Culture Interview. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hattrick, Alice (August 5, 2021). "Excerpt from Ill Feelings by Alice Hattrick". Fitzcarraldo Editions. Retrieved April 9, 2022 – via GRANTA.
- ↑ "Alice Hattrick". Royal College of Art. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ↑ Taylor, Jonathan (August 25, 2021). "Ill Feelings by Alice Hattrick". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
