Name: Jade

Reading: Racism on the Victorian Stage: Representation of Slavery and the Black Character, Hazel Waters

Why did you want to read this? I love reading aloud, and therefore took this opportunity to read aloud for my pleasure, which also, given my anxiety around lack of time, and reading about slavery and racism (which we do so much of alone, and that I can only do intermittently - I am a slow reader of non-fiction), I took as an activity that would allow me to ease into both of these non/work necessities, that is to prioritise reading around my subject area and history that directly effects my lived experience. I read it through aloud, on reading for the first time, and I would say that specialist words are clumsily mispronounced, among other regular hesitations and interruptions (from Hilda, my puppy, occasionally).

How did you record yourself? Because the chapter is so long, I recorded myself at intervals from my drawing desk (an old engineers’ desk), on my MacBook Pro using the QuickTime Player feature, reading with both hands holding the book, but trying not to let it cover my mouth too much.