Christmas had, for a long time, lost its appeal with me. As I came into adulthood and realised Christmas wasn’t about presents or happiness anymore,and found it was all stress, lack of money, buying gifts we knew people wouldn’t really want but just to have something to give them and getting drunk out of pure […]
Read more "The Case For Secret Santa: Bring Back Christmas "I wouldn’t class myself as a fan of Taylor swift but honestly, I’m jumping for joy after reading her testimony on the stand against the man, David Mueller, who sexually assaulted her by grabbing her bare butt in a photo op. Not only is this something many, many women have actually dealt with, it’s something […]
Read more "Taylor Swift and The Testimony Every Victim Wants to Say. "Ah the Nice Guy, the guy who you’ve been friends with for years, or have never met or talked to in your life. The guy that wants to start a relationship with you, or just stalks you relentlessly on social media. The guy who disagrees with all your choices in men, including your choice to […]
Read more "Shawn Mendes, “Nice Guys” And The Dangers of Male Entitlement"Dear Family, I hope I speak for a lot of my generation when I say, we need to talk. You’ve spend my entire life trying to teach me about the world, telling me the importance of being a kind, generous, loving human being. Through religion you taught me that we must always look out for […]
Read more "Dear Family: We Need to Talk About Your Facebook Posts."’13 reasons Why’ was an amazing show, but could have been outstanding had they included this one detail!
Read more "’13 Reasons Why’ And The Boy Who Did Nothing."Have you found yourself unfairly locked out of a screening of Wonder Woman? Is nobody in a position of power even batting an eyelid? Let’s find something positive about the experience instead of getting those knickers twisted!
Read more "Why the Female Only Screening of Wonder Woman Is Necessary."My need for you to not make rape jokes actually isn’t stepping on your rights. But here’s what it does to me
Read more "Yes comedy Is Subjective, Yes Freedom of Speech Exists But Rape Jokes Still Aren’t OK"Girls episode ‘American Bitch’ is one of the most accurate portrayals of how imbalances of power and sexual assault or harassment are experienced when they are not fully obvious. It challenges the grey areas of consent and does so in a way that makes viewers experience both sides of the argument.
Read more "What Girls ‘American Bitch’ Taught Me."In this era of social, political and personal uncertainty (thanks mostly but not wholly to Mr Trump) I’ve witnessed a host of debates, riots, arguments, racist and sexist ideals being thrown about like leaves in the wind, back pedalling of progressions, follow throughs of disturbing promises, and all I can do is shake my head […]
Read more "Why I’m Anti-Abortion but Pro-choice"So here we are, yet again. Battling even more displays of complete and utter misogyny that are open, public, unconcealed and apparently acceptable. If you don’t know what I’m talking about then you probably, like myself, don’t read The Sun. What I’m referring to came up on Facebook feed from a forum and it […]
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Is This life? 