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December 22, 2014 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
Ahhh Christmas. Tis’ the season of family, romance, togetherness, children and Michael Bublé OR, if you are single a season of perpetual awkwardness, probing personal questions and creepy perverts. Yaaaaaaay. Even if you are completely content in your singleness, Christmas can be a bit of a ballache for a person who happens not to have a Significant Other. So here goes… 9 Awkward Conundrums of Being Single at Christmas... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Rant Yazmin Joy
December 19, 2014 - Written by: Becky Solomon
You know when you see something milling around on twitter and you think, ‘Yeah, that’s a really good argument! I want in on the action! #haveyouseenthis?’ Everyone wants to chip in and have thier say. People like to have opinions on things and like to sound interesting and intellectual. They want to gather more followers and connect with people and... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! Rant
December 16, 2014 - Written by: Lauren Williams
I recently made a move to Scotland to chase my dreams of climbing mountains as much as possible. Instead, I found myself working all day every day and couldn’t even muster the energy to get up and go outside when I wasn’t working. This was not me. I am productive and outdoorsy and happy. I am not the type of... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland Lauren Williams Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
December 15, 2014 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
On a chilly, starry Friday night in December, three twenty-something girls stepped out of the carnage of Oxford street and into Duke Street’s Wagamama. It had been a long time since my besties and I had kicked back to contemplate life at our local Wagas, but here we were, finally, together again. Huzzaahh! As we slurped on our Clean Green... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
December 12, 2014 - Written by: Cas Sutherland
I’ve just moved to a city several thousand miles from home. I am all set-up with my own place and have settled into my new job. I am enjoying exploring Beijing’s streets, galleries, cafes, and shops – I spend a lot of my free time wandering around on my bike or on foot, getting my bearings and seeing new places.... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland
December 11, 2014 - Written by: Shiraz Engineer
I don’t know about yours, ladies and gents, but my breasts are a complete nuisance. Every day, I have to strap them up in reinforced cotton scaffolding and spend a lot of my time at work readjusting when it starts to rub and pinch in places. Anyone who wears a bra will tell you that the most glorious feeling at... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Rant
December 10, 2014 - Written by: Sana Sarwar
Picture this. You’re late for the bus and you’re running like a mad person waving your travel card in the air for the bus to halt and take you on board. You then reach the bus: out of breath, and dwelling on how unfit you are and how another day in the gym would have not gone amiss. You’re then... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Rant Sana Sarwar Wise up!
December 5, 2014 - Written by: Becky Solomon
Over the weekend, I read in the news that Obama’s teenage girls were on the receiving end of some Twitter abuse for not being dressed ‘respectfully’ enough. Elizabeth Lauten, Communications Director for Republican Stephen Fincher, criticised the girls’ characters, based on their attire: ‘Dress like you deserve respect – not a spot at a bar’. Interesting, I thought. If that... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Becky Solomon Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! Wise up!
December 2, 2014 - Written by: Shiraz Engineer
So, ladies, after over 4 years of being single and going on numerous dates with a good number of men – some more disastrous than others (see my previous blogpost for some hilarious context) – a quite remarkable person fell into my lap unexpectedly and I am now officially attached. Joy! My new leading man is funny, intelligent, kind, gorgeous... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Love & Relationships
December 1, 2014 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
You know those stories about good guys who date snooty girls who aren’t really interested? And we all go ‘Aghhhhhh, why??? He was so sweet – how could she not like him??’ I don’t know when I became bad at dating but it struck me the other week, as I was looking at my reflection, engaging in some lunges at the... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Love & Relationships Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy