Body checking and battling the TikTok algorithm
CW: Body image, disordered eating, and body checking. I feel like I need to delete TikTok. Over the last week, my for your page (abbreviated as FYP described as videos TikTok thinks you’ll enjoy the most) has seen the same…
I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling depressed too
Here’s a run down of things I’ve cried over the past week: baby cows and when I’m getting to see them, a bin bag splitting because I didn’t get “the good bags” and lest we forget – the god damn…
Why Not Me
I’m not quite sure if it came from a sense of my own self-entitlement (most definitely) or a disillusionment cum desperation with my own situation (also very much that) but jealousy for me always manifested in the same way. Less…
Faux Ever Flowers with Floral Renegade
Here’s the thing. I kill everything. At least everything green. Like, you know how succulents are basically the plants you buy for people that are bad at looking after plants? Under my care, they turn brown, break and just seem…
The problematic legacy of Hugh Hefner
Few people can lay claim to a cultural legacy as prominent and divisive as the late media mogul Hugh Hefner. In fact social media is split between celebrating the life of one of publishings indisputable powerhouses; championing his contributions towards…
The infantalisation of beauty: Is our love of unicorns doing more harm …
Guys, I think we might have a unicorn problem. Well, not so much a unicorn problem than a full blown mythical creature obsession. From mermaids to unicorns, high fantasy has become a cultural touchstone in beauty. Far from a flash…
Vagina highlighter is a thing
It feels like women of the internet are having a collective aneurysm following the launch of the now viral vaginal highlighter. Never before has there quite been a product that really raises more questions than it answers. The first being,…
Managing and maintaining bright coloured hair
“Your hair’s so bright! How do you keep it so…..yellow?” It’s a question I’m asked on a near weekly basis, and while the shorthand answer is awkward laughter followed by “Oh I barely wash it” (half true) the truth of…
Why the Madonna/Whore is Bullshit
Growing up, there’s always that one guy at the party. We’ve all heard him. He sits there and just proclaims how much he just fucking loves eating pussy. Well, first of all – good for you I guess? Second –…