Helmut Newton - Museum fur Fotographie This is something that has been playing in my mind for a while, but I really came to reflect on it when I visited the Museum Fur Fotographie, in Berlin. The museum itself is a nice visit - it mainly displays the works of the German photographer Helmut Newton, [...]
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Is ‘The Girl Who Travels’ the new Manic Pixie Dream Girl?
I've seen circulating on the internet that there are quite a few articles about "Date the girl who travels", or "Don't date the girl who travels" - ironically promoting the same idea: a girl who travels is the girl of your dreams, but she will only be in your dreams if you can't keep up [...]
Lupus Beauty
It often feels like lupus and beauty do not go hand in hand. Before I was diagnosed I was rather okay with my physical appearance. Never 100% happy, always finding faults, but I felt like I could talk to guys with confidence and enjoy taking a selfie from time to time (priorities...) All that changed when [...]
Chick Flicks Worth Watching
I saw the new Ghostbusters film the other day. It's attracted a fair bit of attention, not just because it's a beloved franchise reboot, but also because (omigod) the main cast are all women. Which has led to some people saying it ruins the beloved franchise. Yeah yeah, women playing traditionally male roles should never [...]
What I’ve learnt so far as a female “adult”
I don't know about you but I love reading articles written by women, for other women, on what they've learnt by being a woman. Little life lessons we should all take on board to make it through the day/week/month/year. To remind us we're doing okay, everybody's doing okay, and that we can achieve/overcome anything. And [...]
Modern Day Female Role Models
Happy International Women's Day!! What better way to celebrate it than admiring some modern day female role models who have inspired a generation, or more, and show us that being a woman can be awesome. Malala I thought I'd start with arguably the most important one from my list. I'm sure we all know [...]
10 Pains of Being a Girl
Starbucks...hugs...twerking...the worshipping of Ryan Gosling. Whatever comes to mind when you think of girls, we're all quite different from one another. But there are a few things that unite us all. Annoying things. Things that make us tell ourselves that we deserve that drink/chocolate/item on sale/sleeping in til noon. Because we really do. Hair Everywhere [...]
