<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Olivia J Loader - Writer/Director]]></title><description><![CDATA[Olivia J Loader]]></description><link>https://www.oliviajloader.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:36:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.oliviajloader.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Mentality Matters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Class and identity are often things you don't have to consider until you are removed from your normal, comfortable circumstances and forced  to consider them. How can you know that you're an outsider until you're placed on the outside looking in? How can you understand that your outlook, your mentality, your voice, your personality, your sense of being makes you different?  Rooted in our core like stubborn weeds are the phrases spoken to us, as well as the phrases spoken by us, that reinforce...]]></description><link>https://www.oliviajloader.com/post/mentality-matters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e73f3ba96d49e56ec7e1e1</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:28:22 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>olivialoader9898</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry &#38; Filmmaking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Poetry has always been a useful tool for me as a writer/director. The freedom of assuming a poetic voice and the imagery I can conjure up is often useful to help encapsulate the essence of an emerging plot, character or shot idea etc. #Poetry #filmmaking #art #don'tstealmypoetry]]></description><link>https://www.oliviajloader.com/post/poetry-filmmaking</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d3b53cd36a85c300c09d51</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:46:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b4a740_b5ee1b98257b4b9c88b515e23f60e0dc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>olivialoader9898</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Class Ceiling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growing up in Chatham, I never really considered my class or upbringing. It was quite normal that in secondary school, most of the kids I knew didn’t want to go to university because they’d “end up in debt”, and that the arts were considered “a waste of time” because you’d never be able to pay off that debt with silly fantasies … Throughout various points in my life I was vaguely aware that there was a divide. I’d felt the tension on the 176 bus when surrounded by the grammar school kids - we...]]></description><link>https://www.oliviajloader.com/post/the-class-ceiling</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d3afb9c53e2b8fe123faed</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:21:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>olivialoader9898</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>