Love? Life? Joy!
I have a problem with accepting people’s help. It just gives me a real icky feeling in my gut. The feeling I have failed to do something on my own. Or that I am a burden. Or that I am indebted. Then I feel enveloped by the magnitude of my debts to people who have showed me kindness and swallowed by... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
Empowerment is trending. This shampoo is empowering my hair. Swishhhh. This sanitary towel is empowering my vagina – fuck you menstrual blood. You ain’t gonna hold me back! But are we getting a bit lost on what empowerment actually is? My understanding of empowerment is that is facilitates/enables freedom and equality. Which leads to the question: can advertising actually ‘empower’?... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! Rant Yazmin Joy
‘Can I sit here?’ ‘I’m sorry, that chair is for my bag.’ ‘Oh. Yeah sure. I’ll sit in the corner. By myself then.’ Def. Clique – a close knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them. I can’t stand cliques. What a load of bollocks. Tight insular inward facing friendship circles defined by their exclusivity. *Face... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! Love & Relationships Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Rant Yazmin Joy
Am I or am I not successful? THAT is the question! I am being challenged, people. I am being haunted by this question at every twist and turn of my fumbling, tumbling journey through life. Success and the need to be successful in the eyes of others seems to be high on the agenda amongst Generation Y. Oh, he’s doing... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Careers Fire me up baby! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
If I only had those Jimmy Choo shoes, if I only got a promotion, if I only had a thousand Twitter followers, if he only liked me back… We’ve all been there. You walk by a shop window or bump into an old crush and you feel that pang: ‘if I had you – I would be complete’. I’ve been... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart Love & Relationships Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
Young people have a lot to say. Gen Y is outgoing, creative and vocal about everything from the media to human rights, from Kim-K’s ass to sexism. But in 2010, only 44% of 18-24 year-olds voted at the General Election. So why are we not speaking up when it comes to casting our vote? I am one of those people... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! Wise up! Yazmin Joy
A girl went to the market with her friends. While she was there a young boy tried to snatch her purse and run away. He was caught by a policeman. When the policeman began to beat the boy, the girl stopped him and said, ‘This child will learn nothing from this’. Then she turned to the boy and asked: ‘Why... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! From the Heart Wise up! Yazmin Joy
Soooooo Madonna fell off stage at the Brits last week and I think it’s fair to say the internet CAUGHT FIRE. I mean, I’m not going to lie. It was shocking. But what I found most interesting was the public reaction. There was the jovial tongue in cheek banter you would expect. Too much material for the material girl. Ha!... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Rant Yazmin Joy
The other day I was walking along the street on my way to the station in broad daylight when suddenly, from out of nowhere, this geezer on a bicycle rides INTO ME. Stop right there. Already this statement has flagged two components that, quite frankly, piss me off: rude people and cyclists. Okay it wasn’t quite a head on collision but... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! Rant Yazmin Joy
I remember sitting with a couple of friends at university drinking tea one cold November evening. I remember it vividly because it was the night a friend told me that she had been sexually assaulted. She didn’t report him because she felt, at the time, she was to blame. She said she felt responsible for him getting the wrong idea. She was... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! From the Heart Yazmin Joy