Love? Life? Joy!
So, I heard this yesterday… ‘I mean, I would have done when I was younger, but not now I’m nearly 25’. Hang on a sec…What was that I heard? You’re going to be 25 this year? You were in my year at school… How the hell has this happened? 25… It’s mature, it’s adult age, even old… And it doesn’t... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Wise up!
If you’re looking for the ultimate girl power film, forget Spice World: The Movie, you need to see Whip It! Back in 2009, Drew Barrymore added directing to her already outstanding CV with Whip It (which she also co-starred in and produced!), a film about a high school girl who joins the world of roller derby. It’s a fun, fast and fearless... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Feel Good Film of the Week
‘Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass… It’s about learning to dance in the rain’. When you’re in a storm in life, it’s easy for others to quote the above words of wisdom, I mean they’re beautiful, aren’t they? But while dancing in the rain sounds poetic when the waters are calm, it’s much easier said than done. This... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Emily Macdonald Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Wise up!
A month ago I was walking down the street in North London when a guy crossed the road and groped my boob. I was with my female housemate, and he was in a group of four guys. I couldn’t quite believe it when it happened. I finally yelled ‘What the FUCK?’ as they walked away. Their response? Flinging their... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
Thursday morning, America lost one of its treasures. The voice of Maya Angelou has been the song of hope for so many women and men throughout a socially and economically turbulent century that saw changes no one thought possible. Now, at the end of her life, we all remember how one woman survived rape, teenage pregnancy, countless occupations, and constant... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Beth Teverson Rant Wise up!
The other day I was sat on the bus on the way home from work with my iTunes on shuffle, having just finished another book. I was skipping through practically every song and figured my best bet for uninterrupted tunes was playing my Top 25 Most Played. And you know what was on there? In amongst practically every track from... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Feel Good Film of the Week
As I have a bit of a partiality for spicy food, recently I bought a chilli plant for my kitchen window (number 2, as I may have over watered number 1). Having read up more stringently on care of said plant I was overjoyed to begin harvesting what can only be described as a bumper crop. Armed with more chillis... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Domestic Goddess Ilona's Weekly Munchies
Last weekend I survived a bit of an ordeal. I’d been invited to an academic event hosted and attended by various people I’ve admired from afar and never met before – the kind of people I quoted in my dissertation, whose plays I studied at university, and who might be the help and inspiration I need in my next life... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
Dawn O'Porter is one of the most fabulous women on the planet. You all should have seen her somewhere at least once before - presenting a TV show/documentary, writing columns for Glamour, raising awareness of breast cancer, on the arm of Chris O'Dowd... There's literally nothing this gal can't do. And that's why I was so excited to hear that she had written a young adult novel.
Categories: Book Club
When I came across Enchanted, I originally planned on it being a 'background' movie but I found myself getting more and more drawn in. It's a film I've seen several times before - I saw it in the cinema and have since bought it on DVD - but it's one of those films that manages to hook you in without realising it, with its gorgeous gowns, catchy tunes and, of course, the dishy male leads.
Categories: Feel Good Film of the Week