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LATEST ARTICLES ( 222 )

• 6 People Who Make My Internet A Better Place

  

  I think I become disenfranchised by social media on a weekly basis. I swear if I vocalised every time inner me threw up her arms and said 'That's it, I'm out,... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• That's Me In The Spotlight, Losing My Ambition

  

  A few days ago I met up with an old beloved university friend, the boy that sat next to me the day I typed my first ever word of this blog over three years ago. Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Comeback Kid

  

  This, more so than for anyone else, is for the girl that writes it.I want you to sit down and cry because you're not good enough and you never will be. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• One Night in Copenhagen Airport

  

  I'd waited in the departures hall for 2 hours already, terrified of missing my flight after the Irish girl I'd met over the weekend had explained the series of... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• More Than Just Fertility - Talking Ageism With Jo Cruse

  

  Truly nothing excites me more in life, than observing another human being - perhaps across the room, perhaps on a stage, perhaps half-obscured and wrapped up... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Top 10 Most Life-Changing Quotes from 'Vivienne Westwood'

  

  "I guess my greatest inspirations at the moment are anything to do with pop culture of the 60's and 70's," I replied to kind folks of the Willoughby Book Club... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• The One Where She Finally Realises It's Not All About Her

  

  I could sit down and explain all of the epiphanies and inspirations which have instigated what I'm about to say and do, but I'll leave you with just this one:'M... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Why I Had To Stop Being The Good Luck Girl

  

  A few weeks ago, I wrote about the signs the universe gives you when you're doing the right thing.And sometimes you can be completely drenched in fateful... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Problem With Loneliness

  

  , is that no-one likes to hear that they're not enough. You can't tell a friend, because they'll feel instantly inadequate. You can't tell a stranger, for... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Learning To Smile On The Internet

  

  The internet has known my face for nearly a decade now, but it was only a few weeks ago that I uploaded what I believe is the first ever picture of me... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• I Need To Tell You About Areeba

  

  Lately, I've been spending a lot of time thinking about the impact that young people online can have, and are having, on the world. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• An Evening with The Quarter Club

  

  I have this theory, right, that the universe thinks about you all the time. She thinks about you, but she never made a plan for you - Her favourite people are... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Return To New York City

  

  Despite the noise, there was a silence in me as the A train finally rattled into view, the surprisingly pure and chilly air pinching my cheeks. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Hello Sixteen

  

  I've given up being cynical about celebrating the arbitrary increments in which we measure time. It's tiring always being that guy. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• My Greatest Influences of 2015

  

  Girl in a Band - Kim GordonA kickass memoir from Sonic Youth's bassist and frontwoman Kim Gordon about the New York music scene in the 60's 70's, falling in... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Stumbling On To The Right Path - Pt 1

  

  It's been 10 days since I did something pretty inconsequential but felt big to me, and today my fingertips quiver as I type this. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• Our Makers Needn't Take Us

  

  I think it's a fact of human nature that we try and exact revenge on people who hurt us, by trying to prove how better off we are without them. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• 6 Alternative Things To Do in Rome

  

  Ciao bambinos! I've just returned from a long weekend in The Eternal City; Rome, and oh boy, I don't think I've ever been quite so captivated with a place in... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• What The Hell We Do It For

  

  Entering my third year of internet creating, I think I've finally found a position where I feel safe. In year one I was clueless, and in my second I was all... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2015 SELF EXPRESSION

• It's Time To Stop Calling Women's Writing 'Self-Indulgent'

  

  I recently decided to start keeping a list of all the things that make me irrationally sad. I know, it sounds melodramatic as hell, but with an often... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2015 SELF EXPRESSION