Womens’ Writing Berlin Lab

This post is a promotion of a very good cause! I've been looking for volunteering opportunities, and came across this up and coming organisation. Women's writing Berlin Lab is a virtual and physical space for women (with focus on intersectionalism) who have a passion for writing. It hosts events and a blog for women across [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

My Style Essentials

Because y'all wanna be me...(ahem) Whilst style, fashion and trends tend to pass me by (sometimes I catch onto them just when they're about to fade out of the mainstream media), there are some things I maintain to wear my personality on my sleeve. (Is it lame to use a fancy camera for mirror selfies? [...]