TW: Sexual assault Do you think your sexual assault had an impact on your relationships? Definitely! I knew I wanted to be intimate with someone again, but I saw no possible way of actually doing that. Navigating the dating scene is difficult enough, so navigating that whilst also coping with my trauma was a toughContinue reading “Anonymous Interview: Sexual Assault”
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My Isolation Diary
Day 1 – skipped a shower because I’m not going out – that means I don’t need one, right? Day 2 – wrong. I took a shower. Smashed out loads of Duolingo lessons, read some of my book (More Than a Woman by Caitlin Moran, I’d highly recommend), cleaned the bathroom, did a 10 minuteContinue reading “My Isolation Diary”
#44 How To Make Your Uni House Your Home
Now that we’re all back in the university life, let’s talk student houses. Or more specifically, mine. Our charming landlord has so far: Provided 2 kitchen chairs, despite this being a 6 person house Painted the corridor walls…also, part of the floor where he spilt the paint ‘Fixed’ our washing machine by turning it offContinue reading “#44 How To Make Your Uni House Your Home”
#43 How to Jump Out of a Plane (!!)
Back in April, I was sat in my room, bored out my mind, with no idea when this lockdown would end. Everyone has their own coping mechanisms…mine was to seek the ultimate adrenaline rush: a skydive. This way, I had something to look forward to and I was on my way to ticking something offContinue reading “#43 How to Jump Out of a Plane (!!)”
#42 Tips on Planning Your Gap Yah
After cooking 23 different variations of pasta and stir fry, skipping 9am lectures twice a week, getting f*cked over by several student landlords, signing up to 5 different societies that I never attended and puking up cheap Aldi Rosé every now and again, I’ve found myself rather ill-prepared for being an Adult. Of course IContinue reading “#42 Tips on Planning Your Gap Yah”
#41 A Day in the Life of a Care Worker
It’s 5:30 AM. For a lot of people, this is a very normal time to have to wake up for work. Not me though. The way I see it, five thirty in the morning is quite literally the middle of the night. I snooze my alarm a good three or four times, pushing myself forContinue reading “#41 A Day in the Life of a Care Worker”
#40 Men Are(n’t) Trash
TW: rape and sexual assault In the last 100 years, the feminist movement has come a long way. In 2020, women are allowed to vote, male rape victims are beginning to be taken more seriously, and the gender pay gap is slowly closing. Despite this, only last month, the Facebook confessions page ‘Brumfess’, used mostlyContinue reading “#40 Men Are(n’t) Trash”
#39 Period Packaging: The Damaging Taboo
The New Zealand supermarket chain, Countdown, has become the first to explicitly use the word ‘period’, in their packaging for menstrual products, such as tampons, menstrual cups and pads. Usually, in the U.K. and across the rest of the world, we see phrases such as ‘feminine hygiene’, noticeably avoiding the whole reason behind why theseContinue reading “#39 Period Packaging: The Damaging Taboo”
#38 Hashtag BeKind
TW: suicide This post has been sat in my drafts for quite some time now. Why? Because I kept putting off actually posting it – it has some sensitive issues, mixed in with my political views. I knew I felt some form of anger, but when I tried to write it all down in myContinue reading “#38 Hashtag BeKind”
#37 Hungry For A Meal OUT
Enjoy consuming (HAHA I’m awful) this rewrite of my newspaper article, concerning food and eating, of course. As chefs, waiters and managers prepared to reopen their restaurant doors, there was an intense hunger in the air for that restaurant experience we’ve all been craving since the 23rd of March – the start of the lockdown.Continue reading “#37 Hungry For A Meal OUT”