The Persephone Complex
lifestyle, fashion, and photography blog written by a 23-year-old fairytale heroine with a pistol in her knickers
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The Persephone Complex
http://thepersephonecomplex.blogspot.co.uk/
lifestyle, fashion, and photography blog written by a 23-year-old fairytale heroine with a pistol in her knickers
LATEST ARTICLES ( 237 )
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Learn Through Play, Learn Through Pain
A few weeks ago I did a very silly thing, that turned out to be a great adventure. I started an online profile in a not-very-safe place; a website intended for... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2013 LIFESTYLE -
They Say the French Are Glad to Die for Love
This ruby necklace is one of the most precious things that I own. Even though it’s by far my favourite piece of jewellery, I hardly ever wear it out, because I’... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2013 LIFESTYLE -
You Spoke Like Broken Thunder Deep into the Centre of Me
Most of the scrapbook art I’ve put on this blog so far has been about pain, pleasure, obsession, secrets, manipulation, loss, the fear of loss, and yearning. Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 LIFESTYLE -
You Do Everything That They Ask You To...cause You Don't Mind Seeing Yourself...
Photo-credit goes to my lovely brother, who snapped me messing around in the woods Being a woman comes with a world of expectations. Read more
Posted on 28 August 2013 LIFE COACH -
We’re up All Night ‘til the Sun
My life is strange and beautiful lately. Sometimes I wake up, and am paralysed in my bed for a little while. I look around my room, and the things around me... Read more
Posted on 19 August 2013 LIFESTYLE -
Lie for a While with Your Ear Against the Earth
I’m been burning the candle at both ends lately. When I stop to think about that sentence, it’s hard not to laugh at the sheer ridiculousness of it. Read more
Posted on 01 August 2013 LIFESTYLE -
Brainy, Brainy, Brainy
As you may have read on my Twitter, I’ve been working on a collage project based around one song. Brainy by The National is quite dark and sombre, in one... Read more
Posted on 19 July 2013 LIFESTYLE -
You Know My Darling I Can’t Stand to Sleep Alone
Bat For Lashes - Sleep Alone So yeah, I’ve just been rolling around on my bed and whatnot. It is so warm in the evenings now that I can hardly sleep. During... Read more
Posted on 13 July 2013 LIFESTYLE -
It's in My Honey, It's in My Milk
I have been told it is simply a standard of the human condition to feel inadequate, or as if we are all somehow lacking. I would definitely agree that most... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2013 LIFESTYLE -
I Won’t Treat You Like You’re Oh So Typical
This group are called Pupil, Angel, Pain, I’m Too Old For This Shit, Siren, It Scares Me When You Go Quiet, Virgin: 2, Alice, I’m Being Very Grown-Up, and Miss... Read more
Posted on 03 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Give Me the Creeps of Painful Like
Posted on 28 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
What’s in Your Handbag? Tag, You’re It!
I’ve been meaning to do one of these posts for ages, so I was thrilled when I saw that I’d been tagged by the lovely, lovely Snow from Garoons to take part in... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2013 LIFESTYLE -
Things Aren't as Pretty on the Inside
Sometimes my mind is dark. Sometimes it is twisted. There are parts of my nature that I think I might always have to apologise for to some extent, simply becaus... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2013 LIFESTYLE -
Touch Me with Your Naked Hand, Or Touch Me with Your Glove
This is my latest shrine. It just sort of ‘happened’. And then when I noticed it was ‘happening’, I thought I’d add some things to help it along a little bit…... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2013 LIFESTYLE -
What Made It Special Made It Dangerous…
Sometimes we just have to do what feels good, even if it requires a greater surrender than we’ve ever had the courage to make before. Read more
Posted on 20 May 2013 LIFESTYLE -
Now the Pale Morning Sings of Forgotten Things
Sometimes I want to be like the moon, and turn my face to someone I love so that I can bathe in their warmth, their desire, and reflect it back to them without... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2013 LIFESTYLE -
There’s Something Inside You, It’s Hard to Explain
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Posted on 02 May 2013 LIFESTYLE -
Heaven Help Me, I Need to Make It Right
I’ve been waiting for this weekend for a long time. I’m part exhilarated, part terrified. I’ve been wracked with nerves for the last few days – desperately... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2013 LIFESTYLE -
Take Me Back, Ta-ta-take Me Back to the Way That I Was Before
I really loved doing my last obsessions post, so I thought I’d make it a thing and do another one. I’ve left out ‘Trying to control my exhausting mood swings’,... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2013 LIFESTYLE -
In My Simplified World We’re a Boy and a Girl
I have always believed that there is a world beyond this one, that is just reachable through art, and dreams. When I was growing up I had a very intense... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION