Weddings. Days full of hopes, dreams, and optimism. You pledge your troth to your one and only, truly believing you will be happy ever after. Or do you? With the statistics for divorce sitting at 45% on 2020 figures, why do people still think that they are going to be the ones that ride the storms and come out of the other side still speaking, still holding hands and walking off into the old-age sunset?
Read MoreThis in itself seems to me both misguided and somewhat patronising. How are we to judge what an acceptable level of interest in politics is before you are knowledgeable enough to include such a disclaimer?
Read MoreConstant rumours and chatter has left the world rolling their eyes any time a new story of Prince Philip dying comes out. The team behind the royal family have indeed been preparing for the aftermath for years.
Read MoreI can’t remember the exact moment we first met, I guess that has something to do with being so much older now and memory fading over time but I do know that Rob has been in my life since we were young.
Read MoreFor me, my happiest moment wasn’t a stand alone event, it was one moment that crystallised and encompassed years of happiness between me and my best friends.
Read MoreThere seems to be genuine, reasonable (and rather convincing) logic behind the scrapping of spelling penalties, one that aims to fight elitism in British universities.
Read MoreI have been riding out the pandemic like many people on furlough, safe in my little bubble at home, but after just over a year of hibernation we are coming back - which leaves me feeling anxious. And that’s because I am a bartender in a local pub in the heart of the home counties.
Read MoreI have often written about the obstacles trans people face when accessing healthcare, and when it comes to transitional healthcare, the situation is not any different - if not worse.
Read MoreFinally, I myself have been well and truly sucked in, enticed by the complexity of my birth chart and the self-reflection that it offers me. Which led me to thinking, what has really caused the recent boom in astrology and why are we all suddenly so fascinated with it?
Read MoreThere were women of all ages at the bandstand. Women from all parts of the world, from every corner of London. This was something that was felt by everyone.
Read MoreNuns can continue to wear their religious veils, but Muslim women cannot? Surely this is unfair and quite the opposite of equal, yet no one has raised awareness on the matter.
Read MoreI think it’s probably a lucky few that have had a completely easy-breezy life, right? Like many of us, I’ve had some adversity and challenges that I’ve overcome. I’ve climbed the Everest of mental health to reach a point where I feel like my peace and wellbeing is my ultimate prize to be cherished.
Read MoreBut, how was that first meeting? Was it love at first sight? What of the courting and bedazzling that came to pass between these two single souls living in London?
Read MorePerhaps when your mate from a poorer background says no to going to the pub for a third time that week you can cut them some slack.
Read MoreThese aren’t thoughts I consciously have though. They're ingrained, a part of every outing.
Read MoreAll the xenophobic acts we are unfortunately witnessing nowadays are just the tip of an iceberg that carries centuries of oppression, exclusion, and racism.
Read MoreAs a trans man, one of the most common questions is “are trans men trash as well?” The short answer is yes. We are men, we uphold the patriarchy, we benefit from male privilege.
Read MoreWhen you think of Earth what is the first thing that comes to mind? Do you think of the ocean? Do you think of Trees and grass? Do you think of mammals, fish, or birds? How many of you think of dust? Well, that is what we are all made of; dust.
Read MoreJune 21st is a deadline I both dread and await impatiently. You would wonder why the dread? It’s so exciting to be back to ‘normal’, but what is ‘normal’ at this point?
Read MoreI wish I’d known how the actions of my aunts and uncles affected my mum and dad. It must have been painful for them. If they had bowed to pressure and stayed away from our wedding, which I know anecdotally lots of parents have done (including two of my friends’), it would have broken me.
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