I’m the first to admit that having a Gen Z daughter makes me biased, but I have a lot of love for this demographic. And let’s remember, Gen Zers as brunch-eating yoga devotees is only one side of the story.
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This is the tale of how I tested the waters of the gender spectrum from agender to transgender, settling subsequently at cis female: gender nonconforming (or gender-variant). Confusing? It doesn’t have to be.
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In October, controversial legislation was passed in Ireland sealing the archives of Mother and Baby Homes for 30 years, denying survivors access to their own information. As the five-year commission into mother and baby homes came to an end, the bill to seal the archives was signed by President Michael D Higgins on 25th October which outlines that any records not passed on to the child and family agency, Tusla, for use in its database will be sealed for the next 30 years.
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Suppose a manager tells me to take care of myself and rest at home. In that case, that doesn’t make me want to take unnecessary time off, it makes me relax and recuperate faster because I’m not feeling embarrassed or uncomfortable.
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I always was the one known for doing about 563726468382 things at once alongside school. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t forced to do them, I’d adopt the hobby because I liked it, and luckily, my parents sang the tune with me.
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In September 2020, over 150 artists from around the world painted 50 plus large-scale walls across the capital; bringing art to the people in a legal way. The work of London Mural Festival was classified as construction and was therefore allowed under the pandemic rules.
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Whilst Biden is not without his flaws, he will be a more accountable figure than Donald was, and he represents a more recognisable vision of what a good leader should be.
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A lot of businesses have been more and more vocal about their ethics, in terms of sustainability, employment, transparency on demographics, and materials used. But when you start looking into what they define as “ethical”, you realise that it’s an umbrella term which holds little value: it is a generic definition but is still a fundamental part of every business and organisation.
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You can always spot the Hackney tourist. In my experience, they are always the ones willingly queueing at The Good Egg, happy to pay £10 for what is essentially expensive organic eggs, maybe avocado and bread – a meal you could make for a respectable £4 if you got the ingredients from Ridley Road market.
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I just knew that Bristol was the right place for me. I would meet like-minded individuals, make groundbreaking theatre and finally be able to pull off high-waisted jeans. Needless to say - things didn’t quite go as planned. I really did try to live up to the ‘cool Bristol’ stereotype, but alas, I didn’t fit the mould.
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To afford to continue renting into our 70s, and without a pension to draw on, we will need to continue working until the day we die - we’ll never retire. It’s grim, but it’s our reality and I think there are others in the same boat as us.
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From a noticeably young age my sense of self-worth centred around my ability to succeed at school; it became almost my whole identity. Displaying this success to others online gave me even more of the external validation I had come to rely on.
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It’s more than just an easy punchline for food related jokes, it’s a serious, multifaceted, incurable illness which takes a huge amount of physical and mental energy to manage.
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The use of the pride flag to represent a thank you to the NHS signifies an ignorance and insensitivity towards LGBTQ+ issues, something that many members of the community are growing tired of seeing.
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I remember, aged 11, being sat cross-legged at school next to a sixth former, who had incredibly smooth, hairless legs. I think it was this moment that I became self-aware, I really am a beast. I went home, stole a razor from my sister’s bathroom and dry-shaved my legs for the first time.
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Two weeks into the new academic year, I came home from work, and he was gone. His stuff, him, everything. No warning, no notice, nothing.
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It shows what a broken system the American democracy is that a candidate has written the textbook on how to be the worst President and he still is in contention to win the next morning.
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Although I will happily look through their photos and hear about the time Buster ate a whole block of cheese at Christmas and got the hiccups, it makes me feel indignant - how can it be that someone who works so hard, with a flawless track record of renting can’t even keep a hamster in their flat?
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Up until this point I had never gone more than about a week without having a drink. So why bother?
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The ‘End SARS’ movement did not just commence this year. Police brutality has been prevalent for many years, however, in 2017 Nigerians began asking for a reform, peacefully. In all twenty-three years I’ve been alive, I have never seen this many Nigerians (including those in diaspora) unite toward the achievement of a goal.
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