It never fails to amaze me that people do not know the definition of feminism. Somewhere between media frenzies and extremism, ‘feminism’ has morphed into a dirty word that people simply do not like being associated with. From attending an all-girls school, I have always been taught that I can do anything. If I wanted to play football and cricket,…
Aberystwyth: a little market town on the West coast of Wales. Home of the National Library of Wales, gorgeous sunsets and Aberystwyth University. After living in the bubble for three years, there are many things that I will miss about the quirky town. 1. Seeing my best friends every day From my best girlfriends, to my course mates and housemates,…
So I’m sitting on the train heading back home to my parents’, in order to pop into London for a job interview and it hit me. Hard. In less than two months’ time, I will have finished university. The bubble that is my lovely current home town, Aberystwyth will have burst. I will no longer see my Welsh best friends…
Here’s the cold, hard truth: If they’re too scared to commit, it means they’re willing to let you go. After asking many people about this, the general consensus is that no matter how freaked out or scared they are, if they like you enough and want to be with you, they will do whatever it takes – they will not…
When I first found out that Poundland had produced its own makeup range, I was snobbishly unimpressed. However, after popping into the store and seeing the collection, I thought ‘what if these products are just as good as my go-to makeup collections?’ The average woman in Britain ends up forking out over £130 a year on makeup, so this could…
I have relatively recently come out of a long term relationship that I’d been in since sixteen, it was great, but in the end we just grew apart. Now nearly twenty one and in my final year at university, I feel catapulted into the deep end of the overly complicated, terrifyingly confusing, dating game. For anyone who knows this feeling:…
Valentine’s Day is upon us, and few things send single women (and men) running for the Ben & Jerry’s faster than the thought of spending another February 14th alone. With social media gloating, from the soppy Facebook status’ to the Instagram photos of bouquets, chocolates and teddies, there has never been more of a need to provide single pringles everywhere…
In the UK alone, more than 3.5 million women regularly rely on the contraceptive pill. Of course for the majority of these women, there’s no problem, they can happily take it and continue their lives as before. However, there are also many women, including myself, that have to suffer with endless side effects and symptoms caused by our pills. Weight…
