The time between the first symptoms of an illness, and the day you receive a diagnosis are strange. A lot of worries, appointments, trials and errors. People often tell their "diagnosis story", I wrote about mine, but I feel like the little details and the emotions you go through when you are searching for a [...]
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Male Photographers and the Female Body
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, [...]
Some thoughts on my year in the Green Party
This year was pretty exciting - I was accepted onto the Young Green's 30 under 30 scheme. Designed by the youth sector of the Green Party UK, its aim is to help teach and encourage young people to become more involved with the party and Green politics. We got to visit the European Parliament, and [...]
Why nice guys are the biggest fuck boys
As seen on TV... But seriously though, it would appear that beloved TV shows who present nice guys as the central character, perhaps unintentionally offer instead a fuckboy in disguise. And, in my opinion, the worst of fuckboys because it is they themselves who insist they are nice guys, and believe they are entitled to [...]
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 [...]
You’re not a Jane Austen character, you can be happy single
I like to think that I'm not overly cynical about relationships, they're worth it when they're good. It warms my heart seeing my friends in love and happy. But when some people like to hop from one to another, to me that seems to take away the meaningfulness of each relationship. Those people seem to be [...]
The Real World: Not for Uni Students Apparently
Since the Brexit referendum there have been many debates and topics fueling fall outs in British households and across social media. It's gotten touchy and sensitive, and people have been judged harshly on whether they're 'remain' or 'leave'. One of the topics I have noticed popping up more frequently since this Brexit debacle is the [...]
Oh God, Britain
You have probably read in the news somewhere that last week the U.K. voted to leave the EU by a slim majority. It's a big deal, not just affecting us Brits but the rest of the EU member states and even the world. I won't go into the details of why I think the leave [...]
So I’ve Been Diagnosed with Lupus…
Story time! This might be a long one, with a bit of whinging so I will understand if you skip this post! During the winter of my last year at uni, I became concerned when I started developing joint pain and swelling that would come and go in pretty much all my joints. The pain [...]
Expat vs Immigrant – Why One and Not the Other?
Yep, I am allowed to go around calling myself an expat. Doesn't it sound glamorous - like my days are filled with multilingualism and drinking good wine (and not being totally out of my depth in Spanish and nursing the occasional "oh god what fresh hell is this" hangover, I assure you). But why do [...]
Inside a Mind 