Body image concerns men and women; not one or the other more. But what really goes through our heads? Women “Oh my god. My boobs are so small; I look like a little girl. Fuck, look at how fat my stomach is. Those stretch marks? Jesus, he wants a pic […]
2018
All my blog posts from 2018.
Reviewing Louise O’Neill
In 2015 I discovered this novel in my sixth form’s library called ‘Only Ever Yours.’ It was by Louise O’Neill, an author I hadn’t come across. I picked it up, thinking it looked vaguely interesting, and did not expect how much I would obsessive over it and how it consumed […]
Reviewing ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’
My favourite Disney film is The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I think it is an incredible movie that takes my breath away every time I watch it. As a kid it used to scare me according to my parents (can’t say I’m surprised), but as an adult I find it […]
Top 100 Favourite Songs
BLURGH. There are too many. But off the top of my head, this a list of my top 100 favourite songs. Unlike my other ‘favourite list’ posts, I’m not going to put the whys and what have yous as I’d probably say similar things for all of them, and otherwise […]
Daenerys Targaryen: Hero or Villain?
I love Daenerys; she is my Queen, my Khaleesi, my babe. I think she’s one of the best women in Westeros, along with Arya Stark and Brienne of Tarth. But whilst she can be viewed as a feisty badass who climbs from zero to hero, she takes some pretty ruthless […]
Britain vs America
They’re two of the most powerful nations in the Western world. The little island conquered 75% of the world, and the giant continent still has the world’s most powerful economy (although China and Japan aren’t far behind, if not surpassing). What are some of the major differences between the UK […]