Last Friday, I checked the date and felt like the 11th of May had some kind of significance. Had I forgotten someone’s birthday? Had I missed a brow appointment? No, I realised it had been a year since I submitted my dissertation. A WHOLE YEAR. Post-uni life has been a weird blur that’s gone quicker … More The Best and Worst of Graduate Life
From your younger sister to your auntie, nowadays it seems like everyone’s on social media. I recently learnt that the average Brit spends 1 hour and 20 minutes a day on social media platforms (and for anyone thinking about their 3 hour Instagram binge last night, that’s just an average). It’s become integrated in everything … More Why Social Media is Bad For You
My clearest memory of sex education was the part about wet dreams. I was 11, and crowded into a classroom we all watched a video about puberty and sex, which had David Bowie’s ‘Changes’ as the intro title and totally ruined it for me. I clearly remember the part of the video explaining wet dreams and … More Why Sex Education Fails Young Girls
If the me of 2016 bumped into me today, 2016 me would probably invite her to some irrelevant after-party, then call her boring when she refused to come. As a student, it’s fine to drink to the point of oblivion four times a week, live off takeaways, and spend all your money exclusively between the … More How to be Boring
It’s (coming up to) the most wonderful time of the year! With five weeks to go until Christmas, it’s time to finally start talking about it. It won’t be long before we’re all feeding our consumer appetites with excessive spending, eating and drinking – all to the soundtrack of Christmas songs. If you’ve ever thought … More What Christmas Song You Are Based on Your Zodiac Sign
When this article was nothing but an embryo in the womb of my mind, it was originally a response to the Vice article ‘Stop Confusing Your Nerves with Having Anxiety’. For anyone who hasn’t read it, the author states “nothing is as fashionable right now as anxiety disorders”, as well as claiming that people often … More Let’s Talk About Living With Anxiety
Last year, a study found that the social media app that is worst for your mental health is: Instagram. While doubters – think people like Piers Morgan or Katie Hopkins – would roll their eyes at this idea, there’s no denying that Instagram is full of images of beautiful people. That’s part of the whole … More Let’s Talk About: Instagram and Mental Health
Given that I love animals, I’ve always been against animal testing for cosmetic purposes. My attitude is, if you could use a product that works well and hasn’t been tested on animals, why wouldn’t you? It doesn’t make sense that animals have to be harmed for cosmetic purposes, when there are some affordable products out … More My Cruelty Free Make Up Bag
Whoever said money can’t buy happiness has clearly never been so broke that they’ve had sleep for dinner. I’m broke. Everyone around me is broke. The main problem with constantly being skint is I like to live a “luxury” lifestyle on a student income. Living in an expensive city like Brighton doesn’t exactly help – … More 5 Ways To Enjoy Brighton While You’re Broke
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