🖋 SWANK Dispatch | 14 December 2024
I CAN DO A BETTER JOB ALONE—BECAUSE YOU’RE JUST GETTING IN THE WAY.
Filed From: Flat 22, 2 Periwinkle Gardens, London W2
Author: Polly Chromatic
Filed Under: Legal Sabotage · Parental Interference · Financial Collapse · Working Mother · Email Theatre · Disability Ignored · Lawyer Silence · British Misogyny · SWANK Rage Dispatch
💸 THE EMAIL THAT SHOULD HAVE TRIGGERED ACTION—BUT WAS MET WITH SHRUGS:
“I’ve had to take off so much time from work due to all of your abuse that we just really don’t have any money now, so I hope you are all happy with yourselves.”
“You’ve caused more problems than anything and I’ve received no advice from my lawyers or you.”
“I can’t reach my lawyers for advice when I need it, so I’m giving up on them.”
“I can do a better job alone without all of you abusing us.”
“Not sure why British people act like I don’t have things to do.”
“Do British mothers sit around doing nothing?”
When a mother can name every gas leak, court misstep, and safeguarding lie—
you’d think someone would listen.
🧠 TRANSLATED FOR THE FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE:
You stole my time and called it concern.
You broke my access and called it advocacy.
You undermined my work and blamed my motherhood.
This isn’t oversight.
It’s institutional freeloading on the backs of women who already do everything alone.
📣 THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL WHO STILL ACTS LIKE ONE:
“Dr Reid and I are the only people who care about my kids right now.”
That isn’t just a statement.
It’s a damning exhibit.
📎 FOR COURT, FOR ARCHIVE, FOR ANYONE WHO CAN ACTUALLY READ:
I am working—while defending against your disruption.
I am mothering—in spite of your intrusions.
I am documenting—because your literacy seems discretionary.
Polly Chromatic
Economically sabotaged. Legally ghosted. Vocationally undefeated.
📍 Flat 22, 2 Periwinkle Gardens, London W2
🌐 www.swankarchive.com