Love? Life? Joy!
Today is an angry day. I went to bed angry. I had a brief window of not angry in the morning and then I saw the front cover of the Daily Mail. All the anger of the night before returned in full force. What has made me so gosh darn angry? Am I hangry? Horngry? Rangry (road rage angry…so I’m... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Olivia Lowry
In a perfect world, this article would be about a low-budget horror film in the vein of Sharknado, something so spectacularly bad it is somehow good. I’m picturing fanged sunbeds and sunglasses which are inexplicably demonically possessed. Unfortunately, ‘swimsuit season’, along with its cousins ‘beach body’ and ‘summer diet’, actually succeeds in creating feelings of dread. (Image via) Recently an online... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby!
It really concerns me that people around me seem to be constantly dieting and trying to lose weight. Why should I have such an interest in this? Surely people can do what they want to their own body? Of course they can but the problem, for me, is that it seems as if it’s primarily women who are constantly having this... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
My sister came across a recent article (and translated it into a language a non science-y person can understand). It talked about the potential for transfusions of young blood into older people to improve brain function. Potentially, these transfusions could be used to treat neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer’s). From a pharmaceutical and cosmetic perspective, it suggested it could (with... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Becky Solomon From the Heart Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Wise up!
I have been eating rubbish food ever since I can remember. When I was younger, I would be made to sit at the table until I finished vegetables that would make me want to vom. Everyone said I would grow out of it. I didn’t so much grow out of the green vegetable hating. I just found more foods that... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! Rant
(Warning this post contains spoilers.) I absolutely LOVE Channel Four’s ‘My Mad Fat Diary’. What’s the show about? In a nutshell it’s about a teenager called Rae who is growing up in the nineties. Rae is overweight and suffering from mental health issues. (Image via) Series one focuses on Rae finding new friendships after time away in a psychiatric unit.... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart Love & Relationships Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Poppy Gillian
This week I was horrified to learn that Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington had had a nose job in a bid to quell the torrent of abuse she had suffered since stepping into the spotlight. I sat back, appalled and angered that a bright, intelligent, hard-working woman had felt the need to change her appearance to feel accepted. I, for... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Emily Macdonald Fire me up baby! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement