The Malignant Ginger

I'm Jojogingerhead, a 31 year old artist & musician based in Brighton (UK) satirically documenting the highs and lows of my secondary triple negative breast cancer diagnosis. Trying to see the light in a dark and scary situation without using the words fight, battle, journey or survivor.

Giant ginger Afro

I finally found a wig I will actually wear. The sensible dowdy NHS one that cost £250 remains firmly on my shelf gathering dust. Instead I have taken to browsing cosplay websites and found this […]

Aug, 30

Wedding cake rejecting it’s filling

I managed to create a monstrosity this afternoon. It’s supposed to be a lemon drizzle cake for my friends wedding but the cake decided to reject it’s own filling. People keep saying it looks like […]

Aug, 29

Brain freeze

  Thank you so much to my lovely amazing mummy who sent me a parcel to cheer me up. Yes, those are brain ice cube moulds, and no, they’re not for the bloody ice bucket […]

Aug, 28

Deformed ginger nausea nudibranch

I’ve been making drinks of grated ginger in hot water with honey and lemon and noticed a specimen of ginger today that looked like a nudibranch or sea slug. After posting the photo on Facebook, […]

Aug, 27

First attempt at making energy balls

I really like these Spirulina and Ginseng Bounce energy balls that you can buy from health food shops but they are mega expensive. Today I used all my energy making my own version of the […]

Aug, 27

Guess the food mush!

Can anyone guess what the above food mush is? The winner will win a Tupperware of a food mush of their choice. My mouth is so incredibly sore from the chemo that I have taken […]

Aug, 26

Fuck cancer shelf

I must have been bored today as I spent a few hours organising my fuck cancer shelf. I can’t believe how much paperwork and medication I have accumulated after only three months of tests and […]

Aug, 26

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