The Illusion of ‘Another Life’: Why It’s Harmful to Hold On
Loving an old version of someone is not a resurrection; it’s a one-sided devotion. It will never bring back what you want them to be or create what you long for them to represent. To live in the past is to love a ghost—and ghosts can never hold you.
Dealing with Political Anxiety as a Woman
For every setback, women are rising to meet the challenge - whether it’s electing women leaders or rallying behind reproductive rights.
An Ode to Giant Knickers: Three Things Bridget Jones Has Taught Me
All women can identify with the complexities and contradictions of her character; regardless of age, this relatability is key to the enduring power and importance of Bridget’s story.
Valentine’s Day- Celebrating while Single
Galentine’s- The perfect play on words, encouraging you to spread the love by celebrating the female friendships in your life. Just because you’re single, does not mean love does not exist in your life.
Monogamy, Modern Dating, and the Myth of ‘Seeing Where It Goes’
Are men in their twenties the new designer drug? Because, if I’m honest, my friends and I were all recreational users.
LONDON: 4 MONTHS IN REVIEW
And while at times, it has been a struggle to manage my workload and still maintain some form of a social life, I feel as if I have now accumulated a strong list of London recommendations to put on people’s radars.
Girl Mess
This phenomenon is what a lot of people like to call ‘girl mess’. Laying our most recent hauls of clothes, makeup, books and trinkets around us in an artful way to decorate our spaces and make it more…… us.
The Art of ‘Getting Over It’
It’s 2025 and girls whatever grudges we’re holding, it’s time to let it go or to put it a little more harshly, get over it!
Medicine I Prescribe Myself
I’ve come up with a list of things that I prescribe to myself, that I think are fun and maybe aren’t a regular thing, but when I do it, it really is a great time.
Cherishing Long Distance Friendships: Growing Closer Despite the Distance
Imagining my adult friendships to be the same as school was not the most accurate picture to paint, as we are no longer living by the routine of English & Maths, cartwheels in the playground, and heading home at 3pm. Instead it’s full time jobs, moving away to London, and balancing the lifestyle of a creative career, with all of us being on a different path.
Is University Really That Great Or Are We All Just Pretending?
So many people are quietly navigating this same route, afraid to admit that they’re not having “the time of their lives”, like everyone else seems to be having.
Chronicles of the Nottingham Flops: episode 1 - the christmas party
After a “successful” Halloween Pres, we considered ourselves quite the party planners; we thought, “ nothing a humble LED strip light and UE Boom can’t fix’ ALAS, we were SO wrong.
Sylvia Plath’s Fig Tree and Navigating Life After Uni in your Early 20s
How do we know which fig to choose, and how will we ever know if we have made the right decision? In truth, I am still trying to work out these answers myself!
Love them or Hate them: The Nepo Baby Dilemma
What would music be without Gracie Abrams (it would be nice to have Paul Mescal back on the market though!)
sunday scaries: 20/10/2024
I think I’m still waiting for the penny to drop, for it to be some sort of massive prank.
LOVE FROM: September is my January
Not new year, new you. New year, same you - with more positivity and happiness!
Love in Overdrive: Are We Romanticising Life Beyond Reality?
It’s September, the beginning of school, partying at uni, of wearing more layers, starting adult jobs (ew!) etc, etc. And from this stems viral videos and romanticisation of the cooler months.
sunday scaries: 28/09/2024
I came back from Barcelona on Tuesday and whilst it is a beautiful city, the men in that city are crazy. CRAZY.
sunday scaries: 22/09/2024
It’s like exposure therapy but without the actual exposure : I’m there, but only through Tiktok videos and shitty Instagram lives.
The Single Friend
Being the single friend is waiting for your last single friend to get snatched up, dreading the moment they come back from a date and say it went well, because selfishly, everything is okay if she’s single too.